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21. IOR/R/15/5/94

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/94
Title:
'File 1/C Volume I. Miscellaneous'.
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, receipts and notes on various topics concerning the Kuwait Political Agency, January 1921 to August 1921. An index of topics contained in the volume is listed on folio 6. Topics discussed in the volume include: The presentat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1919-30 Aug 1921
Extent:
1 volume (230 folios)

22. IOR/R/15/5/57

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/57
Title:
File XX/9 THE AJMAN.
Scope & Content:
The file contains a set of manuscript notes by the Political Agent, Kuwait (Captain Stuart George Knox) on the Ajman [‘Ajmān] tribe. The notes include genealogical charts ('pedigrees'); estimates of numbers of fighting men; references to allowances received by shaikhs; and a table giving the di...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

23. IOR/R/15/5/21

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/21
Title:
File 9/4 ‘Political Agency Koweit. IX/4. Civil Cases from 1909’
Scope & Content:
The file contains case correspondence, including several witness statements and a record of hearing proceedings held at the British Political Agency in Kuwait. These case papers relate to the investigation and resolution of 27 individual claims that were submitted to the Political Agent, Kuwait ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Persian, and Tamil
Date Range:
29 Sep 1908-18 Jul 1913
Extent:
1 file (299 folios)

24. IOR/R/15/5/18, f 148

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/18, f 148
Title:
Pedigree of the Subah Family.
Scope & Content:
A pedigree of the Al-Subah ruling family of Kuwait. It starts with Shaikh Subah, and then gives details of six further generations of male members of the family, with occasional notes on age, date of death, work, and place of residence.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1908
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

25. IOR/R/15/5/26

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/26
Title:
File X/3 Disorders & Raids near Basra & in Koweit [Kuwait] Hinterland
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the conflict between the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Mubarak Al Sabah, and Shaikh Sa'dun Al Mansur of the Muntafich [Muntafiq] tribe as well as political developments in Kuwait and the Ottoman Province of Basra related to protract...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1909-23 Sep 1917
Extent:
1 file (150 folios)

26. IOR/R/15/5/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/4
Title:
‘No. I/34. Launch establishment’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning employees of the Kuwait Political Agency motor launch. The bulk of the file’s correspondence concerns Cyril Bayer, Inspector in general charge of the launch, and relates to his role, his failing health, subsequent retirement to India, financial provision for him in reti...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1926-23 Sep 1944
Extent:
1 file (105 folios)

27. IOR/R/15/5/95

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/95
Title:
1/C Volume II Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to miscellaneous topics, with the main ones being: The Dhafir raid, 1921. Shaikh Ahmad's loan to Ibn Sa`ud, 1921. Further raids by Iraq tribes and Najd counter-raids, 1921. Repairs to water plant, 1921. A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1921-8 Oct 1923
Extent:
1 volume (119 folios)

28. IOR/R/15/5/20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/20
Title:
File 9/2 II ‘No. 9/2 Vol. II Criminal Cases’
Scope & Content:
The file contains case correspondence, including several witness statements and a few Kuwait Political Agency court proceedings, relating to the investigation and prosecution of several criminal offences. These are mainly cases of assault and theft committed in Kuwait against Indian and Persian f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
13 Nov 1919-14 May 1926
Extent:
1 file (209 folios)

29. IOR/R/15/5/38

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/38
Title:
File 10/12 Tribal and desert information: Ikhwan raids; Motor Transport Concession, Kuwait/Basra; Ikhwan rebellion, 1927
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]. The correspondence primarily relates to raids that were made into Iraq and Kuwait by Ikhwan forces and associated acts of livestock plunder ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1925-31 Dec 1927
Extent:
1 file (321 folios)

30. IOR/R/15/5/17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/17
Title:
‘File 8/1. Casualties in the al-Subah family of Kuwait’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to casualties suffered by the Al-Sabah [Āl Ṣabāḥ] ruling family of Kuwait. There are copies of letters and telegrams conveying messages of condolence to the Shaikh [Emir] of Kuwait [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] and other family members, along with the r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1926-11 Sep 1945
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)