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037-000228401 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Political Agent, Kuwait, 1904-1961

1. 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)

2. 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)

3. 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)

4. IOR/R/15/2/881

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/881
Title:
File 39/11 (12/13) Magnetic observations in Bahrain by Kuwait Oil Company
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, primarily between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent at Kuwait and the Political Agent at Bahrain, regarding terrestrial magnetic observations as part of a seismic survey carried out in various stations of the Persian Gulf by Kuwait ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1936-26 Apr 1937
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/594

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/594
Title:
'19/6 MRS. HOWARD CHITTER'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of letters, telegrams and other papers relating to the attempted visit to Bahrain and Kuwait by Winifred Howard-Clitty, a writer of children’s books, in the winter of 1933/34. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1933-3 May 1934
Extent:
1 file (70 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/878

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/878
Title:
File 39/7 (10/9) Kuwait Oil Concession
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between Kuwait Oil Company, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Political Agent at Kuwait. The correspondence discusses the discovery of oil in Kuwait; because of the scarcity of oil found in the well at Bahra it was ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1936-16 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (42 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/472

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/472
Title:
'VISIT OF SAUDI AIRCRAFT TO BAHRAIN'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns clearance ('No Objection') for Saudi Arabian aircraft to land at Bahrain and the issuing of visas. The correspondence within the file is between His Majesty's Minister at Jedda; Alan Trott, His Majesty's Ambassador at Jedda; the Political Agent at Bahrain; the Acting Adviser t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1945-29 Jan 1948
Extent:

1 file (11 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/597

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/597
Title:
‘19/10 VISITS OF FOREIGN NOTABILITIES TO BAHRAIN’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and papers relating to visits to the Persian Gulf by foreign dignitaries. Correspondents in the file include the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Political Agents at Bahrain and Kuwait. The file includes: correspondence relating to the visit to B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1935-30 Oct 1948
Extent:
1 file (90 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/731

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/731
Title:
‘File 28/37 Dhow launches &c. for war purposes’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to miscellaneous calls and requests for dhows and other watercraft, to perform various tasks related to wartime measures, including: transport of war equipment; use as floating craft platforms for wireless observation equipment; to assist in importing p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1942-17 Oct 1943
Extent:
1 file (49 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/502

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/502
Title:
File 12/15 Political Agent's tour
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain, Hugh Weightman, mostly from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political agent at Sharjah, regarding arrangements and programmes for his official visits to the Trucial Coast and Qa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jan 1937-1 Feb 1945
Extent:
1 file (233 folios)