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032-000538283 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Political Agent, Kuwait, 1904-1961

1. IOR/L/PS/10/738

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/738
Title:
File 1407/1918 'Kowait Trade Reports. (1911-1930)'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the Kuwait trade reports for the years 1912-1930. The printed reports cover the period 1 April to 31 March and follow a similar format: a general narrative and sections on imports, exports, customs adm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jun 1912-12 Aug 1931
Extent:
1 volume (368 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/925

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/925
Title:
File 6499/1920 Pt 1-2 'Kuwait affairs'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains two parts: IOR/L/PS/10/925/1 and IOR/L/PS/10/925/2. IOR/L/PS/10/925/1 concerns the Kuwait-Nejd boundary dispute. Correspondence discusses the arbitration of the British Government in the matter of the border of Kuwaiti territory under the Shaikh of Kuwait [Sālim bin Mubār...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1926
Extent:
1 volume (177 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/379

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/379
Title:
File 1569/1913 Trans-Persian Railway
Scope & Content:
This volume contains multiple files with correspondence, reports, hand written memos, financial arrangements, and maps on the proposed Trans-Persian Railway. Most letters pertain to the charting of possible routes for the proposed railway in relation to British interests vis-à-vis the Russian Em...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1911-11 Sep 1913
Extent:
1 volume (326 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/1305

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1305
Title:
Ext 747/48 'Lt Col A C Galloway: private file'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding travel arrangements for Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway, Political Agent, Kuwait, to return to Kuwait from the United Kingdom. As well as Galloway, the primary correspondents are: Commonwealth Relations Office; Political Agency, Kuwait.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1948-30 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/882

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/882
Title:
File 697/1920 'Koweit Order-in-Council'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the Kuwait Order in Council for each year from 1920-1928. The Order in Council refers to the legal instruments whereby His Majesty the King has jurisdiction within the territories of the Shaikh of Kuwai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1930
Extent:
1 volume (488 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/12/1005

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1005
Title:
Ext 3229/45 'Proposed Increase in Rent of Kuwait Agency Dispensary'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding a request for an increase in the rent paid by the Kuwait Agency Dispensary in order to finance necessary repairs and improvements to the building. The primary correspondents are: Political Agent, Kuwait; Political Resident, Persian Gulf; Government of In...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1945-13 Jun 1945
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

8. 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

9. 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)

10. 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)