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411. IOR/R/15/5/179

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/179
Title:
File 4/1 General Information regarding Kuwait and Hinterland
Scope & Content:
This file contains a number of reports concerning different aspects of life in Kuwait, including its geography, history, flora and fauna, weather, political administration and leading personalities. Unless otherwise stated, the reports' author is Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1933-1948
Extent:
1 file (235 folios)

412. IOR/R/15/5/180

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/180
Title:
File 4/2 Ibn Sabah Family Tree and Kuwait Succession
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials that is all loosely related to the succession of the rulers of Kuwait and related matters of protocol. The file also contains a hand-written note of a declaration made by the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1921-10 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (30 folios)

413. IOR/R/15/6/122

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/122
Title:
File 3/3 BOOKS ETC: ARAB DESERT LAW
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers describing customary, or 'desert' law, as practiced in Arab states and amongst Bedouin tribes. The papers were prepared in response to requests for information from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. The papers include: notes on the subject by Lieutenant-Colone...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Aug 1929-2 Oct 1929
Extent:
1 file (22 folios)

414. IOR/R/15/6/151

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/151
Title:
File 6/4 Foreign Interests: French Interests in Muscat
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the French Consulate in Muscat and French interests in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman generally. Much of the correspondence relates to the Consulate building itself including the period after the French Government closed the Consulate and the buildi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1939-2 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)

415. IOR/R/15/1/749/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/749/4
Title:
Agreements made by Petroleum Concessions Limited with Shaikhs of Dubai and Sharjah, 1937, Umm-al-Qaiwan, 1945, and Ajman, 1951
Scope & Content:
The file contains bi-lingual (English and Arabic) copies of oil concession agreements made between Petroleum Concessions Limited and the Shaikhs of Ajman, Dubai, Sharjah and Umm-Al-Quwain. The details of which are as follows: Bi-lingual copy of agreement between Shaikh Rashid bin Humaid, Ruler o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1937-1951
Extent:
1 file (5 files, 90 folios)

416. IOR/R/15/2/416, f 5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/416, f 5
Title:
'SKETCH MAP OF QATAR PENINSULA'
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Roads indicated by pecked lines. Shows Qatar and Bahrain. The Southern border of Qatar is indicated by a thick pecked line. Enclosed is a letter on the question of the southern limit of the Qatar Oil Concession sent by L. Lefroy at Britannic Hou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1935?
Extent:
1 map sheet

417. IOR/R/15/2/484-496

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/484-496
Title:
File 12 Persian Relations with Bahrain
Scope & Content:
These files contain correspondence concerning a number of issues related to Persia and Persians (primarily the Persian community in Bahrain). The files discuss Persia's claim to sovereignty over Bahrain (IOR/R/15/1/484), Persian communities on the Arab side of the Gulf, particularly Bahrain (I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, and French
Date Range:
1932-1950
Extent:
13 files (970 folios)

418. IOR/R/15/2/947

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/947
Title:
File No. 40 Muharraq: sanitary measures in.
Scope & Content:
The file comprises a letter to the Political Agent at Bahrain outlining steps that could be taken to improve the cleanliness and sanitation of Muharraq and Manama, including employing street cleaners, naming streets and numbering the houses, improving the quality of street lights, and developing...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1918-9 Feb 1918
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

419. IOR/R/15/6/23-24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/23-24
Title:
File XVIII: Coal Mining Rights and Monopolies
Scope & Content:
File XVIII: Coal Mining Rights and Monopolies consists of two files: volume XVIII/2 (IOR/R/15/6/23) and file XVIII/4 (IOR/R/15/6/24). The files contain correspondence dating from 1900 until 1928, which relates mainly to attaining coal and oil prospecting rights in Muscat and Oman. While the Sulta...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1900-1928
Extent:
2 files (411 folios)

420. IOR/R/15/4/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/4/4
Title:
File 0425 Copies of Agreements, Concessions etc
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of the following agreements: Agreement between the British government and Shaikh Said bin Hamad [Sa‘īd bin Ḥamad Āl Qāsimī], ruler of Kalba, for facilitation of an airfield, 28 August 1936; Agreement between the British government and Shaikh Sa’id bin Maktum [Sa‘īd bin M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Jun 1930-8 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (63 folios)

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