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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/287
Title:: File 6/11 Air photographs of Kuwait and Aerial Reconnaissance
Scope & Content:: This file contains permissions and correspondence pertaining to aerial photography of the territory of Kuwait.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 4 May 1934-28 Sep 1948
Extent:: 1 file (14 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/288
Title:: File 6/12 RAF wireless station Kuwait
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence and papers relating to the Royal Air Force's wireless communication facilities in Kuwait (referred to as W/T station) during the Second World War. Of note are discussions on wartimes cypher codes for the Royal Air Force as well as copies of the codes themselves.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 5 Oct 1941-26 Jul 1946
Extent:: 1 file (152 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/289
Title:: File 6/13 RAF miscellaneous and general correspondence
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence and military instructions under the heading of General Routine Orders from the Royal Air Force Command in Iraq and Persia directed to the Political Agency in Kuwait. The papers cover general instructions for military personnel in the region, as well as specific o...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 26 Mar 1943-14 Feb 1949
Extent:: 1 file (90 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/290
Title:: File 6/14 Schedule and non-schedule flights
Scope & Content:: This file contains papers and correspondence relating to the management of flight schedules to and from Kuwait. Various air routes as well as procedural and regulatory matters are discussed in the papers such as procedures for unscheduled landings and radio contact for unscheduled flights. Connec...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 12 Apr 1948-22 Dec 1949
Extent:: 1 file (153 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/291
Title:: File 6/15 Registration of Aircraft
Scope & Content:: This file contains lists of aircraft and equipment owned by The Contracting and Trading Company flown in and around the Arab principalities of the Persian Gulf. The lists were kept as part of the aircraft registration papers. Of note is a copy of the Air Navigation Regulations for civil aircraft...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 7 May 1949-19 Jun 1949
Extent:: 1 file (15 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/292
Title:: File 6/17 Air, Sea and Land Rescue Organisation
Scope & Content:: This file contains papers relating to the organisation of rescue operations coordinated by the British naval, air force, and army stations, primarily in the Middle East and Mediterranean regions. The papers list various military stations and bases alongside the area coordinates for which respecti...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 28 Aug 1947-9 May 1949
Extent:: 1 file (98 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/293
Title:: ‘File 7/1 I Kuwait Order-in-Council (Jurisdiction Over Foreigners)’
Scope & Content:: The file is concerned with the introduction of the Kuwait Order in Council (1925) and the subsequent issue of supporting King‘s Regulations by the Persian Gulf Political Resident: The Indian Pilgrim Ships Regulation (1926) and Indian Succession Regulation (1927). It therefore contains drafts pro...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 23 Feb 1919-15 Aug 1927
Extent:: 1 file (195 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/294
Title:: ‘File 7/1 II Kuwait Order in Council and Jurisdiction over Foreigners’
Scope & Content:: The file is concerned with the introduction of a new Order in Council to clarify the extent of British jurisdiction over foreigners in Kuwait, prompted by ongoing oil negotiations between Kuwait and the United States. The primary British concern being the removal of the requirement that Britain ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 24 Jun 1932-6 Apr 1935
Extent:: 1 file (223 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/295
Title:: ‘File 7/1 III Kuwait Order in Council and Jurisdiction over Foreigners’
Scope & Content:: The file is primarily concerned with the issue of King's Regulations to mandate specific penalties for breaches of air navigation regulations issued under the Bahrain, Kuwait, and Muscat Orders in Councils. The file therefore contains exchanges between British officials on the sort of penalties ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 6 Feb 1935-20 Feb 1938
Extent:: 1 file (111 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/297
Title:: ‘File 7/1 IV General correspondence regarding Kuwait Order in Council (1949) and King's Regulations made under the Kuwait Order in Council’
Scope & Content:: The file is concerned with general correspondence sent between the Kuwait Political Agent (Gordon Noel Jackson and Herbert George Jakins) and the Persian Gulf Political Resident (Sir Rupert Hay) respecting the Kuwait Order in Council. Topics covered include the status of Lebanese subjects in Kuw...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: Mar 1949-25 Oct 1949
Extent:: 1 file (118 folios)

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