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171. IOR/R/15/5/296

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/296
Title:
‘File 7/1 III Kuwait Order in Council and Jurisdiction over Foreigners’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the introduction of King's Regulations under the Kuwait Order in Council. It is concerned with two regulations in particular: the Kuwait Passport Regulation, 1947 to introduce penalties for arriving at Kuwait without a visa, and the Special Police Officers Regulation, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1945-5 Apr 1949
Extent:
1 file (105 folios)

172. IOR/R/15/5/115

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/115
Title:
‘1/1 Volume VII Kuwait-Saudi Relations’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers concerning negotiations finalising and ratifying trade, ‘Friendship and Neighbourly Relations’ (referred to in previous correspondence on the subject as Bon Voisinage) and extradition treaties between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The volume is a direct chronological continu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1939-16 Feb 1948
Extent:

2 volumes (291 folios)

173. IOR/R/15/5/117

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/117
Title:
‘I. Saudiyeh. (3). Saudiyeh State Prisoners.’
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to the reported murder of Ibn Hithlain [Nāyif bin Ḥithlayn] of the ’Ajmān tribe, and Ibn Lami of the Mutair [Muṭayr] tribe, and others, at the orders of the King of Saudi Arabia Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd)], at Hoffuf [Al Hufūf]. The...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1933-2 Mar 1934
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

174. IOR/R/15/5/146

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/146
Title:
File 2/5 VII 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 service of judicial documents emanating from the Iraqi Government on the Shaikh of Kuwait in connection with his...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Jun 1932-15 Jul 1936
Extent:
1 volume (243 folios)

175. IOR/R/15/5/293

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)

176. IOR/R/15/5/318

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/318
Title:
File 13/9 'Employment of Foreigners in Kuwait Government (Refugee Labour)'
Scope & Content:
The file contains Kuwait Political Agency papers relating to the employment of foreigners in Kuwait. It largely consists of correspondence between the Political Agent, Kuwait, and the Political Resident, Persian Gulf Residency, Bahrain. It also includes: correspondence between the Political Ag...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Oct 1945-11 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (136 folios)

177. IOR/R/15/5/130

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/130
Title:
File 2/2 III Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to Kuwait-Iraq smuggling. The correspondence discusses the following: Operation of Iraq Customs launch in Kuwait territorial waters. The shooting of two Kuwait tribesmen in Kuwait territory by Iraq Preventive Police. Proposing a conference to be held...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Sep 1934-8 Jun 1935
Extent:
1 volume (265 folios)

178. IOR/R/15/5/174

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/174
Title:
File 3/4 Relations with Persia
Scope & Content:
This file concerns Britain's relations with Persia (also referred to as Iran in some of the correspondence). It includes the following: cases of Persian customs authorities reportedly inhibiting (and in some cases preventing altogether) the passage of persons travelling between Persia and Kuwait...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1928-20 Aug 1949
Extent:
1 file (135 folios)

179. IOR/R/15/5/143

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/143
Title:
File 2/5 IV 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 agrarian troubles in the Shaikh’s gardens caused by the tenants and the fellaheen working there who were refusin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Turkish
Date Range:
12 Oct 1933-26 Oct 1934
Extent:
1 volume (243 folios)

180. IOR/R/15/5/145

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/145
Title:
File 2/5 VI 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 alleged intention of the Iraqi Government to expropriate a portion of the Shaikh of Kuwait’s property at Faw. Th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1935-3 Mar 1936
Extent:
1 volume (202 folios)