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111. IOR/L/PS/18/B133A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B133A
Title:
Memorandum respecting Koweit
Scope & Content:
This file is a memorandum concerning Koweit [Kuwait] written by Foreign Office official, R V Harcourt [Robert Venables Vernon Harcourt]. The memorandum is divided up as follows: General Narrative - Turkish Activity - Understandings with Turkey and Germany; Koweit Boundary; Political Agent; Kow...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1905
Extent:

1 volume (7 folios)

112. IOR/L/PS/18/B333

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B333
Title:
'Note on Kuwait'
Scope & Content:
This note gives a very short history of Kuwait in eight paragraphs. It provides brief details of the ruling Ibn Subah family [Āl Ṣabāḥ], including Mubarak Ibn Subah [Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ], Jabir [Jābir bin Mubārak] and Salim [Sālim bin Mubārak], and their relations with the Britain, Ibn Saud [‘Abd a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1919
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

113. IOR/L/PS/18/B391

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B391
Title:
‘British political relations with Koweit.’
Scope & Content:
The memorandum, prepared by John W Field of the Foreign Office and dated 29 March 1922, is an historical overview of relations between the British Government and the Shaikh of Kuwait during the period 1897 to 1921. The first paragraph of the memorandum suggests that it was compiled in response to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1922
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

114. IOR/L/PS/18/B421

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B421
Title:
Situation of Persian Gulf Residency. Arguments for and against Kowiet and Bahrein as alternatives to Bushire
Scope & Content:
Memorandum on the potential of Kuwait (sometimes referred to as Koweit) and Bahrain (sometimes referred to as Bahrein) as the location for the Persian Gulf Residency should it be moved from Bushire. The document contains a short forward by John Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office, dated 10 Ja...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1930
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

115. IOR/L/PS/18/B427

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B427
Title:
Final Record of a Meeting Held at the Foreign Office on Thursday October 5th [1933] to Discuss Relations between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Sheikh of Koweit
Scope & Content:
This is a printed memorandum containing a record of a meeting held at the Foreign Office on 5 October 1933 to discuss relations between Great Britain and the Sheikh of Koweit [Kuwait], Aḥmad bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, particularly in regards to Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Aziz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān Āl Sa‘ūd]. The ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1933
Extent:

1 file (25 folios)

116. IOR/L/PS/18/B431

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B431
Title:
Relations between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Sheikh of Koweit
Scope & Content:
This secret memorandum, printed by the Foreign Office, contains a record of a meeting held at the Foreign Office on 5 October 1933 to discuss relations between Great Britain and the Sheikh of Koweit [Kuwait], Aḥmad bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, particularly in regards to Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Aziz bin ‘Abd a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1934
Extent:

1 file (10 folios)

117. IOR/L/PS/18/B432

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B432
Title:
HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM TO KUWAIT OIL COMPANY, LIMITED. AGREEMENT relating to the Koweit Oil Concession.
Scope & Content:
Printed agreement between the British Government and the Kuwait Oil Company setting out the company's obligations to the British Government in the event of the company's obtaining a concession from the Sheikh of Koweit [Kuwait]. The agreement contains twelve clauses: clause 1 states that the Com...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1935
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

118. IOR/L/PS/18/B441

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B441
Title:
‘Air navigation regulations for civil aircraft for the territory of Koweit, and conditions governing the use of the aerodrome at Koweit, approved by His Excellency Sheikh Sir Ahmad al-Jabir As-Sabah, KCIE, CSI, Ruler of Koweit.’
Scope & Content:
Air navigation regulations (PZ 4125/34) for civil aircraft flying over and landing at Kuwait [spelt Koweit throughout], dated 23 May 1934, with conditions governing the use of the aerodrome at Kuwait, approved by the ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ. The air navigation regulation...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1934
Extent:

2 folios

119. IOR/L/PS/18/B446

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B446
Title:
The Seven Independent Arabian States [Yemen, ‘Asir, Hijaz, Najd, Kuwait, Jabal Shammar and al-Jawf]
Scope & Content:
This confidential memorandum, printed by the Foreign Office in May 1935 is a report by William John Childs concerning the seven independent Arabian states or autonomous areas. The report contains an introduction that states that the 'purpose of the paper is to give a brief outline each of the se...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1935
Extent:

1 file (10 folios)

120. IOR/L/PS/18/B450

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B450
Title:
The Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This is a secret printed memorandum by the Political Department of the India Office, dated 25 June 1935, concerning the Persian Gulf. The memorandum is divided in nine numbered sections, which include: 'Procedure for dealing with Persian Gulf Questions', 'British Relations with Persian Gulf Stat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1935
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)