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31. IOR/R/15/1/501

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/501
Title:
File 53/11 XIX (D 163) Kuwait Date Gardens
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait. In particular, the correspondence concerns the Government of Iraq's decision to end the immunity from taxation (on the gardens) that h...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1940-10 Oct 1942
Extent:
1 volume (238 folios)

32. IOR/R/15/1/502

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/502
Title:
File 53/11 XX (D 168) Kuwait Date Gardens
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait. In particular, the correspondence concerns the Government of Iraq's decision to end the immunity from taxation (on the gardens) that h...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Oct 1942-10 Aug 1945
Extent:
1 volume (272 folios)

33. IOR/R/15/1/503

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/503
Title:
File 53/23 (D 12) Murder on Sheikh Mubarak's Fao Estates by Turks
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the murder of a man and woman on property in Fao [The Al Faw Peninsula in Iraq] owned by Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait. Mulla Muhammad (also written as Moola Mahomet in the file), Shaikh Mubārak 's agent in Fao, is reported to have fou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1904-13 Feb 1905
Extent:
1 volume (80 folios)

34. IOR/R/15/1/504

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/504
Title:
File 53/32 III (D 53) Kowait - Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to a number of different matters all of which concern Kuwait. Of particular interest are the following: Correspondence between Sir Percy Zachariah Cox, the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and Paul Wilberforce Harrison of the American Missi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Sep 1912-4 Jun 1928
Extent:
1 volume (240 folios)

35. IOR/R/15/1/505

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/505
Title:
File 53/32 IV (D 100) Kuwait Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence concerning a number of different topics, all of which are related to Kuwait. The ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ is mentioned throughout the volume and much of the file's content relates to his character and his travels within the region includ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1929-3 May 1934
Extent:
1 volume (246 folios)

36. IOR/R/15/1/506

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/506
Title:
File 53/32 V (D 128) Kuwait Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to a number of different topics (all of which concern Kuwait). The majority of the correspondence in the file discusses anti-Kuwaiti newspaper articles printed in the Iraqi press. A number of examples of these articles are contained in the file includi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 May 1934-5 May 1937
Extent:
1 volume (235 folios)

37. IOR/R/15/1/507

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/507
Title:
File 53/33 II (D 15) Koweit Baghdad Railway
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning the construction of a railway line between Koweit [Kuwait] and Baghdad as a part of the German Government's broader effort to construct a railway connecting Berlin to Baghdad. The correspondence discusses the route of the lin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
3 Jun 1907-18 Aug 1908
Extent:
1 volume (104 folios)

38. IOR/R/15/1/508

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/508
Title:
File 53/37, 61/5 (D 17) Kuwait: British Representation
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the appointment of Stuart George Knox as the first British Political Agent in Kuwait and Daud ar Rahman Khan [Da'ud al-Rahman] as his assistant. The correspondence discusses the political repercussions of the appointment including its impact on Britain...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1901-6 Jul 1907
Extent:
1 volume (183 folios)

39. IOR/R/15/1/509

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/509
Title:
File 53/39 III (D 64) Bandar Shuaikh
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding Bandar Shuwaikh, an area of coastal land in Kuwait that Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ had leased to the British Government in 1907 for the construction of a landing pier and coal shed. The correspondence discusses whether or not t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Nov 1910-4 Dec 1927
Extent:
1 volume (92 folios)

40. IOR/R/15/1/510

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/510
Title:
File 53/44 II (D 36) Sheikh Mubarak's Fao and Faddaghiya Properties
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding a decision taken by the Ottoman Tapu Office to allow the registration of properties in Iraq in the names of Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ of Kuwait and Shaikh Khaz‘al bin Jābir al-Ka‘bī of Mohammerah. On ff 14-15 the file contains ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Jan 1913-3 Nov 1914
Extent:
1 volume (22 folios)