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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Government of India, Foreign Secretary, 1843-1937

81. IOR/R/15/5/74

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/74
Title:
File 27/12 II Kuwait Trade Reports from 1917-18 to 1923-24
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 1917-1918 up to and including 1923-1924), which are submitted by the Political Agent, Kuwait [Captain Daniel Vinc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1919-1 Apr 1924
Extent:

1 volume (294 folios)

82. IOR/R/15/5/77

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/77
Title:
File 27/12 V TRADE REPORT 1923/24 1924/25 1925/26 1926/27 1927/28
Scope & Content:
These two volumes (parts 1 and 2) contain the Kuwait trade reports for each financial year from 1923-1924 up to and including 1927-1928. As documented in the volumes, advanced copies of the reports are submitted by the Political Agent, Kuwait (Major James Carmichael More), to the Persian Gulf P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
26 Sep 1921-3 Nov 1928
Extent:

2 volumes (392 folios)

83. IOR/R/15/5/158

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/158
Title:
File 2/6 'King Faisal's visit to Kuwait (and Gulf ports)'
Scope & Content:
Papers regarding a proposed visit by King Fayṣal bin ̒Alī al-Hāshimī to Kuwait. The file consists of correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, and HM Foreign Office, regarding the British desire to discourage such a visit....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Oct 1932-19 Apr 1941
Extent:
1 file (45 folios)

84. IOR/R/15/5/170

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/170
Title:
File 3/1 I Seizure or Detention of Kuwait sailing craft by Persians
Scope & Content:
This file relates to several cases of Kuwaiti sailing boats being seized or detained by the Persian authorities. The file consists mostly of correspondence between the Political Agent, Kuwait, and various British diplomatic officials. Most of the correspondence concerns the circumstances of the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1932-21 Oct 1936
Extent:
1 volume (248 folios)

85. IOR/R/15/6/188

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/188
Title:
File [VIIIB/2] MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: Zanzibar Subsidy and Arms Subsidy
Scope & Content:
This volume concerns two subsidies paid by the Government of India to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, which are referred to in the correspondence as the Zanzibar subsidy and the arms traffic subsidy. The latter subsidy is referred to as initially having been granted to Sultan Faisal bin Turki [Fa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1921-25 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 volume (146 folios)

86. IOR/R/15/6/193

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/193
Title:
File 8/11 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: ASSESSMENT OF ZAKAT.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns zakat revenue from date cultivation in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. It discusses the findings of a recent assessment of the Sultanate's date producing districts, which was undertaken by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, Captain Reginald George Evelyn William Alban...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1932-26 Sep 1932
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

87. IOR/R/15/6/238

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/238
Title:
File 8/60 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: MUSSANNAH AND YAL SA'AD.
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the Yal Sa`ad [Yāl Sa‘d], a tribe based on the Batinah coast. The correspondence discusses the reported resistance of Yal Sa`ad tribesmen to the establishment of customs houses in the area. It also discusses reported smuggling and slave trafficking by the tribe, and the grou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1920-8 Sep 1925
Extent:
1 file (131 folios)

88. Mss Eur F112/419

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/419
Title:
Correspondence relating to the completion and despatch to me of the various summaries of my Indian Administration made by the For Dept of the Govt of India - 1905-1908
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning summaries for Afghanistan, the Persian Gulf, Tibet, the Northwest Frontier, the Northeast Frontier, Baluchistan, Persia, Aden, and the Native States of India. These summaries were being brought up to date following the end of Curzon's time as Viceroy o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1906-29 May 1908
Extent:

1 file (48 folios)

89. Mss Eur F126/69

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/69
Title:
'Rajpootana [Rājasthān] - Drafts. Issue. Demi-Official File 1873'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence from Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān] to the Political Agents and other officials in Rajpootana; and officials within the Government of India, including Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1873-14 Dec 1873
Extent:

1 file, 62 items (107 folios)

90. Mss Eur F126/70

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/70
Title:
Letter book of private letters from Lewis Pelly to various persons.
Scope & Content:
The letter book consists of correspondence primarily between Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor General in Rajputana [Rājasthān], and the individuals who reported to him including his assistants Henry Byam Abbott, Charles Allan Baylay and William Howell Beynon; the Political Agents for Jaipur, M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1874-22 Oct 1874
Extent:

1 volume, 179 items (96 folios)