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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Political Agent, Kuwait, 1904-1961 Place Basra, Asia

1. IOR/L/PS/18/B225

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B225
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel William George Grey, Indian Army, Political Agent, Kuwait to Sir Arthur Hirtzel, Secretary, Political Department, India Office
Scope & Content:
The letter from Lieutenant-Colonel William George Grey to Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel encloses a copy of a letter No. C/8 of 1915 by Grey, as Political Agent in Kuwait, to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 9 June 1915, regarding Arab co-operation with the Turks in the Shatt al-Ar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1915
Extent:

2 folios

2. IOR/R/15/1/610-615

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/610-615
Title:
File 73: Routes and Railways in Persia and Arabia
Scope & Content:
These files and volumes contain correspondence, maps, newspaper cuttings, and other documents relating to the planning and building of the Baghdad Railway and its extension to Basra. Questions addressed within the files are those of ownership and control (contested between Germany, Britain, the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1911-1919
Extent:

6 files and volumes (1107 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/624

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/624
Title:
File 82/17 I (F 90) A.P.O.C. Port of Basra and Shatt al-`Arab Water-way
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Department, the Colonial Office and the Secretary of State at the India Office in London, the Political Resident at Bushire, the Political Agent at Kuwait, the British Legation at Tehran and Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC) re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Nov 1922-5 Nov 1929
Extent:
1 volume (108 folios)