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032-000209245 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Kuwait Oil Company, 1934-

1. IOR/R/15/5/319

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/319
Title:
File 13/11 'Registration of Foreigners - Kuwait'
Scope & Content:
The file contains Kuwait Political Agency papers regarding the registration of foreigners. It mainly consists of correspondence between the Political Agent, Kuwait, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bahrain [the latter is ‘Prodrome’ in the telegrams]. It also includes letters fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1949-31 Aug 1949
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/5/125

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/125
Title:
‘Kuwait – Saudi Frontier.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between the Political Agent at Kuwait (Gordon Noel Jackson), the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay), and other British Government officials, concerning the status of Gurain [Al Qurayn], located in the neutral zone between Saudi Arabia an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1948-5 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (22 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/881

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/881
Title:
File 39/11 (12/13) Magnetic observations in Bahrain by Kuwait Oil Company
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, primarily between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent at Kuwait and the Political Agent at Bahrain, regarding terrestrial magnetic observations as part of a seismic survey carried out in various stations of the Persian Gulf by Kuwait ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1936-26 Apr 1937
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/5/298

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/298
Title:
‘File 7/1 (a) Intelligence Report of the Chief Special Police Officer, KOC’
Scope & Content:
The file consists of monthly reports from March to December 1949 by the Chief Special Police Officer at Ahmali (F J McLintic and J H W O'Hare), outlining investigations into criminal offences committed by or against those subject to British jurisdiction as per the Kuwait Order in Council; primar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1949-18 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/878

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/878
Title:
File 39/7 (10/9) Kuwait Oil Concession
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between Kuwait Oil Company, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Political Agent at Kuwait. The correspondence discusses the discovery of oil in Kuwait; because of the scarcity of oil found in the well at Bahra it was ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1936-16 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (42 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/6/436

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/436
Title:
File 14/3 Oilfields in the Gulf outside Muscat territory
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to oilfields in the Gulf excluding Muscat territory. The discussion in the file relates to: Negotiations over concessions for oil exploration in the Trucial Coast The impact of the negotiations on the behav...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1936-11 Feb 1946
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/5/296

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/296
Title:
‘File 7/1 III Kuwait Order in Council and Jurisdiction over Foreigners’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the introduction of King's Regulations under the Kuwait Order in Council. It is concerned with two regulations in particular: the Kuwait Passport Regulation, 1947 to introduce penalties for arriving at Kuwait without a visa, and the Special Police Officers Regulation, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1945-5 Apr 1949
Extent:
1 file (105 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/5/318

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/318
Title:
File 13/9 'Employment of Foreigners in Kuwait Government (Refugee Labour)'
Scope & Content:
The file contains Kuwait Political Agency papers relating to the employment of foreigners in Kuwait. It largely consists of correspondence between the Political Agent, Kuwait, and the Political Resident, Persian Gulf Residency, Bahrain. It also includes: correspondence between the Political Ag...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Oct 1945-11 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (136 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/645

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/645
Title:
86/1 IX Kuwait Oil (D 111)
Scope & Content:
The file is primarily concerned with the conclusion of the Koweit [Kuwait] Oil Concession negotations between the Shaikh of Kuwait [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], and the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC). Correspondence includes discussion between both parties and the India Office over final amendment...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1934-30 Apr 1935
Extent:
1 file (230 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/5/301

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/301
Title:
‘File 7/4 Registration of Companies under Art 69 of Kuwait Order-in-Council, 1949’
Scope & Content:
The file contains applications and supporting documentation from companies applying for registration with the Kuwait Political Agency, a requirement for companies subject to British jurisdiction under the Kuwait Order in Council. The companies in question are Cable and Wireless; the Eastern Oil ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
1 Aug 1936-6 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (146 folios)