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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R Name Kuwait Political Agency, 1899-1961

1. IOR/R/15/1/207

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/207
Title:
‘File 5/161 VI, 168 IX, 179 II Cases of slaves manumitted at Bahrain, Trucial Coast and Kuwait’
Scope & Content:
The volume is comprised of manumission requests made by slaves seeking refuge at the Political Agencies in Bahrain, Sharjah and Kuwait. Cases heard at Bahrain and Sharjah were covered by treaties signed between the British Government and coastal shaikhdoms, which meant that the assessment of man...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 May 1921-26 Nov 1943
Extent:

One volume (164 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/213

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/213
Title:
‘File 5/183 (D 31) Manumission of slaves at Kuwait’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence in the volume is related to a number of manumission cases involving Kuwaiti subjects heard between 1907 and 1909, either in Kuwait, or in another of the Political Agencies in the Gulf. A significant proportion of the file comprises correspondence between the Political Resident (Ma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
22 Oct 1907-18 Oct 1920
Extent:

1 volume (66 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/471-549

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/471-549
Title:
File 53: Kuwait
Scope & Content:
The Kuwait subject files cover a comprehensive range of topics related to Kuwait and the surrounding area. The files contain correspondence regarding the nature and development of the British Government's involvement in Kuwait, Kuwait's foreign relations (notably with the Ottoman Empire, Najd/Sa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Turkish
Date Range:
1896-1939
Extent:
79 files and volumes (16,694 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/556-609

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/556-609
Title:
File 61: Najd
Scope & Content:
These files and volumes contain correspondence, reports, and other documents relating to the Najd region, in present-day Saudi Arabia, and its ruler, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd, commonly known as Ibn Sa‘ūd. The papers cover the period from Ibn Sa‘ūd's rise to prominence after taking Riyadh in 1902, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1905-1944
Extent:
54 files and volumes (12,432 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1365

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1365
Title:
File 11/1 Correspondence re - SLAVE TRAFFIC AND Kidnapping etc: of Slaves (including Proclamations)
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of covering letters and extracts of the 1873 Slave Trade Proclamation sent between 1926 and 1938. The letters were sent by Political Residency staff to British representatives in the political agencies in Muscat, Bahrain and Kuwait. The file contains five copies of the ex...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, and Urdu
Date Range:
20 Apr 1926-13 Feb 1938
Extent:
1 file (38 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1410

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1410
Title:
File 14/1 Correspondence regarding calls of mail steamers at Bahrain and general correspondence regarding postal matters
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams, correspondence and notices regarding postal matters: conveyance of mail at Bahrain, dispatch of mail from Bahrain, air mail service, shipping, postal facilities in the Persian Gulf area, and restriction of telecommunications and mail services to other countries durin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 May 1938-23 Aug 1941
Extent:
1 file (302 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1418

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1418
Title:
File 14/5 Correspondence regarding Postal arrangements at Shargah and Dubai
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams discussing the proposal to open a Post Office in Sharjah and Dubai. The Ruler of Sharjah requests that the name of Sharjah is printed on the stamps. The file also contains agreements with Imperial Airways for the delivery of mail, and arrangements f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1932-27 Mar 1940
Extent:
1 file (266 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1601

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1601
Title:
File 17/4 II Stores: Stamps
Scope & Content:
This file concerns court fee stamps (a type of revenue stamp used to pay court fees) and consular fee stamps, issued to the Bahrain Political Agency. The part of the file dating from 1945 to the end of 1947 consists mostly of indents, completed by the Treasury Officer at the Political Agency, an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1945-13 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (286 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/5/320

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/320
Title:
'File 1/80 LOCAL STAFF OF THE POLITICAL AGENCY, KUWAIT’
Scope & Content:
The file contains complaint and resignation letters from the only two locally-engaged clerical staff working at the British Political Agency in Kuwait: Abdul Mohsin, the passport clerk, and Israel Kadoo (also spelt Kaddo), the interpreter. The complaints centre around their pay, allowances and l...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Aug 1948-4 Sep 1949
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/5/324

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/324
Title:
‘File 14/3 VOL. II A_G_E_N_C_Y S_T_A_F_F LEAVE, APPOINTMENTS, ETC., OF CLERICAL ESTABLISHMENT'
Scope & Content:
The file contains three letters: from Mr Israel Ibrahim Kadoo, Interpreter at the Kuwait Agency to the Political Agent at Kuwait, asking for an increase in rent allowance for his house; from the Political Agent at Kuwait to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain, in support of the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1949-2 May 1949
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)