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71. IOR/L/PS/18/B425

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B425
Title:
Translation of Lease by Sheikh Mubarak of Koweit of the Bunder Shweikh Lands and of the Acceptance of that Lease by the Political Agent, Koweit, both dated 15 October 1907
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a copy of a translation of a lease by Sheikh Mubarak [Mubārak bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] of Koweit [Kuwait] for Bunder Shweikh [Bandar Shawaykh] and of the acceptance of the lease by Major Stuart George Knox, Political Agent at Kuwait, dated 15 October 1907. The lease has twel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1907
Extent:

1 file (17 folios)

72. IOR/L/PS/18/B427

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B427
Title:
Final Record of a Meeting Held at the Foreign Office on Thursday October 5th [1933] to Discuss Relations between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Sheikh of Koweit
Scope & Content:
This is a printed memorandum containing a record of a meeting held at the Foreign Office on 5 October 1933 to discuss relations between Great Britain and the Sheikh of Koweit [Kuwait], Aḥmad bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, particularly in regards to Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Aziz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān Āl Sa‘ūd]. The ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1933
Extent:

1 file (25 folios)

73. IOR/L/PS/18/B431

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B431
Title:
Relations between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Sheikh of Koweit
Scope & Content:
This secret memorandum, printed by the Foreign Office, contains a record of a meeting held at the Foreign Office on 5 October 1933 to discuss relations between Great Britain and the Sheikh of Koweit [Kuwait], Aḥmad bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, particularly in regards to Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Aziz bin ‘Abd a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1934
Extent:

1 file (10 folios)

74. IOR/L/PS/18/B468

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B468
Title:
The Date Gardens in Iraq of the Sheikhs of Koweit [Kuwait] and Mohammerah. Scope of undertakings given by HM Government in 1914. Case for the opinion of the Law Officers of the Crown and Opinion thereon T W H Inskip and F B Merriman, Law Officers' Department, 29 Mar 1933. inc The date gardens in Iraq of the Sheikhs of Koweit and Mohammerah. Historical summary [undated]
Scope & Content:
This file contains a British Government report (folios 1-19) regarding promises made by the British in 1914 to the rulers of Kuwait and Mohammerah concerning their ownership of date gardens in Iraq. The report contains a description of the situation and the legal opinion of T W H Inskip and F ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1933
Extent:
1 file (35 folios)

75. IOR/L/PS/18/B472

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B472
Title:
Heads of Agreement between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and His Highness the Shaikh of Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum contains the heads of agreement of the Kuwait Civil Air Agreement between the United Kingdom and Kuwait, signed by the ruler of Kuwait [Shaikh Aḥmad bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], and Captain Gerald Simpson de Gaury, Political Agent at Kuwait dated 23 May 1938. The agreement contai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1938
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

76. IOR/L/PS/18/B477

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B477
Title:
Agreement for the exploitation of sulphur in Kuwait [between] His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and Eastern Gulf Oil Company Limited
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with an agreement between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Eastern Gulf Oil Company Limited, which relates to the exploitation of sulphur in Kuwait agreed between the Shaik of Kuwait and the Eastern Gulf Oil Company Limited. This agreement outlines the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1940
Extent:

1 file (2 foilos)

77. IOR/L/PS/20/130

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/130
Title:
Report and Proceedings of the Standing Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The report was printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, November 1911, and approved on 14 December 1911. It concerns the situation in the Persian Gulf regarding the extent to which Turkish claims aligned with British interests, and engagements already made with the Sheikh of Koweit [Kuwait...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Nov 1911
Extent:

1 volume (43 folios)

78. IOR/L/PS/20/FO13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/FO13
Title:
'Koweit 1904'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of published copies of correspondence between the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Government of India, British administrative and diplomatic staff, and foreign governments and their staff. It was printed for use by the Foreign Office. The volume contains: ‘Part VI. Furt...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1905
Extent:

1 volume (64 folios)

79. IOR/R/15/1/213

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/213
Title:
‘File 5/183 (D 31) Manumission of slaves at Kuwait’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence in the volume is related to a number of manumission cases involving Kuwaiti subjects heard between 1907 and 1909, either in Kuwait, or in another of the Political Agencies in the Gulf. A significant proportion of the file comprises correspondence between the Political Resident (Ma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
22 Oct 1907-18 Oct 1920
Extent:

1 volume (66 folios)

80. IOR/R/15/1/303

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/303
Title:
File 18/68 I (D 114) Kuwait Order in Council
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to the composition, drafting and publication of The Kuwait Order in Council, 1925 (His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1925). The volume includes papers relating to initial objections and subsequent agreement on the part of Sheikh Ahmad al-Jabir as-Subah [Sheikh Ahmad al-Jabir Al Sa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1919-20 Dec 1928
Extent:
1 volume (264 folios)