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21. IOR/L/PS/10/1222/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1222/1
Title:
File 4537/1927 Pt 1 'Iraq: Question of exemption from taxation of Shaikhs of Kuwait & Mohammerah'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, minutes, memoranda, and other papers concerning the question of a tax exemption on date gardens in Iraq belonging to the Shaikh of Kuwait and the Shaikh of Mohammerah. The papers cover: a review of Britain's historic commitments in the region; increasing opposition to the exempti...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Sep 1927-5 Feb 1931
Extent:
1 item (607 folios)

22. IOR/L/PS/10/1243

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1243
Title:
File 57/1928 Pt 12 'Iraq-Nejd Relations: Koweit Frontier Situation.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the effect of the activities of the Akhwan (also referred to as Ikhwan, and frequently described as 'rebels'), and their conflict with Ibn Saud (also referred to as Bin Saud) [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], on the frontier between the Kingdom of Hejaz ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1929-24 Apr 1930
Extent:

1 volume (639 folios)

23. IOR/L/PS/10/1244

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1244
Title:
File 57/1928 Pt 13 'Iraq-Koweit-Nejd Frontier.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the situation on the frontier between the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd, Iraq, and Koweit [Kuwait], in terms of the conflict between the King of Hejaz and Nejd, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], and the Akhwan [Ikhwan], (frequently described as 'reb...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1929-21 Feb 1930
Extent:

1 volume (585 folios)

24. IOR/L/PS/10/1245

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1245
Title:
File 57/1928 Pt 14 'Nejd-Koweit: Proposals for a comprehensive settlement between Ibn Saud & the Sheikh of Koweit.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the attempts of the British Government to mediate a settlement of the differences between the Shaikh of Kuwait (also referred to as Koweit), Sir Ahmad al-Jabir as-Subah [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], and Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], King of Hej...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Nov 1929-3 Jul 1931
Extent:
1 volume (401 folios)

25. IOR/L/PS/12/233

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/233
Title:
PZ 4841/1937 'Persian Gulf: Haji Williamson & Major Holmes'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the past conduct and future employment of Major Frank Holmes and William Richard ‘Haji’ Williamson in the Persian Gulf. Most of the correspondence is between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Secretary of State for India, and concerns ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1937-4 Jul 1938
Extent:
1 file (68 folios)

26. IOR/L/PS/12/278

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/278
Title:
PZ 467/1939 'Proposed visit of Iraqi Boy Scouts to Kuwait'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of three telegrams: two from the Political Resident, Bushire, and one from the British Embassy in Baghdad. The Political Resident wrote to HM Ambassador, Baghdad, and copied his correspondence to the Political Agent in Kuwait, the Secretary of State for India and the Government...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1939-7 Feb 1939
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

27. IOR/L/PS/12/295

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/295
Title:
PZ 4121/1939 'Visit of one Niall Rankin to Kuwait: question of unfulfilled promise to send film of visit to Shaikh'
Scope & Content:
This file contains drafted, handwritten letters with annotations, as well as formal correspondence, sent between British officials in the Persian Gulf relating to the visit of Niall Rankin to Kuwait and his unfulfilled promise to send a copy of his film, much of which was set in Kuwait, to the S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1939-21 Apr 1940
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

28. IOR/L/PS/12/516

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/516
Title:
Ext 2823/41 'Bahrain. Report of ban on export of gold & silver coinage. and subsequent smuggling.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the imposition of an export licence system on the trade of gold and silver in the Persian Gulf region, at first to understand the flow of trade, and then to restrict it, lest gold find its way through Turkey into enemy-occupied destinations. Corresponde...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 May 1941-10 Jul 1942
Extent:
1 file (30 folios)

29. IOR/L/PS/12/1971

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1971
Title:
Coll 5/24 ‘Purchase of a small cabin aircraft by the Sheikh of Koweit’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to an enquiry made by Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, Ruler of Kuwait, regarding the purchase of a private aircraft. The practical and political aspects of this request are considered by some of the correspondents: the Air Ministry, the Department of Over...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1932-7 Sep 1936
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

30. IOR/L/PS/12/2066

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2066
Title:
Coll 6/5 'Relations with Ibn Saud. Proposed meeting between Col. Biscoe and Ibn Saud. Koweit-Nejd Relations.'
Scope & Content:
This volume consists largely of copies of Foreign Office correspondence (forwarded by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India) regarding relations between Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and Kuwait. In addition, t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1929-21 Sep 1932
Extent:
1 volume (464 folios)