File 38: Miscellaneous assistance to Shaikh of Kuwait
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series comprises one file from the First Series of the Kuwait Agency records, relating to assistance given to the Shaikh of Kuwait by the Political Agency, Kuwait.
This sub-sub series is comprised of papers relating to British involvement in managing the relations between the Ruler of Kuwait [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] and the Ruler of Najd [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] – commonly referred to as Ibn Saud. Subjects covered in...
Subject File I is comprised of papers relating to British involvement in relations between Kuwait and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (spelt Saudiyeh in some files; referred to as the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd prior to 1932), and Britain’s relations with the King of Saudi Arabia, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘...
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 ...
The Kuwait/Iran relations sub-sub-series concerns Kuwait's and Britain's relations with Persia (also referred to as Iran in some of the correspondence). Three of the files relate to cases of Kuwaiti sailing boats being seized, and in some cases detained, by the Persian authorities. Other matter...
The Kuwait State files contain correspondence regarding a number of different topics that are related to the development of the state of Kuwait, the running of its government, political reform and Kuwait's relations with its neighbours and Britain. These files largely contain correspondence bet...
This series contains files relating to the establishment, legal regulation and logistical operation of both military and civilian aircraft, air routes and air facilities in and around Kuwait and the Persian Gulf.
The Judicial Files relate to the judicial functions of the Kuwait Political Agency over British Protected Persons, as defined by the Kuwait Order in Council. IOR/R/15/1/294-297 are concerned with the drafting of the original (1925) Order in Council, and subsequent reissues in 1935 and 1949; thes...