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61. 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)

62. IOR/R/15/1/532

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/532
Title:
File 53/83 II (D 105) Smuggling Between 'Iraq + Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding alleged smuggling activities from Kuwait into Iraq. Primarily, the file contains internal correspondence between British officials but it also includes correspondence between British officials and Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
29 May 1934-29 Nov 1934
Extent:
1 volume (246 folios)

63. IOR/R/15/1/538

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/538
Title:
File 53/83 VIII (D 153) Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding alleged smuggling activities from Kuwait into Iraq. The correspondence discusses a number of topics including incursions into Kuwaiti territory made by Iraqi Customs and Police Forces, arms smuggling, the demarcation of the Kuwait-Iraq frontier, the po...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
31 Mar 1939-25 Jun 1940
Extent:
1 volume (225 folios)

64. IOR/R/15/1/546

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/546
Title:
File 53/89 II (D 169) Kuwait Education
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence between British officials regarding the development of education in Kuwait, with an emphasis on the role played by the British Council. The volume contains a number of reports on education in Kuwait authored by F J Wakelin, the Educational Adviser to the Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
22 Feb 1941-13 Aug 1945
Extent:
1 volume (263 folios)

65. IOR/R/15/1/552

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/552
Title:
File 59/15 B (A 14) Muscat: slave trade under cover of French flag
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence and other papers relating to competing British and French interests in Muscat and Oman at the beginning of the twentieth century. The principal point of contention between British officials, represented by Percy Cox (Muscat Political Agent 1899-1903), was the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
2 Jan 1902-21 Mar 1904
Extent:
1 volume (163 folios)

66. IOR/R/15/1/554

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/554
Title:
File 60/20 I (C 93) Imperial Bank of Iran: Bahrain, etc
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to banking in Persia, Saudi Arabia, and the Persian Gulf. The majority of the correspondence is between the British Ministry in Tehran, the Government of India, High Commissioner in Iraq (later the British Ambassador), Political Residency in Bushire, t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 Jan 1918-Feb 1946
Extent:
1 volume (201 folios)

67. IOR/R/15/1/554-555

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/554-555
Title:
File 60: Financial
Scope & Content:
There are two surviving files in the ‘Financial’ subject category. The earlier file, which is a bound volume, contains correspondence about banking in Persia, Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf, particularly the rival operations of the Eastern Bank, the Imperial Bank of Persia (later the Imperial...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1918-1946
Extent:
2 files and volumes (205 folios)

68. IOR/R/15/1/556-609

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/556-609
Title:
File 61: Najd
Scope & Content:
These files and volumes contain correspondence, reports, and other documents relating to the Najd region, in present-day Saudi Arabia, and its ruler, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd, commonly known as Ibn Sa‘ūd. The papers cover the period from Ibn Sa‘ūd's rise to prominence after taking Riyadh in 1902, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1905-1944
Extent:
54 files and volumes (12,432 folios)

69. IOR/R/15/1/565

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/565
Title:
File 61/11 II (D 42) Relations between Nejd and Hejaz
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to the situation in the Hejaz at the time, with Ali entrenched in Jeddah and Ibn Sa'ud's Ikhwan in Mecca. The majority of the correspondence is between Reader Bullard, the British Agent in Jeddah, the Political Residency in Bushir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
7 Nov 1924-10 Jul 1925
Extent:
1 volume (307 folios)

70. IOR/R/15/1/568

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/568
Title:
File 61/11 V (D 95) Hejaz - Nejd, Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to the Hejaz and Najd. Much of the correspondence is from the British Legation in Jeddah, with regular reports on the situation in that region sent to Sir John Simon, the Foreign Secretary in London. The rest of the correspondence...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
12 May 1932-28 Dec 1933
Extent:
1 volume (261 folios)