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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/3709-3976 Name Political Agent, Kuwait, 1904-1961 Level [40] File

1. IOR/L/PS/12/3794

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3794
Title:
Coll 30/77 'Koweit: Persian interference with Koweiti dhows.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns reports of interference with Kuwaiti dhows by Iranian (also referred to as Persian) customs and naval authorities. The papers contain witness statements, letters of protest by the Shaikh of Koweit [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, Ruler of Kuwait], reports, discussion of the incidents ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1934-28 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (179 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/3799

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3799
Title:
Coll 30/82 'Import duties charged by Sheikh of Koweit on goods arriving by sea.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns various increases in import duty (from 4½% to 6½%) by the Shaikh of Kuwait on goods imported into Koweit [Kuwait] by sea, and the question of whether the increases should apply to British subjects. The increases are discussed against the background of the Bunder Shweikh lease o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1934-2 Jun 1943
Extent:
1 file (60 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3811

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3811
Title:
Coll 30/91(1) 'Koweit Oil Concession: Agreement between the Shaikh of Kuwait and the Kuwait Oil Company.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations over the signing of the commercial agreement between the Shaikh of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir as-Sabah [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] and the Kuwait Oil Company. The agreement provided the company with exclusive rights to exploit oil, gas, and petroleum products with...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1934-23 Dec 1934
Extent:
1 volume (477 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3812

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3812
Title:
Coll 30/91(2) 'Koweit Oil Concession: Agreement between the Shaikh of Kuwait and the Kuwait Oil Coy.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the negotiations concerning the signing of the commercial agreement between the Shaikh of Koweit [Kuwait], Shaikh Ahmed al-Jabir as-Subah [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] and the Kuwait Oil Company in 1934. The Kuwait Oil Company was 50-50 owned by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Nov 1934-11 Oct 1935
Extent:
1 volume (390 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/3824

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3824
Title:
Coll 30/104(2) 'Koweit Oil Concession: Operations of the Koweit Oil Company. (Provision of Motor Vehicles & Spares for Sheik of Koweit)'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the operations of the Kuwait Oil Company, from its initial explorations and discovery of commercial quantities of oil in Kuwait, to the suspension of the Company's operations during the Second World War (1939-45), and the resumption of its operations after the war. The main co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1935-20 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file, in 2 parts (373 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3845

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3845
Title:
Coll 30/116 'Kuwait: establishment of a bank'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters, telegrams, memoranda, intelligence summaries, and drafts between officials on behalf of the Government of India and the officials of the Ottoman Bank, the Eastern Bank Limited and the Imperial Bank of Iran regarding the opening of a bank in Koweit [Kuwait]. In ad...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1935-23 Apr 1944
Extent:
1 file (244 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3864

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3864
Title:
Coll 30/130 'Persian Gulf. Koweit. Proposal for a motor route from Koweit-Haifa'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials in London, Palestine, Kuwait and India regarding proposals for the construction of a motor route from Kuwait-Amman (folios 4-53) and Kuwait-Haifa (folios 54-204). In addition to correspondence, the file contains the following: 'War Ca...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1936-15 Apr 1941
Extent:
1 file (203 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3894A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3894A
Title:
Coll 30/158 'Koweit: Disturbances, 1938, and consequent administrative changes. Koweit Council.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the circumstances surrounding the recognition by the Ruler of Kuwait [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] of an elected Legislative Council (Majlis) in June 1938; and the subsequent administration of the state. The papers include correspondence and reports from the Political Resid...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1938-3 May 1944
Extent:
1 file (347 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/3933

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3933
Title:
Coll 30/193 ‘Persian Gulf Defence. KOWEIT.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mainly correspondence, relating to the defence of Kuwait (also spelled Koweit and Kuweit in the file). It includes correspondence regarding the following: the preparation of a scheme for the defence of Kuwait by the Air Officer Commanding, Iraq; an exercise carried ou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1938-20 Mar 1942
Extent:

1 file (78 folios)