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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R Place Kuwait, Middle East, Asia

1. IOR/R/15/1/468

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/468
Title:
File 45/23 I (D 140) Kuwait Reforms
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the formation of a Legislative Council in Kuwait following unrest among its people and criticism of its government in the Iraqi press. Included are newspaper articles, a list of the names of those elected to the Legislative Council of Kuwait (folio ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1938-19 Sep 1938
Extent:
1 volume (222 folios)

2. 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)

3. IOR/R/15/1/471-549

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/471-549
Title:
File 53: Kuwait
Scope & Content:
The Kuwait subject files cover a comprehensive range of topics related to Kuwait and the surrounding area. The files contain correspondence regarding the nature and development of the British Government's involvement in Kuwait, Kuwait's foreign relations (notably with the Ottoman Empire, Najd/Sa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Turkish
Date Range:
1896-1939
Extent:
79 files and volumes (16,694 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/504, f 221

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/504, f 221
Title:
‘Sketch Map of Kuwait and Neighbouring Country’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Simla Drawing Office, February [19]28. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. An outline map no. 5289 marked ‘For Official Use only’ showing the north-eastern portion of the Arabian Peninsula with boundaries indicated by dash-dot lines and neutral zones marked. Shows Basr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1928
Extent:
1 map

5. IOR/R/15/1/531, f 312

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/531, f 312
Title:
‘Rough Sketch showing Official Fronteir Lines of Kuwait State’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Tracing of a sketch map produced to illustrate the act of violation of Kuwait Territorial waters by Iraq armed custom, attached to a letter no. C-182 dated 18th May 1934 (folios 313-319). Kuwait State boundary and neutral zone limits indicated by red pecked line. Shows r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1933
Extent:
1 map

6. IOR/R/15/1/531, f 320A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/531, f 320A
Title:
‘Rough Sketch showing Official Fronteir Lines of Kuwait State’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Tracing of a sketch map produced to illustrate the act of violation of Kuwait Territorial waters by Iraq armed custom, attached to a letter no. C-182 dated 18th May 1934 (folios 313-319). Kuwait State boundary and neutral zone limits shown by red pecked line with positio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1933
Extent:
1 map

7. IOR/R/15/1/561

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/561
Title:
File 61/7 (D 65) Bin Saud's relations with the Sheikh of Kuwait
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters (in English and Arabic), telegrams, and memoranda, the majority of which concern Najd-Kuwait relations. The correspondence is mostly between Ibn Sa'ud, Sheikh Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah of Kuwait, the High Commissioner of Iraq, the Political Residency in Bushire, the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1922-27 Jul 1929
Extent:
1 volume (200 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/579

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/579
Title:
File 61/14 III (D 47) Nejd and 'Iraq, relations between, (Mutair raid on Busaiyah etc.)
Scope & Content:
The volume contains telegrams, letters, and reports relating to affairs between Najd, Kuwait, and Iraq. Most of the correspondence is between Lionel Haworth, the Political Resident in Bushire, Henry Dobbs, the High Commissioner in Baghdad, Ibn Sa'ud, the King of the Hejaz and Najd, Leo Amery, th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1927-13 Feb 1928
Extent:
1 volume (221 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/580

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/580
Title:
File 61/14 IV (D 48) Nejd and 'Iraq, relations between
Scope & Content:
The volume contains telegrams, letters, and reports relating to affairs between Najd, Kuwait, and Iraq. Most of the correspondence is between Lionel Haworth, the Political Resident in Bushire, Henry Dobbs, the High Commissioner in Baghdad, Ibn Sa'ud, the King of the Hejaz and Najd, Leo Amery, th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Feb 1928-5 Mar 1928
Extent:
1 volume (257 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/581

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/581
Title:
File 61/14 V (D 49) Nejd and 'Iraq, Relations between
Scope & Content:
The volume contains telegrams, letters, and reports relating to affairs between Najd, Kuwait, and Iraq. Most of the correspondence is between Lionel Haworth, the Political Resident in Bushire, Henry Dobbs, the High Commissioner in Baghdad, Ibn Sa'ud, the King of the Hejaz and Najd, Leo Amery, th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1928-31 Mar 1928
Extent:

1 volume (291 folios)