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361. IOR/R/15/5/157

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/157
Title:
[Un-numbered file] 'Shaikh Nasir ibn Mubarak Al Sabah, 1916-18; miscellaneous papers concerning Shaikh of Kuwait's date gardens in Iraq; copies of pleading before the Iraq courts and lawyers' opinions'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and legal papers regarding lawsuits brought against the heirs of Shaikh Mubarak Āl Ṣabāḥ (the Emir of Kuwait) by the members of the Al Zuhair family, regarding the ownership of garden properties in Basra. The file contains a small amount of correspondence dated...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Nov 1916-2 Jun 1938
Extent:
1 file (229 folios)

362. IOR/R/15/5/171

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/171
Title:
File 3/1 II Seizure or detention of Kuwait Sailing Craft by Persians Vol. 2.
Scope & Content:
This file documents a series of investigations carried out by various British officials into reports of Kuwaiti sailing boats being seized and detained by Iranian authorities. Most of the file consists of copies of telegrams between the following British officers: the Political Resident, Bushire...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1937-9 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (107 folios)

363. IOR/R/15/5/97

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/97
Title:
'1/C Volume IV Miscellaneous'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to a variety of miscellaneous topics in the period December 1923 to July 1924. The principal topics discussed are: A proposal to replace the Iraq Post Office in Kuwait, 1924. Purchase of land in Iraq by ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Dec 1923-22 Jul 1924
Extent:
1 volume (312 folios)

364. IOR/R/15/5/127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/127
Title:
'File 2/1 II IRAQ PROPAGANDA. (Absorption of Kuwait by Iraq). Relations etc.'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, and confidential papers sent between British officials in the Gulf regarding Iraqi propaganda against Kuwait. Communications were made with former Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Pasha al-Said and the Ruler of Kuwait, in this regard. The cor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
20 Feb 1939-29 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 volume (154 folios)

365. IOR/R/15/5/320

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/320
Title:
'File 1/80 LOCAL STAFF OF THE POLITICAL AGENCY, KUWAIT’
Scope & Content:
The file contains complaint and resignation letters from the only two locally-engaged clerical staff working at the British Political Agency in Kuwait: Abdul Mohsin, the passport clerk, and Israel Kadoo (also spelt Kaddo), the interpreter. The complaints centre around their pay, allowances and l...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Aug 1948-4 Sep 1949
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

366. IOR/R/15/5/324

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/324
Title:
‘File 14/3 VOL. II A_G_E_N_C_Y S_T_A_F_F LEAVE, APPOINTMENTS, ETC., OF CLERICAL ESTABLISHMENT'
Scope & Content:
The file contains three letters: from Mr Israel Ibrahim Kadoo, Interpreter at the Kuwait Agency to the Political Agent at Kuwait, asking for an increase in rent allowance for his house; from the Political Agent at Kuwait to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain, in support of the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1949-2 May 1949
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

367. IOR/R/15/5/68

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/68
Title:
XXII/19 Bubyan and Warba Islands.
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to ownership of Bubiyan Island [Jazīrat Būbiyān] and Warba Island [Jazīrat Warbah]. The discussion in the volume relates to: a military post on Bubiyan Island; proposal to include right of pre-emption of W...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1905-7 Jun 1908
Extent:
1 volume (44 folios)

368. IOR/R/15/5/110

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/110
Title:
‘1/1 Volume II Koweit Saudi relations’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers concerning relations between Britain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. The volume is a direct chronological continuation of ‘1/1 Volume I Koweit Saudi relations’ (IOR/R/15/5/109), and covers the following subjects: The movements of Khalid bin Hithlain of the Al-’Ajman tri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Jul 1933-13 Mar 1935
Extent:
1 volume (261 folios)

369. IOR/R/15/5/111

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/111
Title:
‘1/1 Volume III Koweit Saudi Relations’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers concerning relations between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, and efforts to negotiate the lifting of a trade blockade, imposed upon Kuwait at the orders of the King of Saudi Arabia, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd). The volume is a direct ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1935-4 Jul 1935
Extent:
1 volume (233 folios)

370. IOR/R/15/5/149

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/149
Title:
File 2/5 X 'SHAIKH'S DATE GARDENS'
Scope & Content:
This volume is a continuation from IOR/R/15/5/148. It contains correspondence, memoranda and legal papers regarding law suits brought against the Shaikh of Kuwait [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] by the heirs of the former owners of the Al Faddaghiyeh, Al Bashiyah and Al Fao properties. The papers disc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Jul 1938-17 Jan 1939
Extent:
1 volume (292 folios)