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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/5/109-319

1. IOR/R/15/5/109-125

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/109-125
Title:
File I: Kuwait/Saudi Arabia Relations
Scope & Content:
Subject File I is comprised of papers relating to British involvement in relations between Kuwait and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (spelt Saudiyeh in some files; referred to as the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd prior to 1932), and Britain’s relations with the King of Saudi Arabia, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1929-1949
Extent:

16 volumes and files (2,192 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/5/126-169

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/126-169
Title:
File 2: Kuwait/Iraq Relations
Scope & Content:
These files and volumes document relations between Kuwait and Iraq, and were created and accumulated by the Kuwait Political Agency. They primarily comprise correspondence between the Political Agency, Kuwait; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Secretary of State for India; and the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Turkish
Date Range:
1929-1949
Extent:

22 volumes, 22 files (8563 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/5/170-178

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/170-178
Title:
File 3: Kuwait/Iran Relations
Scope & Content:
The Kuwait/Iran relations sub-sub-series concerns Kuwait's and Britain's relations with Persia (also referred to as Iran in some of the correspondence). Three of the files relate to cases of Kuwaiti sailing boats being seized, and in some cases detained, by the Persian authorities. Other matter...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
1928-1949
Extent:
9 files and volumes (1308 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/5/179-235

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/179-235
Title:
File 4: Kuwait State
Scope & Content:
The Kuwait State files contain correspondence regarding a number of different topics that are related to the development of the state of Kuwait, the running of its government, political reform and Kuwait's relations with its neighbours and Britain. These files largely contain correspondence bet...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1921-1949
Extent:
57 files (6,644 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/5/236-272

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/236-272
Title:
File 5: Oil
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1949
Extent:
37 files

6. IOR/R/15/5/273-292

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/273-292
Title:
File 6: Aviation
Scope & Content:
This series contains files relating to the establishment, legal regulation and logistical operation of both military and civilian aircraft, air routes and air facilities in and around Kuwait and the Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929-1949
Extent:
20 files (3,297 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/5/293-307

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/293-307
Title:
File 7: Judicial
Scope & Content:
The Judicial Files relate to the judicial functions of the Kuwait Political Agency over British Protected Persons, as defined by the Kuwait Order in Council. IOR/R/15/1/294-297 are concerned with the drafting of the original (1925) Order in Council, and subsequent reissues in 1935 and 1949; thes...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1919-14 Dec 1949
Extent:
15 files (1175 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/5/308-310

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/308-310
Title:
File 8 Smuggling
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1925-1949
Extent:
3 files

9. IOR/R/15/5/311 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/311 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 9: Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The Slave Trade sub-sub-series consists of one file containing correspondence relating to the slave trade in the Persian Gulf, and particularly in Kuwait. Much of the correspondence deals with requests for information about the Persian Gulf slave trade from the League of Nations' Advisory Commit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1929-27 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (194 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/5/312 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/312 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 10: Destruction of Documents
Scope & Content:
The Destruction of Documents sub-sub-series consists of one file, which lists a number of intelligence summaries, diaries and reports that were destroyed at the Kuwait Political Agency in February 1941, apparently as a matter of procedure. The file also includes a copy of a procedure, dated 19 D...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1941-19 Dec 1945
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)