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341. IOR/R/15/5/62

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/62
Title:
XX/7 Vernacular Newspapers & periodicals, Extracts from & Pan-Islamism.
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence, letters, notes and printed reports relating to translated articles from various Arabic language media. The articles are written from an anti-British view point and relate to the topic of British strategy concerning Kuwait and Mohammerah and the perceived inte...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Sep 1904-6 Sep 1912
Extent:
1 volume (35 folios)

342. IOR/R/15/5/65

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/65
Title:
XXII/10 Status of Kuwait & Negotiations with Turkey.
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the status of Kuwait and the negotiations between Britain and Turkey which led to a treaty in 1913. The discussion in the volume relates to the: the proposed settlement of Kuwait question with Turkis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
14 Feb 1911-7 Dec 1913
Extent:
1 volume (221 folios)

343. IOR/R/15/5/158

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/158
Title:
File 2/6 'King Faisal's visit to Kuwait (and Gulf ports)'
Scope & Content:
Papers regarding a proposed visit by King Fayṣal bin ̒Alī al-Hāshimī to Kuwait. The file consists of correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, and HM Foreign Office, regarding the British desire to discourage such a visit....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Oct 1932-19 Apr 1941
Extent:
1 file (45 folios)

344. IOR/R/15/5/301

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/301
Title:
‘File 7/4 Registration of Companies under Art 69 of Kuwait Order-in-Council, 1949’
Scope & Content:
The file contains applications and supporting documentation from companies applying for registration with the Kuwait Political Agency, a requirement for companies subject to British jurisdiction under the Kuwait Order in Council. The companies in question are Cable and Wireless; the Eastern Oil ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
1 Aug 1936-6 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (146 folios)

345. IOR/R/15/5/48

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/48
Title:
File 13/7 Illicit Trade of Arms and Ammunition
Scope & Content:
The file concerns incidents of arms and ammunition smuggling in Kuwait. The file contains general correspondence on arms smuggling; statements and memoranda; lists of arms and ammunition smuggled; lists of Persian firms exporting arms and ammunition; list of Persian merchants of importance in K...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1890-29 Sep 1931
Extent:
1 file (184 folios)

346. IOR/R/15/5/104

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/104
Title:
[Un-numbered file] 'Diary of Colonel Hamilton's Visit to Nejd 1918'
Scope & Content:
The file includes a printed copy (folios 16-41) of the diary of Colonel Robert Edward Hamilton's (Political Agent at Kuwait) visit to Najd in 1918 on a mission to Ibn Sa'ud. The file also includes the original typed copy (folios 43-102) of the diary. The diary describes his trip from Kuwait to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Sep 1917-28 Dec 1918
Extent:
1 volume (102 folios)

347. IOR/R/15/5/114

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/114
Title:
‘1/1 Volume VI Kuwait Saudi Relations’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers concerning negotiations finalising trade, Bon Voisinage and extradition treaties between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, in an effort to lift the trade blockade, imposed upon Kuwait at the orders of the of King of Saudi Arabia, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1938-16 Oct 1939
Extent:
1 volume (248 folios)

348. IOR/R/15/5/138

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/138
Title:
File 2/4 IV TAXATION of SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to the date gardens owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, and the Shaikh of Mohammerah, Khaz'al al-Ka'bi, in southern Iraq. The correspondence is mainly about the taxation imposed on the gardens by the Iraqi Government. British offici...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Mar 1934-1 May 1939
Extent:

1 volume (269 folios)

349. IOR/R/15/5/140

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/140
Title:
File 2/5 I SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to a court suit raised in Basra Court by Rafiyaa bint Ali al-Zuhair and other members of al-Zuhair family complaining against the Ruler of Kuwait. The suit in question concerns a portion of the Shaikh’s Faddaghiya estate on Shatt al-Arab, and the Bashiya ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Sep 1930-22 Dec 1932
Extent:
1 file (156 folios)

350. IOR/R/15/5/141

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/141
Title:
File 2/5 II SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to the date gardens owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, in southern Iraq. In particular, the correspondence concerns the court suit raised in Basra Court by members of al-Zuhair family complaining against the Ruler of Kuwait. The sui...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1915-27 Jul 1933
Extent:
1 volume (206 folios)