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121. IOR/L/PS/18/B472

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B472
Title:
Heads of Agreement between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and His Highness the Shaikh of Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum contains the heads of agreement of the Kuwait Civil Air Agreement between the United Kingdom and Kuwait, signed by the ruler of Kuwait [Shaikh Aḥmad bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], and Captain Gerald Simpson de Gaury, Political Agent at Kuwait dated 23 May 1938. The agreement contai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1938
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

122. IOR/L/PS/18/B477

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B477
Title:
Agreement for the exploitation of sulphur in Kuwait [between] His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and Eastern Gulf Oil Company Limited
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with an agreement between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Eastern Gulf Oil Company Limited, which relates to the exploitation of sulphur in Kuwait agreed between the Shaik of Kuwait and the Eastern Gulf Oil Company Limited. This agreement outlines the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1940
Extent:

1 file (2 foilos)

123. IOR/L/PS/18/B486

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B486
Title:
Agreement relating to the Kuwait-Zubair Mail Service
Scope & Content:
Typescript agreement (simply entitled 'Agreement') between the Governor General in Council and the Kuwait Zubair Transport Company, dated 29 March 1947, setting out the terms for the operation by the company on a contractor basis of the Kuwait-Zubair mail service. The agreement relates to the de...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1947
Extent:

1 file (13 folios)

124. IOR/L/PS/20/130, f 43

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/130, f 43
Title:
Sketch of APPROACHES TO KUWEIT HARBOUR AND SHATT AL ARAB
Scope & Content:
The sketch map shows approaches to Kuwait [Kuwait] Harbour and Shatt Al Arab. An Admiralty sea map, it states it is compiled from various authorities, and is found in the volume 'Report and Proceedings of the Standing Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the Persian Gulf', 1911....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909
Extent:
1 map

125. IOR/L/PS/20/153

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/153
Title:
‘Koweit [Kuwait]. A report compiled in the Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General’s Department’
Scope & Content:
Intelligence report on Kuwait, compiled for the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General’s Department by Captain Henry Harris Hewitt Dowding of the Essex Regiment, and printed at the Government Central Printing Office in Simla, 1903. The contents of the volume are as follows: Introduct...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903
Extent:

1 volume (33 folios), with 3 maps

126. IOR/L/PS/20/C91/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C91/1
Title:
Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915
Scope & Content:
Theses two volumes make up Volume I, Part IA and Part IB (Historical) (pages i-778 and 779-1624) of the Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, ’Omān and Central Arabia (Government of India: 1915), compiled by John Gordon Lorimer and completed for press by Captain L Birdwood. Part 1A contains an 'Introd...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:

2 volumes (1624 pages)

127. IOR/L/PS/20/C91/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C91/3
Title:
Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol. I. Geneaological Tables-Maps. Part III. J G Lorimer. 1915
Scope & Content:
This volume is Part III of Volume 1 of the Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, ’Omān and Central Arabia (Government of India: 1915) compiled John Gordon Lorimer. The contents are divided into two sections and contain genealogical tables of Persian Gulf and Arabian ruling families, and one map, housed...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
1 volume, 22 items (45 folios)

128. IOR/L/PS/20/C91/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C91/4
Title:
'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol. II. Geographical and Statistical. J G Lorimer. 1908'
Scope & Content:
This volume is Volume II of the Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, ’Omān and Central Arabia (Government of India: 1908) compiled by John Gordon Lorimer. The volume is a geographical dictionary with a series of alphabetically arranged articles relating to the physical and political conditions of the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1908
Extent:

1 volume (1952 pages)

129. IOR/L/PS/20/C204, f 32

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C204, f 32
Title:
‘‘Iraq-Persia Map No. 1’
Scope & Content:
The map sheet is one of four maps numbered 1 to 4 included in IOR/L/PS/20/C204. In the body of the report it is entitled ‘General Map of Iraq’. In addition to Iraq the map shows Kuwait, eastern Persia [Iran], and the border areas of Turkey, Syria, and modern-day Saudi Arabia. The map portrays:...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1926
Extent:
1 map sheet

130. IOR/L/PS/20/C204, f 35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C204, f 35
Title:
‘Basra. Map No. 4’
Scope & Content:
The map sheet is one of four maps, numbered 1 to 4, included in IOR/L/PS/20/C204. In the body of the report it is entitled ‘International 1:1,000,000 Basra Sheet’. It shows southern Iraq, Kuwait, the northern border of modern-day Saudi Arabia, and the western border of Persia [Iran]. The map p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1927
Extent:
1 map sheet