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1. IOR/R/15/1/199-703

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/199-703
Title:
Political Residency, Bushire: subject files
Scope & Content:
The records consist of subject files of the Political Residency, Bushire (from 1946, Bahrain). The records are arranged as follows: IOR/R/15/1/199-234: File 5: Slave Trade, 1892-1943; IOR/R/15/1/235-236: File 9: Arms and Ammunition, 1910-1932; IOR/R/15/1/237-238: File 13: Miscellaneous, 1912-19...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Italian, Kanarese, Marathi, Persian, and Turkish
Date Range:
1871-1948
Extent:
506 files and volumes

2. IOR/R/15/6/183-297

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/183-297
Title:
File 8: Muscat State Affairs
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series 'Muscat State Affairs' documents the involvement of the British Government in the administration of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman's domestic and foreign affairs from the late nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. Whilst the sub-sub-series contains material rangin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Turkish, and Urdu
Date Range:
1890-1961
Extent:
115 files and volumes (10,106 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/5/87-90

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/87-90
Title:
File 32: Judicial
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series consists of judicial files from the First Series of the Kuwait Agency records. The files relate to the legal matters of British and British Indian subjects in Kuwait and of Kuwaiti subjects facing foreign courts, cases that often required the attention of the Political Agent. F...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Turkish
Date Range:
1905-1932
Extent:
4 files (1347 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/5/126-169

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/126-169
Title:
File 2: Kuwait/Iraq Relations
Scope & Content:
These files and volumes document relations between Kuwait and Iraq, and were created and accumulated by the Kuwait Political Agency. They primarily comprise correspondence between the Political Agency, Kuwait; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Secretary of State for India; and the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Turkish
Date Range:
1929-1949
Extent:

22 volumes, 22 files (8563 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/5/87

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/87
Title:
File 32/2 Cases before Foreign Judicial Courts
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, witness statements, marine (or sea) protests, and other documents related to legal cases involving subjects or residents of Kuwait tried before foreign courts. Documents relating to the first thirteen cases have been indexed (folios 2-3), and include claims of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Turkish
Date Range:
4 Feb 1905-13 Sep 1928
Extent:
1 file (379 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/489

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/489
Title:
File 53/11 VII (D 94) Date Gardens of Shaikhs of Kuwait and Mohammerah
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by the rulers of Mohammerah and Kuwait. The correspondence discusses changes in legislation proposed by the Government of Iraq regarding the collection of land rent and land produce duties, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Turkish
Date Range:
26 Jun 1933-30 Sep 1933
Extent:
1 volume (273 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/490

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/490
Title:
File 53/11 VIII (D 98) Date Gardens of Shaikhs of Kuwait and Mohammerah
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by the rulers of Mohammerah and Kuwait. The correspondence discusses changes in legislation proposed by the Government of Iraq regarding the collection of land rent and land produce duties, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Turkish
Date Range:
30 Sep 1933-30 May 1934
Extent:
1 volume (286 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/15/5/143

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/143
Title:
File 2/5 IV SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to the date gardens owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, in southern Iraq. In particular, the correspondence concerns the agrarian troubles in the Shaikh’s gardens caused by the tenants and the fellaheen working there who were refusin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Turkish
Date Range:
12 Oct 1933-26 Oct 1934
Extent:
1 volume (243 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/5/142

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/142
Title:
File 2/5 III SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to the date gardens owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, in southern Iraq. In particular, the correspondence concerns the court suit raised in Basra Court by members of al-Zuhair family complaining against the Ruler of Kuwait. The sui...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Turkish
Date Range:
20 Nov 1909-18 Oct 1933
Extent:

1 volume (205 folios)