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71. IOR/R/15/1/542

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/542
Title:
File 53/87 III (D 160) British Policy in Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding British policy in Kuwait. Specifically, the correspondence relates to discussions regarding the construction - by the British military - of an emergency port at Um Qasr on the Kuwait-Iraq frontier and the expansion of existing...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1940-22 Mar 1942
Extent:
1 volume (223 folios)

72. IOR/R/15/1/543

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/543
Title:
File 53/87 IV British Policy in Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding British policy in Kuwait. The correspondence discusses the demarcation of the Kuwait-Iraq border, British obligations to Kuwait and the construction of a port at Um Qasr by the British military authorities. The correspondenc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1942-21 Apr 1946
Extent:
1 file (56 folios)

73. IOR/R/15/1/544

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/544
Title:
File 53/88 (D 157) Shaikh of Kuwait's Visit to England
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding trips abroad made by Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait. Much of the correspondence concerns an unofficial trip that Shaikh Aḥmad made to England in 1935 during which he met King George V. On his return from t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1935-30 Jul 1940
Extent:
1 volume (127 folios)

74. IOR/R/15/1/545

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/545
Title:
File 53/89 I (D 154) Kuwait Education
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the development of education in Kuwait. The file contains correspondence from officials of the British Council regarding the council's activities in the Persian Gulf as well as visits to the region made by its officials C.A....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1936-13 Nov 1940
Extent:
1 volume (233 folios)

75. IOR/R/15/1/546

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/546
Title:
File 53/89 II (D 169) Kuwait Education
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence between British officials regarding the development of education in Kuwait, with an emphasis on the role played by the British Council. The volume contains a number of reports on education in Kuwait authored by F J Wakelin, the Educational Adviser to the Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
22 Feb 1941-13 Aug 1945
Extent:
1 volume (263 folios)

76. IOR/R/15/1/547

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/547
Title:
File 53/91 (D 174) Bank at Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the establishment of a branch of an international bank in Kuwait. The correspondence discusses the suitability of the candidates (Eastern Bank, Ottoman Bank and the Arab Bank) and also gives details of the agreement that was e...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Oct 1936-27 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 volume (230 folios)

77. IOR/R/15/1/549

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/549
Title:
File 53/99 II (D 149) Kuwait Reforms
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding internal political developments in Kuwait and concerning its relationship with Iraq. The correspondence discusses the impact in Kuwait of Iraqi radio broadcasts and newspaper articles that were critical of Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jā...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1939-13 Jul 1939
Extent:
1 volume (220 folios)

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