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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/5/179-235

51. IOR/R/15/5/229

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/229
Title:
File 4/42 Capital Development Projects of Kuwait Government
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a single letter that was sent from the Political Agency in Kuwait to the Political Residency in Bahrain regarding plans of the Government of Kuwait to construct a jetty into Kuwait Bay to facilitate the landing of cargo.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1949
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

52. IOR/R/15/5/230

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/230
Title:
File 4/43 Internal Administration (Social Reforms)
Scope & Content:
This file consists of the following: Notes of a conversation that took place on 15 May 1949 between the Foreign Office official, B A B Burrows and the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, concerning state reform and how to prevent a growth in popularity of communism in the country (f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1949-9 Jun 1949
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

53. IOR/R/15/5/231

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/231
Title:
File 4/44 Kuwait State. Recruitment of British Police Sergeants for Kuwait Police Force
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the Political Agency in Kuwait and the Persian Gulf Political Residency in Bahrain regarding the hiring of British police officers in Kuwait by the country's ruler, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah. The correspondence also contains references to the broader...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1949-25 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

54. IOR/R/15/5/232

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/232
Title:
File C 4/45 Kuwait-Syrian Relations
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials in Kuwait and Iraq, as well as the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah and his Secretary, Abdullah Mulla Saleh, regarding the whereabouts of a Syrian national named De Rovan Kouyoumji (also written in the file as Derovan Kay...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1949-21 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

55. IOR/R/15/5/233

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/233
Title:
File C 4/46 Constitution of the Shara' Court at Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a single letter that was sent from Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to Gordon Noel Jackson, the Political Agent in Kuwait in which Hay requests details of three Egyptian qadis (religious judges) recently hired in Kuwait and th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (1 folio)

56. IOR/R/15/5/234

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/234
Title:
File C 4/47 Agency at Mina Al Ahmadi
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence concerning a proposal to establish a small office of the Political Agency in Kuwait at the port, Mina al Ahmadi. The correspondence is primarily between the Political Agent in Kuwait, Herbert George Jakins and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutena...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1949-12 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

57. IOR/R/15/5/235

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/235
Title:
File C 4/48 Education in Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains a short extract from a report on Kuwait's educational system that was written by the British Council official, W R Keight (accompanied by a brief covering letter) and a letter sent to Keight in response to his report by Herbert George Jakins, the Political Agent in Kuwait.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1949-10 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)