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037-000241999 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, 1783-1937

1. IOR/R/15/5/14-15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/14-15
Title:
File 6: Maps and Books
Scope & Content:
Two files consisting of various memoranda, letters, receipts and lists of maps, books, and military reports.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904-1929
Extent:
2 files (401 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/5/72

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/72
Title:
File 27/12 PERSIAN GULF RESIDENCY
Scope & Content:
This file consists of instructions for the preparation of trade reports, plus copies of annual trade reports for Koweit [Kuwait], dating from 1905 to 1912. The beginning of the file contains copies of what are referred to as 'skeleton forms' in which statistics are to be recorded, together with ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1905-18 May 1912
Extent:
1 file (274 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/5/92

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/92
Title:
File 36/3 Lease of Bander Shweikh
Scope & Content:
The file includes letters (drafts, originals, and copies), telegrams, and notes relating to secret negotiations over the lease of Bander Shweikh [Ash Shuwaykh] from the Shaikh of Kuwait. The correspondence is mostly between the Political Agent, Kuwait, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (or ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1905-24 Aug 1923
Extent:
1 file (277 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/5/93

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/93
Title:
File 38/2 Miscellaneous Assistance to Sheikh of Kuwait
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to assistance provided by the Political Agent, Kuwait, and other Government of India offices to the Shaikh of Kuwait. The correspondence is mostly between the Political Agent, Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Government of India (Political Departm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Urdu
Date Range:
5 Jan 1905-8 Jul 1932
Extent:
1 file (621 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/5/62

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/62
Title:
XX/7 Vernacular Newspapers & periodicals, Extracts from & Pan-Islamism.
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence, letters, notes and printed reports relating to translated articles from various Arabic language media. The articles are written from an anti-British view point and relate to the topic of British strategy concerning Kuwait and Mohammerah and the perceived inte...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Sep 1904-6 Sep 1912
Extent:
1 volume (35 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/5/68

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/68
Title:
XXII/19 Bubyan and Warba Islands.
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to ownership of Bubiyan Island [Jazīrat Būbiyān] and Warba Island [Jazīrat Warbah]. The discussion in the volume relates to: a military post on Bubiyan Island; proposal to include right of pre-emption of W...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1905-7 Jun 1908
Extent:
1 volume (44 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/5/67

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/67
Title:
XXII/17 Boundary between Koweit & Katif Territory
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the demarcation of the boundary between Koweit [Kuwait] and Qatif region [Al-Qaṭīf] in the period 1905-1914. Places discussed include: Ras Mishab [Mishʻāb, Ra's al-], Musallamiya [Musallamiya Island], O...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1905-9 Sep 1914
Extent:
1 volume (36 folios)

8. 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)