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032-000209245 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Political Agent, Kuwait, 1904-1961

1. IOR/R/15/2/71

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/71
Title:
Miscellaneous reports and correspondence relating to Kuwait
Scope & Content:
Correspondence of the Political Agency, Bahrain relating to Kuwait, and reports concerning Kuwait circulated to the Agency. The papers include: report entitled 'Situation in Kuwait' by Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Edward Archibald Hamilton, Political Agent, Kuwait, [March 1918]; 'Report on Insti...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
[1 Mar 1918]-13 Mar 1920
Extent:
1 file (41 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/919

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/919
Title:
File No. 1/7 RECESS CORRESPONDENCE
Scope & Content:
Correspondence from the Political Agent at Bahrain regarding periods of time spent on recess away from Bahrain. Information contained within the correspondence includes itineraries, forwarding addresses, details of cyphers and codes taken on recess, and details of intended conversations with ind...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1937-24 Aug 1946
Extent:
1 file (83 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1251

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1251
Title:
File 6/36 Municipal budget and accounts
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning budgetary and accounting matters for the Manama and Kuwait municipalities. The correspondence is between the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), the Manama Municipality, and the Political Agents in Bahrain and Kuwait. The ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1930-14 Jun 1934
Extent:
1 file (21 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/636

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/636
Title:
‘File 24/6 KUWAIT PASSPORTS IN BOOK FORM’
Scope & Content:
The file contains two documents only, a short letter of enquiry and a short interim letter of reply, dated 28 December 1936 and 26 January 1937 respectively. The Political Agent, Kuwait, mentions that the Kuwait authorities are planning to introduce a passport system. He asks the Political Agent,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Dec 1936-26 Jan 1937
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1300

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1300
Title:
File 6/81 Investiture of Shaikhs
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the investiture of the Shaikh of Kuwait (Shaikh Ahmed al Jabir as-Subah [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ]). The correspondence is between the External Affairs Department of the Government of India, Political Agent, Kuwait (Cornelius James Pelly), Political Ag...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1944-8 Apr 1944
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/883

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/883
Title:
File 39/13 (10/13) Visit of APOC officials to Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent at Kuwait and the Political Resident at Bahrain, concerning visits of Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives to Bahrain. The file also include a letter from J MacPherson, Vice-Presid...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1945-31 Dec 1945
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/469

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/469
Title:
File 51/88 I Cable and Wireless Kuwait
Scope & Content:
The agreement between Shaikh Ahmad of Kuwait [Āl Ṣabāḥ, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir] and Cable and Wireless Ltd for the opening of a telegraph station in Kuwait. It covers the extent of the company's remit, taxes, payment of set-up costs, expansion, security, technical training for Kuwaiti nationals, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1583

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1583
Title:
‘File No. 16/72 Visits of students from abroad to Bahrain.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to a visit to Bahrain of thirty-five students and teachers from Kuwait, instigated by the Kuwait Government. The correspondence includes: a telegram from the Political Agent at Kuwait to the Political Agent at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway), dated 10...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1946-11 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/273

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/273
Title:
14/172 I VOL. B. 68. ARAB COASTS & MISCELLANEOUS
Scope & Content:
This file contains reports and correspondence relating to the ownership of some islands in the Gulf, namely, the islands of Farsi, Arabi, Harqus, Al Karan and Al Kurain. The reports and correspondence are mainly between the India Office, London; the Foreign Office, London; Political Resident Per...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
14 Jul 1914-20 May 1947
Extent:
1 volume (204 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/765

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/765
Title:
‘File 28/79 Discovery of wireless set at Jazirat Shaikh Shuaib’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the discovery of a wireless set, with parachute attached, at Kuwait, and four similar devices found near Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], reported by the Political Agent at Kuwait [Gordon Noel Jackson] and the British Consular Agent at Lingah respectively, i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1945-24 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)