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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Emir of Kuwait, 1718-

31. IOR/L/PS/12/2186

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2186
Title:
Coll 7/18 'Persian Gulf: Saluting gun for Shaikh of Koweit [Kuwait]'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding the supply of a three-pounder saluting gun for the Shaikh of Kuwait's motor dhow, to be supplied from Admiralty stores. Details of costs and transport arrangements are provided. The correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Admiralty, and the Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1932-23 Sep 1937
Extent:
1 file (35 folios)

32. IOR/L/PS/12/2802

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2802
Title:
Coll 16/33 'Establishments. Employment in Koweit of retired Political Agent: case of Col Dickson. appt as Chief Local Representative of the Kuwait Oil Coy.'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence, memoranda and other documents relating to the appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson as the first Chief Local Representative of the Kuwait Oil Company following his retirement from the post of Political Agent, Kuwait [also spelled Kowe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Feb 1935-14 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (66 folios)

33. IOR/L/PS/12/2854

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2854
Title:
Coll 17/8(2) 'Shaikh of Koweit's Estates: Date gardens of the Shaikh in Iraq'
Scope & Content:
This volume is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2853. It consists of extensive correspondence, memoranda and reports regarding date garden properties in Iraq owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, changes to their tax-exempt status, and lawsuits regarding their ownership. Properties owned by the Shaikh of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1934-22 May 1936
Extent:
1 volume (619 folios)

34. IOR/L/PS/12/2855

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2855
Title:
Coll 17/8(3) 'Iraq. Shaikh of Koweits Estates. Date gardens of the Shaikh in Iraq.'
Scope & Content:
This volume is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2854. It consists of extensive correspondence, memoranda and reports regarding date garden properties in Iraq owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait and the Shaikh of Mohammerah. The material concerns the ongoing lawsuits regarding the Shaikh of Kuwait's owner...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 May 1936-29 Nov 1938
Extent:
1 volume (792 folios)

35. IOR/L/PS/12/2856

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2856
Title:
Coll 17/8(4) 'Shaikh of Kuwait's date gardens: litigation in Iraq Courts regarding the Faddaghiyah estate'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2855. It contains papers regarding legal cases brought against the heirs of Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ (the Shaikh of Kuwait) by Abdullah bin Issa Pasha Al Zuhair, concerning the ownership of the date garden properties known as the Faddaghiyeh, the Bashiye...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1937-14 Sep 1943
Extent:
1 file (591 folios)

36. IOR/L/PS/12/2857

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2857
Title:
Coll 17/8(5) 'Shaikh of Kuwait's date gardens: litigation in Iraq Courts regarding the Bashiyah estate'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2856. It contains papers regarding legal cases brought against the heirs of Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ (the Shaikh of Kuwait) by the heirs of Shafiqah Al Zuhair, concerning the ownership of the date garden properties known as the Bashiyeh: a suit filed by ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1938-24 Nov 1944
Extent:
1 file (120 folios)

37. IOR/L/PS/12/2858

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2858
Title:
Coll 17/8(6) 'Date gardens of the Sheikh of Koweit in Iraq: discharge of HMG's liability in respect of possession and exemption from taxation'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2857. It contains papers regarding the following: legal cases brought against the Shaikh of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ) in respect of the ownership of date garden properties in Iraq; the subsequent institution of Land Settlement Procedure to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1938-10 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (425 folios)

38. IOR/L/PS/12/2864

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2864
Title:
Coll 17/11 'Iraq. Relations with Arab Sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf. Propaganda against Kuwait'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding Iraq's relations with other Arab nations, predominantly with Kuwait. The papers dated 1932-1934 discuss British concerns over moves to institute closer relations between Iraq and Kuwait, as well as smuggling, Pan-Arabism in the Gulf, and Ibn Saud's conc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1932-19 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (303 folios)

39. IOR/L/PS/12/2878

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2878
Title:
Coll 17/18(1) 'Smuggling between Kuwait and Iraq'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers regarding the alleged smuggling of goods from Kuwait to Iraq, and attempts to broker an agreement between the Shaikh of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ) and the Government of Iraq with regards to importation restrictions, customs appointments and effective front...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jul 1932-15 Jun 1935
Extent:
1 volume (673 folios)

40. IOR/L/PS/12/2879

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2879
Title:
Coll 17/18(2) 'Smuggling between Kuwait and Iraq'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2878, and contains papers regarding the alleged smuggling of goods from Kuwait to Iraq, and attempts to broker an agreement between the Shaikh of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ) and the Government of Iraq with regards to the prevention of smuggl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jun 1935-14 May 1942
Extent:
1 file (443 folios)