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

71. IOR/L/PS/12/2893

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2893
Title:
Coll 17/30(2) 'Proposed additional outlet to the sea in or near Kuwait territory. Development of port at Um Qasr.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers mainly relating to the port at Um Qasr (Umm Qasr). These papers mostly concern a notification of the schedule of dues and charges to be imposed by the Government of Iraq on vessels navigating to Um Qasr port (printed in the Iraq Government Gazette No. 24 of 14 June 1942)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Sep 1942-21 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (141 folios)

72. IOR/L/PS/12/3317

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3317
Title:
Coll 25/14 'Orders in Council: Koweit: New Order'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence (copies, drafts, and originals), memoranda, and notes concerning the drafting and issuing of The Kuwait Order in Council, 1935. The papers deal with the discussion of the need for a new order in council because of the growth of the oil industry and the likely increase of foreigner...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1932-11 Sep 1947
Extent:
1 file (263 folios)

73. IOR/L/PS/12/3389

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3389
Title:
Coll 27/26 ‘PASSPORTS. VISAS FOR TRAVELLERS TO SYRIA AND THE LEBANNON. FROM KUWAIT.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Kuwait, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf , regarding visas for travellers to Syria and the Lebanon from Kuwait. The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by ye...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jan 1948-5 Feb 1948
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

74. IOR/L/PS/12/3649

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3649
Title:
Coll 29/73 'Ahwaz: grant of compensation to the Shaikh of Mohammerah on account of money he advanced towards the building of a consulate at Ahwaz'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the British Consulate site and buildings at Ahwaz, rented from the Shaikh of Mohammerah. The file covers: affairs of Shaikh of Mohammerah with the Persian Government, 1933 payment of compensation to Shaikh of Mohammerah for the loss of a sum of money advanced by him in 1924 fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Aug 1933-4 Sep 1936
Extent:
1 file (164 folios)

75. IOR/L/PS/12/3650

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3650
Title:
Coll 29/74 'Reorganisation of the Consular Service in Persia: establishment of a rest house at Shiraz; arrangements at Isfahan'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the reorganization of consular establishments in Persia. The file covers: Foreign Office proposals to amalgamate Isfahan and Shiraz Consulates and to raise status of Consular Officer at Ahwaz to Consul-General, 1933 acquisition of buildings for the Ahwaz Consulate, 1933 propos...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1932-16 Sep 1943
Extent:
1 file (475 folios)

76. IOR/L/PS/12/3686

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3686
Title:
Coll 29/108 'Tours of Political Agent, Kuwait'
Scope & Content:
The file contains a report of a visit of Tom Hickinbotham, Political Agent at Kuwait, to Riyadh, occurred between 24 and 27 May 1942. The report is forwarded by the Political Residency at Bushire to the Secretary of State for India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Sep 1942-24 Oct 1942
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

77. IOR/L/PS/12/3794

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3794
Title:
Coll 30/77 'Koweit: Persian interference with Koweiti dhows.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns reports of interference with Kuwaiti dhows by Iranian (also referred to as Persian) customs and naval authorities. The papers contain witness statements, letters of protest by the Shaikh of Koweit [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, Ruler of Kuwait], reports, discussion of the incidents ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1934-28 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (179 folios)

78. IOR/L/PS/12/3799

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3799
Title:
Coll 30/82 'Import duties charged by Sheikh of Koweit on goods arriving by sea.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns various increases in import duty (from 4½% to 6½%) by the Shaikh of Kuwait on goods imported into Koweit [Kuwait] by sea, and the question of whether the increases should apply to British subjects. The increases are discussed against the background of the Bunder Shweikh lease o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1934-2 Jun 1943
Extent:
1 file (60 folios)

79. IOR/L/PS/12/3811

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3811
Title:
Coll 30/91(1) 'Koweit Oil Concession: Agreement between the Shaikh of Kuwait and the Kuwait Oil Company.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations over the signing of the commercial agreement between the Shaikh of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir as-Sabah [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] and the Kuwait Oil Company. The agreement provided the company with exclusive rights to exploit oil, gas, and petroleum products with...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1934-23 Dec 1934
Extent:
1 volume (477 folios)

80. IOR/L/PS/12/3812

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3812
Title:
Coll 30/91(2) 'Koweit Oil Concession: Agreement between the Shaikh of Kuwait and the Kuwait Oil Coy.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the negotiations concerning the signing of the commercial agreement between the Shaikh of Koweit [Kuwait], Shaikh Ahmed al-Jabir as-Subah [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] and the Kuwait Oil Company in 1934. The Kuwait Oil Company was 50-50 owned by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Nov 1934-11 Oct 1935
Extent:
1 volume (390 folios)