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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R Name Government of Iraq, Early 20th century-Mid 20th century

1. IOR/R/15/2/1500

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1500
Title:
‘Miscellaneous 16/7 Pension to Abdur Rehman – Civil’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to pension payments made by the Pensions Department of the Iraq Government, to Abdul Rahman bin Hassan, a resident of Hassa [Al-Aḥsā’]. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Agent at Bahrain (Major Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett); representatives of the Pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 May 1926-29 May 1930
Extent:
1 file (51 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/1522

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1522
Title:
‘File 16/25 Iraq Government Gazette from 7th January, 1945 to’
Scope & Content:
Copies of the weekly ‘Iraq Government Gazette, published in Baghdad by the Directorate General of Propaganda of the Ministry of Interior, Government of Iraq. The copies included in the file cover the periods 7 January 1945 to 1 April 1945, and 2 March 1947 to 11 May 1947. The Gazettes include: ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1945-11 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (251 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1527

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1527
Title:
‘File 16/29 Miscellaneous. Iraq Treaties’
Scope & Content:
A number of annexures to issues of the Iraq Government Gazette, published between June and July 1931: a treaty for the extradition of offenders between Iraq and Egypt, signed at Cairo on 20 April 1931 (ff 3-4); a treaty of friendship between Iraq and Transjordan [Jordan], signed at Amman on 26 M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jun 1931-25 Oct 1938
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/5/122

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/122
Title:
‘I/8 Saudi-Iraqi relations’
Scope & Content:
Papers concerning relations between Saudi Arabia and Iraq, and proposals in 1940 to fix the Saudi-Iraq border, including: The British Minister in Saudi Arabia Reader Bullard’s views, dated 27 April 1939, on Saudi Arabia’s status in the event of war, including any risks posed towards the country ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Apr 1939-23 Sep 1940
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/5/126

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/126
Title:
File 2/1 I PROPAGANDA (Absorption of Kuwait by Iraq)
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to the proposed appointment of Persian representatives in Kuwait, and the Political relations between Iraq and Kuwait. There is also correspondence related to the proposal of the Iraqi Government to appoint an Iraqi Vice-Consul at Kuwait. The correspond...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Sep 1929-13 Mar 1939
Extent:
1 volume (341 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/5/127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/127
Title:
'File 2/1 II IRAQ PROPAGANDA. (Absorption of Kuwait by Iraq). Relations etc.'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, and confidential papers sent between British officials in the Gulf regarding Iraqi propaganda against Kuwait. Communications were made with former Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Pasha al-Said and the Ruler of Kuwait, in this regard. The cor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
20 Feb 1939-29 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 volume (154 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/5/130

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/130
Title:
File 2/2 III Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to Kuwait-Iraq smuggling. The correspondence discusses the following: Operation of Iraq Customs launch in Kuwait territorial waters. The shooting of two Kuwait tribesmen in Kuwait territory by Iraq Preventive Police. Proposing a conference to be held...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Sep 1934-8 Jun 1935
Extent:
1 volume (265 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/5/131

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/131
Title:
File 2/2 IV Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to Kuwait-Iraq smuggling. British officials stood as mediators between the Iraqi Government and the Shaikh of Kuwait to try and solve the smuggling issue. They discussed possible ways to persuade the Shaikh of Kuwait to agree to a friendly arrangement f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 May 1935-13 Jun 1936
Extent:
1 volume (267 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/5/135

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/135
Title:
File 2/4 I TAXATION OF SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to the date gardens owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, and the Shaikh of Mohammerah, Khaz'al al-Ka'bi, in southern Iraq. In particular, the correspondence concerns the Government of Iraq's intention to end the immunity from taxation...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Nov 1914-12 Dec 1930
Extent:

1 volume (316 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/5/136

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/136
Title:
File 2/4 II TAXATION of SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to the date gardens owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, and the Shaikh of Mohammerah, Khaz'al al-Ka'bi, in southern Iraq. In particular, the correspondence concerns the Government of Iraq's intention to end the immunity from taxation...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1931-19 Dec 1932
Extent:
1 volume (220 folios)