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6221. IOR/R/15/5/83

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/83
Title:
File 28/5 Beacon and Light for Kubbar Island
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to the planning and construction of a beacon and light at Khubbar Island near Kuwait. It includes billing information as well as few letters that mention overall planning for an improved navigation infrastructure in the Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1908-3 Apr 1917
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

6222. IOR/R/15/5/84

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/84
Title:
File XXVIII/9 Visits of Foreign Men-of-War to Koweit.
Scope & Content:
This file contains details of a call made by the commander of the French naval vessel La Surprise to the Political Agent and Ruler of Kuwait.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1908-20 Jun 1924
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)

6223. IOR/R/15/5/85

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/85
Title:
File 29/2 Manumission procedure in Kuwait
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Nov 1907-27 Sep 1929
Extent:
1 file

6224. IOR/R/15/5/86

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/86
Title:
File 31/2 Al Bu `Ainain settlement at Qasr al-Sabiya; Turkish influence
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1909-24 Mar 1913
Extent:
1 file

6225. 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)

6226. IOR/R/15/5/88

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/88
Title:
File 32/6 Estates of British subjects
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the estates of two British subjects who died in Kuwait: Ibrahim Khan, servant of Lieutenant F H Townshend, and Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, Political Agent, Kuwait. The file includes: correspondence between Lieutenant Townshend, Royal Engi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1912-6 Apr 1915
Extent:
1 file (54 folios)

6227. IOR/R/15/5/89

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/89
Title:
File 32/7 Certified copies of deeds and documents from 1 January 1927 to 1932
Scope & Content:
This file contains certificates and copies of deeds signed by officials in Kuwait. Most of the certifications deal with business transactions, powers of attorney, or legal disputes, and paperwork that required either the signature of the chief court judge of Kuwait or the ruler of Kuwait. The maj...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1926-30 Nov 1932
Extent:
1 file (904 folios)

6228. IOR/R/15/5/90

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/90
Title:
File 32/12 Estates of British and British Indian Subjects
Scope & Content:
The file contains office notes and correspondence relating to a number of claims by relatives to the estates of individuals who had died in Kuwait. The papers include witness statements, lists of possessions, and correspondence that discusses arrangements for the transferral of property. The corr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1924-24 Oct 1924
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

6229. IOR/R/15/5/91

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/91
Title:
File 34/3 Persian Gulf pearl fisheries
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters, telegrams, and printed series of correspondence relating to pearl banks in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence is between the following: Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Bushire Political Agency, Kuwait Political Agency, Bahrain Political Agency, Muscat Marine...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Sep 1906-26 Feb 1924
Extent:
1 file (37 folios)

6230. IOR/R/15/5/92

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/92
Title:
File 36/3 Lease of Bander Shweikh
Scope & Content:
The file includes letters (drafts, originals, and copies), telegrams, and notes relating to secret negotiations over the lease of Bander Shweikh [Ash Shuwaykh] from the Shaikh of Kuwait. The correspondence is mostly between the Political Agent, Kuwait, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (or ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1905-24 Aug 1923
Extent:
1 file (277 folios)

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