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1. IOR/R/15/5/184

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/184
Title:
File 4/6 I Kuwait-Iraq Frontier
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the delineation of the borders between Kuwait and its neighbours, Iraq and Saudi Arabia (occasionally referred to as Nejd in the file). The primary correspondents in the file are officials from the British High Commission in Iraq, the Political Agenc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1931-7 Oct 1939
Extent:
1 file (371 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/321

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/321
Title:
File 8/18 Iraq: Review of Events, 1933
Scope & Content:
The file contains an intelligence report and analysis of events and affairs in Iraq during the year 1933, produced by British Air Headquarters at Hinaidi, Iraq. The report is written by Wing Commander John L Vachell of Air Staff Intelligence. The report is divided into five main sections relati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1934
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/5/185

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/185
Title:
File 4/6 II Kuwait-Iraq Frontier
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the demarcation of the Iraq-Kuwait frontier including issues related to a disagreement between the governments of Iraq and Kuwait regarding the location of a specific border marker, smuggling between the two countries and the development of Umm al-Qasr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1939-7 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (218 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/5/165

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/165
Title:
File 2/12 Miscellaneous papers relating to Kuwait-Iraq relations
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating variously to customs duties on livestock, political events in Iraq, and deficiency in printed Iraqi currency due to accidents in transportation. The correspondence consists of exchanges between the British authorities in the Persian Gulf and Iraq.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Sep 1937-29 May 1943
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/6/33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/33
Title:
File XXV/6 Arabian Affairs (including Mesopotamia). Mesopotamian Affairs 1920
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence (both letters and telegrams) between British officials in Mesopotamia [Iraq] and the Political Agency in Muscat. The correspondence discusses political and military updates concerning Britain's military occupation of the country and local armed resistance to it....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1920-Dec 1920
Extent:
1 file (43 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/5/164

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/164
Title:
File 2/11 Formation of an Iraqi river fleet
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the India Office and the British Embassy in Basra on the formation of a small river fleet in Iraq to protect the Shatt al-Arab waterway during the Second World War. The papers cover the size and armament of the fleet of six boats, the projected cost of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Mar 1936-20 Mar 1942
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/5/26

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/26
Title:
File X/3 Disorders & Raids near Basra & in Koweit [Kuwait] Hinterland
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the conflict between the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Mubarak Al Sabah, and Shaikh Sa'dun Al Mansur of the Muntafich [Muntafiq] tribe as well as political developments in Kuwait and the Ottoman Province of Basra related to protract...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1909-23 Sep 1917
Extent:
1 file (150 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/382-383

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/382-383
Title:
File 23: Turkish Arabia
Scope & Content:
The Turkish Arabia subject files relate to the internal politics and foreign relations of the state of Iraq. The files contain correspondence concerning attacks by Kurdish tribal forces against the British after the invasion of 1917, a copy of the Anglo-Iraq Treaty of 1926, a discussion concernin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918-1945
Extent:
2 files (495 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/6/377

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/377
Title:
File 11/29 Policy of H.M. Government Regarding Arabian Affairs
Scope & Content:
This file contains the following two documents related to the policy of the British Government in Arabia: A secret despatch written by Secretary of State for the Colonies, Philip Cunliffe-Lister, in February 1933 that discusses Britain's policy in regard to Arabian affairs with special reference...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1931-24 Mar 1933
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/6/392

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/392
Title:
File 11/44 Leading Personalities in Iraq, Iran & Saudi Arabia
Scope & Content:
This file contains copies of the following Foreign Office documents: 'Leading Personalities in Persia, 1947' (folios 3-20) 'Leading Personalities in Iraq, 1947' (folios 21-36) 'Leading Personalities in Saudi Arabia, 1948' (folios 37-47).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1947-19 Jul 1948
Extent:
1 file (46 folios)