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111. IOR/R/15/2/731

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/731
Title:
‘File 28/37 Dhow launches &c. for war purposes’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to miscellaneous calls and requests for dhows and other watercraft, to perform various tasks related to wartime measures, including: transport of war equipment; use as floating craft platforms for wireless observation equipment; to assist in importing p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1942-17 Oct 1943
Extent:
1 file (49 folios)

112. IOR/R/15/2/878

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/878
Title:
File 39/7 (10/9) Kuwait Oil Concession
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between Kuwait Oil Company, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Political Agent at Kuwait. The correspondence discusses the discovery of oil in Kuwait; because of the scarcity of oil found in the well at Bahra it was ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1936-16 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (42 folios)

113. IOR/R/15/2/1300

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1300
Title:
File 6/81 Investiture of Shaikhs
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the investiture of the Shaikh of Kuwait (Shaikh Ahmed al Jabir as-Subah [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ]). The correspondence is between the External Affairs Department of the Government of India, Political Agent, Kuwait (Cornelius James Pelly), Political Ag...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1944-8 Apr 1944
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

114. IOR/R/15/2/1502

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1502
Title:
‘File 16/9 II Id Calls and letters of greetings etc’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises: Eid (referred to as Id throughout) greetings sent during Id Adh-Dhuha [Eid-al-Adha] and Id Al Fitr [Eid-al-Fitr] by the Bahrain Political Agent (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch) to the various rulers in the Persian Gulf, and letters in return giving thanks and acknowledg...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1933-11 Mar 1936
Extent:
1 file (322 folios)

115. IOR/R/15/2/1860

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1860
Title:
File B/3 Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Shaikh, the Notables and the Political Agent, Kuwait
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to several complaint cases investigated by the Political Agent, Bahrain. They include: the desertion of his wife by a Kuwaiti subject in 1930; the recovery of money owing to a divorced wife by her ex-husband in 1931; the alleged seizure of goods from the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
26 Apr 1930-8 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (100 folios)

116. IOR/R/15/5/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/1
Title:
‘I/1 First Appointment of a Pol: Agent to Koweit, (Capt S. G. Knox).’
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence sent and letter received by the Political Agent at Kuwait (Captain Stuart George Knox): a letter from Knox describing his arrival in Kuwait, the Ruler of Kuwait’s [Shaikh Mubarak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ] response to his arrival, accommodation and food offered by the Shaikh, a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1904-30 Mar 1908
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)

117. IOR/R/15/5/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/3
Title:
‘Establishment. No. I/12 Appointments and Changes in the Political Residents & Agents in the Persian Gulf, and Secretaries, Bushire, & of the Govt. of India. and Others.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the departure (either permanently or on temporary leave) of current, and the arrival of new incumbents, to the post of Political Resident and Consulate General in the Persian Gulf. The file includes: circulars issued by the Political Resident to Political Agents and Of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1913-10 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (189 folios)

118. IOR/R/15/5/11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/11
Title:
KUWAIT OFFICE RECORDS. BUILDINGS. No. 4/15 - Vol. I. New Agency Building at Kuwait.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of the translation of the agreement between the Political Agent, Kuwait and Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah, Ruler of Kuwait concerning a lease of a building for the agency. Also included in the file is a Government of India Public Works Document tender and contract document for...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1929
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

119. IOR/R/15/5/17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/17
Title:
‘File 8/1. Casualties in the al-Subah family of Kuwait’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to casualties suffered by the Al-Sabah [Āl Ṣabāḥ] ruling family of Kuwait. There are copies of letters and telegrams conveying messages of condolence to the Shaikh [Emir] of Kuwait [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] and other family members, along with the r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1926-11 Sep 1945
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

120. IOR/R/15/5/20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/20
Title:
File 9/2 II ‘No. 9/2 Vol. II Criminal Cases’
Scope & Content:
The file contains case correspondence, including several witness statements and a few Kuwait Political Agency court proceedings, relating to the investigation and prosecution of several criminal offences. These are mainly cases of assault and theft committed in Kuwait against Indian and Persian f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
13 Nov 1919-14 May 1926
Extent:
1 file (209 folios)