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1. IOR/L/PS/10/47

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/47
Title:
File 1855/1904 Pt 1-2 'Koweit.'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains parts 1 and 2 of the subject 'Koweit' [Kuwait]. Part 1 (IOR/L/PS/10/47/1) concerns the installation (and temporary withdrawal) of a Political Agent at Kuwait. Part 2 (IOR/L/PS/10/47/2) concerns proposals for, and the eventual establishment of, a Post Office in Kuwait. Each...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1899-1915
Extent:
1 volume (298 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/48

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/48
Title:
File 1855/1904 Pt 3-4 'Koweit'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains parts 3 and 4 of the subject 'Koweit' [Kuwait]. Part 3 (IOR/L/PS/10/48/1) concerns the grant of a lease in October 1907 by the Shaikh of Kuwait [Mubārak bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] to the British Government of land on the foreshore of Kuwait at Bunder Shweikh [Bandar Shawaykh]. Par...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1901-1918
Extent:
1 volume (270 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/49

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/49
Title:
File 1855/1904 Pt 5 'Koweit: Coal depot.'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains part 5 of the subject 'Koweit' [Kuwait]. The principal correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Zachariah Cox); the Political Agent at Kuwait (Major Stuart George Knox, later Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear); the Command...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Apr 1905-7 Feb 1917
Extent:
1 volume (183 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/50/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/50/2
Title:
File 1855/1904 Pt 7 'Koweit Flag.'
Scope & Content:
The papers concern the proposal that vessels from Koweit [Kuwait] should adopt a distinctive flag, and the likely reaction this would bring from the Government of Turkey [the Ottoman Empire]. The principal correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Major Percy Zachariah Cox)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1904-22 Mar 1907
Extent:

76 folios

5. IOR/L/PS/10/50/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/50/3
Title:
File 1855/1904 Pt 8 'Koweit:- Arabia Chiefs' attitude towards tribes of the interior (Nejd etc.)'
Scope & Content:
The papers concern the attitudes of Shaikh Mubarak [Mubārak bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] of Koweit [Kuwait] and rulers of other Persian Gulf coast states toward the political activities of Bin Saood (also referred to as Ibn Saood) [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, (Ibn Sa‘ūd)] in Nej...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Feb 1904-30 Jan 1908
Extent:

170 folios

6. IOR/L/PS/10/51

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/51
Title:
File 1855/1904 Pt 9-10 'Koweit'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains parts 9 and 10 of the subject 'Koweit' [Kuwait]: Part 9 (IOR/L/PS/10/51/1) concerns the rights of the Ruler of Kuwait to the islands of Bubiyan, Warba, and Umkasr [Umm Qaşr]. Part 10 (IOR/L/PS/10/51/2) concerns the Ruler of Kuwait's relations with the Ottoman Empire, and his ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1903-1912
Extent:

1 volume (314 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/112

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/112
Title:
File 619/1907 Pt 3 'Arms Traffic:- Koweit Trade.'
Scope & Content:
The volume discusses the work of British political and naval authorities in the Persian Gulf in suppressing the trafficking arms and ammunition, particularly from Muscat to Koweit [Kuwait]. Included are reports of searches undertaken on vessels suspected of trafficking of arms, including invento...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Apr 1900-15 Jun 1914
Extent:
1 volume (358 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/162

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/162
Title:
File 757/1909 'Persian Gulf:- Turkey and Turkish aggression (Occupation of Zakhnuniyeh Island. Attitude in piracy cases. Mudirs at Zubara, Odaid and Wakra) British Relations with Turkey in Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the Turkish occupation of Zakhnuniyah Island, the Ottoman attitude towards piracy cases, and the appointment of officials in Zubara, Odeid and Wakra. The discussion in the volume relates to the Turkish...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909-1911
Extent:
1 volume (245 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/235

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/235
Title:
File 868/1912 Pt 1 'Arms traffic: arrangements at Muscat for its regulation'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, printed reports and a press cutting relating to the arms traffic in Muscat and arrangements for its regulation. Issues discussed include: negotiations between the Foreign Office, India Office and the Sultan of Muscat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1910-1912
Extent:
1 volume (225 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/236

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/236
Title:
File 868/1912 Pt 2 'Arms traffic: arrangements at Muscat for its regulation'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, printed reports and a press cutting relating to the arms traffic in Muscat and arrangements for its regulation. Issues discussed include: negotiations between the United Kingdom and France over possible trade-offs in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912
Extent:
1 volume (215 folios)