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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/14-15
Title:: File 6: Maps and Books
Scope & Content:: Two files consisting of various memoranda, letters, receipts and lists of maps, books, and military reports.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1904-1929
Extent:: 2 files (401 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/17-19
Title:: File 8 Al Sabah Family
Scope & Content:: There are 3 surviving files of ‘File 8 Al Sabah Family’. These are files 8/1, VIII/3, and VIII/6, and they contain correspondence dating mainly from 1904 till 1945. The files contain correspondence related mainly to the ruling family in Kuwait, including reports on the political and social situat...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:: 1904-1945
Extent:: 3 files (318 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/20-23
Title:: File 9: [Claims]
Scope & Content:: The four surviving Claims files contain correspondence, witness statements and other related documents. The first and second files concern the investigation and prosecution of criminal and civil offences in Kuwait, falling within the jurisdiction of the British Political Agent for Kuwait. In mos...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, French, Persian, Portuguese, and Tamil
Date Range:: 1908-1930
Extent:: 4 files (579 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/24-42
Title:: File 10: Ibn Sa'ud
Scope & Content:: The Ibn Sa'ud sub-sub-series consists of files related to the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and his rise to dominance in the region during this period. The files in the sub-sub-series cover the following in detail: Ibn S...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1904-1930
Extent:: 19 files (10,650 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/43-44
Title:: File 11: [Ceremonials]
Scope & Content:: The volume and the file forming the 'Ceremonials' subject files were produced by the Political Agency in Kuwait. The 'Ceremonials' subject files mainly contain correspondence between the Political Agency in Kuwait and the Rulers of Kuwait, discussing honours and titles to be granted, and infor...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, and Hindustani
Date Range:: 1907-1929
Extent:: 1 volume and 1 file (23 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/45-50
Title:: File 13: Arms Traffic
Scope & Content:: The files and the volume forming the 'Arms Traffic' subject files were produced by the Political Agency in Kuwait. The 'Arms Traffic' subject files mainly contain correspondence between the Political Agency in Kuwait and the Rulers of Kuwait, discussing purchase of weapons and smuggling of arm...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:: 1909-1930
Extent:: 5 files and 1 volume (1866 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/51 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:: File 14: Piracy
Scope & Content:: The Piracy sub-sub-series consists of one surviving file. The file contains details about several criminal investigations and prosecution cases that were conducted by the British Political Agent at Kuwait. These offence cases relate to acts of piracy and murder at sea in the Persian Gulf and off ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1907-1914
Extent:: 1 file (301 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/52 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:: File 16: Quarantine
Scope & Content:: The Quarantine files of the Political Agency, Muscat, consist of one file only.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1907-1912
Extent:: 1 file

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