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037-000241999 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Foreign Office, 1782-1968

1. IOR/R/15/5/45

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/45
Title:
File 13/3 Arms Traffic
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding arms traffic through Kuwait to Turkish territory, the Persian Gulf and Persia, and British measures prohibiting contraband. The main correspondents are: the Ruler of Kuwait, Mubarak us Subah (Shaikh Mubarak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ); the Foreign Office; Per...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1909-17 Dec 1912
Extent:
1 volume (302 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/5/73

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/73
Title:
File 27/1 Koweit Trade Reports
Scope & Content:
This volume primarily concerns the preparation and submission of annual trade reports. Most of the volume consists of copies of trade reports for Kuwait (for each financial year from 1912-1913 up to and including 1916-1917), which are submitted by the Political Agent, Kuwait (Captain William Hen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Aug 1912-27 Dec 1918
Extent:
1 volume (257 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/5/49

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/49
Title:
File 13/10 Arms facilities for Shaikh Mubarak
Scope & Content:
The file discusses the Ruler of Kuwait's wish to import arms to maintain his territorial power by land. The file contains correspondence, permits to export arms and ammunition from Muscat to Kuwait, invoices and receipts for articles - mainly machine guns, other arms, accessories and ammunition...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 May 1910-26 Sep 1917
Extent:
1 file (323 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/5/46

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/46
Title:
File 13/6 Arms Traffic General
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, telegrams, statements and notes regarding incidents of arms and ammunition smuggling incidents in Kuwait. The file includes: accounts from the Commander of the Persian Gulf Division regarding rifles carried by pearling dhows; request for all vessels leaving the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1912-10 Jun 1929
Extent:
1 file (246 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/5/61

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/61
Title:
File XXII/5 Distinctive Flag for Kuwait
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises hand written letters, notes, typed correspondence and printed reports relating to the proposed adoption of a distinctive Kuwait flag and certificates of nationality for marine craft belonging to Shaikh Mobarak [Shaikh Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ] or his subjects. Further disc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1906-24 Nov 1924
Extent:
1 volume (57 folios)