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141. IOR/R/15/5/14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/14
Title:
File VI/3 I. Confidential- Maps + Books.
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence and telegraphs consisting of requests for books, maps, memoranda, administration reports and military surveys of the Persian Gulf, Arabia, and parts of the Indian Subcontinent and Middle East. The file also includes requests and receipts for secret and confident...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Oct 1904-29 May 1920
Extent:
1 file (353 folios)

142. IOR/R/15/5/80

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/80
Title:
File XXVIII.1 Beacon & light for Ras ul-Arz
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence, plans, drawings, and costing estimates for the erection of a beacon and light at Ras-ul-Arz at Kuwait harbour.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Nov 1904-11 Feb 1929
Extent:
1 file (338 folios)

143. 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)

144. IOR/R/15/5/192

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/192
Title:
File 4/11 I Bank for Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the possibility of a foreign bank opening a branch in Kuwait. The two main candidates discussed in the file are Eastern Bank Limited and Ottoman Bank. Towards the end of the file, an expression of interest by al-Bank al-Arabi [Arab Bank] is also discus...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1935-4 Apr 1939
Extent:
1 file (247 folios)

145. IOR/R/15/5/193

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/193
Title:
File 4/11 I Bank for Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the opening of an Imperial Bank of Iran branch in Kuwait in 1941/42 and the bank's first few years of operation in the country. The correspondence contained in the file consists of messages exchanged between British officials, representatives of the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1940-9 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (155 folios)

146. IOR/R/15/5/194

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/194
Title:
File 4/12 Shaikh and Subah [al-Sabah] Family --- Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials related to a number of different topics that all concern members of the al-Sabah ruling family of Kuwait. The topics discussed are as follows: The financial conditions of Shaikh Hamud al-Jabir al-Sabah, 1938 (folios 2-8). Tensions bet...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Aug 1938-27 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (185 folios)

147. IOR/R/15/5/202

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/202
Title:
File 4/17 Kuwaiti Smugglers and Indian Customs
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the alleged smuggling of silk into India by a number of Kuwaiti traders. In addition to correspondence between British officials in the Gulf and India (mainly in Karachi), the file also contains letters that were exchanged between the Political Agency...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Apr 1937-25 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (223 folios)

148. IOR/R/15/5/211

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/211
Title:
File 4/23 Civil Engineer for Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding a request made by the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah for the Political Agency in Kuwait to find him a suitable engineer to oversee an expansion of the country's port. The correspondence discusses Shaikh Ahmad's initial request, the a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Mar 1939-19 Jun 1939
Extent:
1 file (22 folios)

149. IOR/R/15/5/215

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/215
Title:
File 4/27 Construction of Kuwait-Basra Railway
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials in Iraq and Kuwait (primarily at the Combined Intelligence Centre in Basra and the Political Agency in Kuwait) regarding a visit to Kuwait of a small British team from Iraq to complete a survey concerning the possibility of constructing...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Aug 1941-23 Jan 1942
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)

150. IOR/R/15/5/216

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/216
Title:
File 4/28 Kuwait Harbour Facilities and Shuwaikh Water Tank
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding an expansion of harbour facilities in Kuwait that was completed by the British military authorities in Iraq. Specifically, the correspondence relates to the expansion of a landing jetty at Shuwaikh that was owned by the Kuwait Oil Company and the con...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Jul 1941-4 Feb 1943
Extent:
1 file (82 folios)