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1. IOR/L/PS/10/50

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/50
Title:
File 1855/1904 Pt 6-8 'Koweit'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains parts 6, 7, and 8 of the subject 'Koweit' [Kuwait]: Part 6 (IOR/L/PS/10/50/1) concerns the status of citizens of Kuwait in Persia. Part 7 (IOR/L/PS/10/50/2) concerns the proposal that vessels from Kuwait should adopt a distinctive flag, and the likely reaction this would brin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1904-1908
Extent:
1 volume (324 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/51

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/51
Title:
File 1855/1904 Pt 9-10 'Koweit'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains parts 9 and 10 of the subject 'Koweit' [Kuwait]: Part 9 (IOR/L/PS/10/51/1) concerns the rights of the Ruler of Kuwait to the islands of Bubiyan, Warba, and Umkasr [Umm Qaşr]. Part 10 (IOR/L/PS/10/51/2) concerns the Ruler of Kuwait's relations with the Ottoman Empire, and his ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1903-1912
Extent:

1 volume (314 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/216

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/216
Title:
File 360/1912 'Arms Traffic: Muscat trade; Arrangement with Sultan; Compensation; Arms Traffic Subsidy'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of correspondence relating to a British naval blockade designed to stem the flow of arms through Muscat and Oman. The correspondence is mostly between the Foreign Office, the Government of India, and the India Office. Further correspondence is included as enclosures and is fr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1910-1923
Extent:
1 volume (179 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3844

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3844
Title:
Coll 30/115 'Persian Gulf: Koweit; Visits of the Sheikh of Koweit abroad'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding visits to other countries by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah, between 1935 and 1948. The primary correspondents are: the Political Resident, Persian Gulf; the India Office; the Political Agency, Kuwait; the Shaikh of Kuwait; Buckingham Pal...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Apr 1931-27 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (238 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/4114A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4114A
Title:
Coll 35/12 'Kuwait: post and telegraph office; participation of Iraq in Empire Air Mail Scheme'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the Post and Telegraph Office in Kuwait and its development, to sustain the growing oil industry in Kuwait. The file contains: Proposed transfer of the control of the Post Office from Iraq to the Government of India, 1925-29 Proposed abolition of the Iraq Post and Telegraph Of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
7 Feb 1925-26 Mar 1941
Extent:
1 file (543 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/18/B381/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B381/1
Title:
No. 1. Anglo-Turkish Agreement. Collection of documents signed on July 29, 1913.
Scope & Content:
The item consists of a collection of documents signed by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Edward Grey) and the Grand Vizier of Ottoman Empire (Ibrahim Hakki Pasha) on 29 July 1913. It contains the following: a convention concerning the establishment of a commission to improve the con...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Jul 1913
Extent:

1 item (8 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/20/130

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/130
Title:
Report and Proceedings of the Standing Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The report was printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, November 1911, and approved on 14 December 1911. It concerns the situation in the Persian Gulf regarding the extent to which Turkish claims aligned with British interests, and engagements already made with the Sheikh of Koweit [Kuwait...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Nov 1911
Extent:

1 volume (43 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/471-549

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/471-549
Title:
File 53: Kuwait
Scope & Content:
The Kuwait subject files cover a comprehensive range of topics related to Kuwait and the surrounding area. The files contain correspondence regarding the nature and development of the British Government's involvement in Kuwait, Kuwait's foreign relations (notably with the Ottoman Empire, Najd/Sa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Turkish
Date Range:
1896-1939
Extent:
79 files and volumes (16,694 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/613

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/613
Title:
File 73/7 III (D 24) Status of Kuwait & Anglo-Turkish negotiations
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, memorandums, maps and newspaper cuttings relating to a proposed Baghdad to Basra railway, an extension of the German Berlin to Baghdad Railway. Correspondents include: Percy Cox, Political Resident at Bushire, William Shakespear, Political Agent at Kuwait, Edw...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
23 Nov 1912-2 Jul 1913
Extent:
1 volume (355 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/614

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/614
Title:
File 73/7 IV (D 25) Anglo-Turkish Negotiations
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters, telegrams, memorandums, and maps relating to Anglo-Turkish negotiations over the Baghdad Railway, the status of Kuwait, and other Persian Gulf matters. The correspondence is between Percy Cox, Political Resident at Bushire, William Shakespear, Political Agent at Kuwait...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
3 Aug 1913-30 Nov 1913
Extent:
1 file (42 folios)