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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/1-4
Title:: File 1: Establishment
Scope & Content:: Papers and correspondence about staff at the Political Agency at Kuwait, and at the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf and British Consulate in Bushire. Most correspondence deals with changes in staff. Some of the correspondence concerning staff members at the Kuwait Agency is of a personal...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1904-1949
Extent:: 4 files (539 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/10-11
Title:: File 4: Buildings
Scope & Content:: The sub-sub series IOR/R/15/5/10-11 is comprised of a volume and file regarding accommodation for the Medical Officer of the Kuwait Political Agency, and regarding the lease of a new agency building.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1924-1946
Extent:: 2 files (263 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/14-15
Title:: File 6: Maps and Books
Scope & Content:: Two files consisting of various memoranda, letters, receipts and lists of maps, books, and military reports.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1904-1929
Extent:: 2 files (401 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/17-19
Title:: File 8 Al Sabah Family
Scope & Content:: There are 3 surviving files of ‘File 8 Al Sabah Family’. These are files 8/1, VIII/3, and VIII/6, and they contain correspondence dating mainly from 1904 till 1945. The files contain correspondence related mainly to the ruling family in Kuwait, including reports on the political and social situat...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:: 1904-1945
Extent:: 3 files (318 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/20-23
Title:: File 9: [Claims]
Scope & Content:: The four surviving Claims files contain correspondence, witness statements and other related documents. The first and second files concern the investigation and prosecution of criminal and civil offences in Kuwait, falling within the jurisdiction of the British Political Agent for Kuwait. In mos...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, French, Persian, Portuguese, and Tamil
Date Range:: 1908-1930
Extent:: 4 files (579 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/24-42
Title:: File 10: Ibn Sa'ud
Scope & Content:: The Ibn Sa'ud sub-sub-series consists of files related to the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and his rise to dominance in the region during this period. The files in the sub-sub-series cover the following in detail: Ibn S...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1904-1930
Extent:: 19 files (10,650 folios)

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