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032-000538283 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Emir of Kuwait, 1718-

1. IOR/L/PS/18/B133A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B133A
Title:
Memorandum respecting Koweit
Scope & Content:
This file is a memorandum concerning Koweit [Kuwait] written by Foreign Office official, R V Harcourt [Robert Venables Vernon Harcourt]. The memorandum is divided up as follows: General Narrative - Turkish Activity - Understandings with Turkey and Germany; Koweit Boundary; Political Agent; Kow...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1905
Extent:

1 volume (7 folios)

2. 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)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3894B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3894B
Title:
Coll 30/158A 'Koweit: Administration and Finances. Financial Adviser for Koweit'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the administration and finances of the state of Koweit [Kuwait], and in particular the proposed appointment of a British Financial Adviser to the Shaikh of Kuwait [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], a role similar to that of Charles Dalrymple Belgrave in Bahrain. This was against...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jul 1946-5 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (72 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3964

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3964
Title:
Coll 30/220 'Kuwait: General Relations with'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns Kuwait affairs. The papers include a report dated 9 May 1944, by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Geoffrey Prior, on a visit to Kuwait. The report includes details of conversations between Prior and the Shaikh of Kuwait [Aḥmad al-Jābir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1944-13 Jan 1945
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/50

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/50
Title:
File 1855/1904 Pt 6-8 'Koweit'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains parts 6, 7, and 8 of the subject 'Koweit' [Kuwait]: Part 6 (IOR/L/PS/10/50/1) concerns the status of citizens of Kuwait in Persia. Part 7 (IOR/L/PS/10/50/2) concerns the proposal that vessels from Kuwait should adopt a distinctive flag, and the likely reaction this would brin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1904-1908
Extent:
1 volume (324 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/617

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/617
Title:
File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1916-17 PORTION'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises mainly printed correspondence, telegrams, summaries, printed reports, notes, receipts, statistical tables, and other papers concerning miscellaneous matters relating to Mesopotamia, including Basra, and also Bahrain. The papers notably cover: The Iraq Occupied Territories ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Oct 1915-27 Dec 1917
Extent:
1 volume (723 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3830

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3830
Title:
Coll 30/107 'Koweit: Rules of succession in Koweit.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the rules of succession for the rulers of Kuwait (also referred to as Koweit). The papers cover: correspondence dated 1935 between the India Office and Charles Harry Clinton Pirie-Gordon of The Times concerning the article on Kuwait for the new edition of the Statesman's Year ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jan 1935-19 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (59 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/51

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/51
Title:
File 1855/1904 Pt 9-10 'Koweit'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains parts 9 and 10 of the subject 'Koweit' [Kuwait]: Part 9 (IOR/L/PS/10/51/1) concerns the rights of the Ruler of Kuwait to the islands of Bubiyan, Warba, and Umkasr [Umm Qaşr]. Part 10 (IOR/L/PS/10/51/2) concerns the Ruler of Kuwait's relations with the Ottoman Empire, and his ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1903-1912
Extent:

1 volume (314 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/18/B127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B127
Title:
Koweit
Scope & Content:
Memorandum, written by Colin George Campbell, 31 December 1900, about Koweit [Kuwait], including a brief historical introduction and detailed information for the years 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, and 1900. Topics discussed include Mubarak al-Sabah [Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ] having murdered his fat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1900
Extent:

6 folios

10. IOR/L/PS/18/B395

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B395
Title:
'Koweit, 1908-1928'
Scope & Content:
Document outlining the administration and history of Koweit [Kuwait] from 1908-1928. Covering: 'Administration' – rulers succession history; Koweit's status as an independent Arab state; internal administration conducted by the Shaikh and Council of Advisors; control by the Government of India;...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Oct 1928
Extent:

1 file (7 folios)