This file includes correspondence on a variety of matters relating to the state of Muscat and Oman. The main correspondents are Major Reginald Graham Hinde, Political Agent and H.B.M's Consul, Muscat; Francis Beville Prideaux, Political Resident Persian Gulf; Denys de Samaurez Bray, Foreign Secr...
The volume contains correspondence, reports and other papers relating to the Muscat Government’s finances between March 1935 and January 1941. The principal correspondents in the volume are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (chiefly Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Fowle, who held the post ...
'Muscat. Commandant Muscat Levy Corps. Appointment, leave, pay, etc, of.'
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Correspondence discusses the appointment, leave and pay of the Commandant of the Muscat Levy Corps. Possible candidates were from the Iraq Levies and units of the Indian Army. The Sultan wished to have a young officer with Arabic language skills and experience of working with Arabs. Due to the s...
File 53/7 V (D 8) Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs, The Arab Tribes
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding political affairs in Kuwait and its vicinity. The correspondence focuses on developments in the conflict between Abdul Aziz ibn Abdulrahman ibn Faisal Al Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud)] a...
File 53/11 XIV (D 137) Kuwait Date Gardens in Iraq
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by the rulers of Kuwait and Mohammerah. In particular, the correspondence concerns the Government of Iraq's decision to end the immunity from taxation (on the gardens) that had been granted ...
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by the rulers of Kuwait and Mohammerah. In particular, the correspondence concerns the Government of Iraq's decision to end the immunity from taxation (on the gardens) that had been granted ...
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by the rulers of Kuwait and Mohammerah. In particular, the correspondence concerns the Government of Iraq's decision to end the immunity from taxation (on the gardens) that had been granted ...
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait. In particular, the correspondence concerns the Government of Iraq's decision to end the immunity from taxation (on the gardens) that h...
File 53/37, 61/5 (D 17) Kuwait: British Representation
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This file contains correspondence regarding the appointment of Stuart George Knox as the first British Political Agent in Kuwait and Daud ar Rahman Khan [Da'ud al-Rahman] as his assistant. The correspondence discusses the political repercussions of the appointment including its impact on Britain...
This file contains correspondence regarding alleged smuggling activities from Kuwait into Iraq. The majority of the correspondence discusses details regarding arms trafficking from Kuwait into Iraq and incursions into Kuwaiti territory made by Iraqi Customs and Police Forces. Primarily, the fil...