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41. IOR/L/PS/12/1981

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1981
Title:
Coll 5/31 ‘Air Route to India: Prohibition of private flights along the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and notes on the subject of private (or chartered) flights through the Persian Gulf states in special treaty relations with the British Government, these states being: Bahrain, Kuwait (also spelt Koweit), Muscat (Oman), and Sharjah. Prior to 1946, the corresponde...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
14 Jun 1933-3 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (622 folios)

42. IOR/L/PS/12/2066

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2066
Title:
Coll 6/5 'Relations with Ibn Saud. Proposed meeting between Col. Biscoe and Ibn Saud. Koweit-Nejd Relations.'
Scope & Content:
This volume consists largely of copies of Foreign Office correspondence (forwarded by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India) regarding relations between Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and Kuwait. In addition, t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1929-21 Sep 1932
Extent:
1 volume (464 folios)

43. IOR/L/PS/12/2115

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2115
Title:
Coll 6/48 'Oil: Concessions in Saudi Arabia. (Hasa)'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to oil concessions in Saudi Arabia, particularly the Hasa [Al Hasa] concession between the Government of Saudi Arabia and the Standard Oil Company of California (SoCal). It includes discussion of the following: Oil negotiations in Saudi Arabia during March and April 1933, and t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1923-11 Jul 1945
Extent:
1 file (574 folios)

44. IOR/L/PS/12/2123

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2123
Title:
Coll 6/56 'Saudi-Arabia: Prevention of use of Bahrein and Kuwait as bases for activities against Nejd (Ibn Hithlain)'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to an Ajman chief named Khalid ibn Hithlain [Khālid bin Muḥammad bin Ḥithlayn, also transliterated as Khalid bin Hathlain in the file], who is suspected of planning anti-Saudi activities. The correspondence documents the efforts of the British authorities – at the Saudi Governm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1933-31 Jul 1936
Extent:
1 file (30 folios)

45. IOR/L/PS/12/2160B, f 62

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2160B, f 62
Title:
KUWAIT
Scope & Content:
Plan depicting the anchorage off the coast of Kuwait. The plan depicts hydrology, settlements, and roads. Soundings are given in fathoms. Includes the following printing statement: 'Produced under the Superintendence of Rear-Admiral J.A. Edgell, C.B., O.B.E., Hydrographer.' Prepared by naval st...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1937
Extent:
1 plan

46. IOR/L/PS/12/2864

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2864
Title:
Coll 17/11 'Iraq. Relations with Arab Sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf. Propaganda against Kuwait'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding Iraq's relations with other Arab nations, predominantly with Kuwait. The papers dated 1932-1934 discuss British concerns over moves to institute closer relations between Iraq and Kuwait, as well as smuggling, Pan-Arabism in the Gulf, and Ibn Saud's conc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1932-19 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (303 folios)

47. IOR/L/PS/12/2883

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2883
Title:
Coll 17/22(1) ‘Iraq: Iraq-Koweit Relations. Iraqi incursions into Koweiti territory’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to alleged incidents occurring on or near the border between Iraq and Kuwait (Koweit). It mostly concerns alleged incidents of Iraqi police in armed cars making incursions into Kuwait territory, and alleged incidents of violation of Kuwaiti territorial waters by...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 May 1934-31 Aug 1937
Extent:
1 file (585 folios)

48. IOR/L/PS/12/2884

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2884
Title:
Coll 17/22(2) 'Iraq. Iraq - Koweit Relations. Iraqi incursions into Koweiti territory.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mainly correspondence, relating to relations between Iraq and Kuwait (Koweit), mostly concerning alleged instances of incursions into Kuwaiti territory by Iraqi police in pursuit of smugglers, and proposals for the demarcation of the frontier between Iraq and Kuwait. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1937-23 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (365 folios)

49. IOR/L/PS/12/2892

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2892
Title:
Coll 17/30(1) ‘Iraq. Proposed additional outlet to the sea, in or near Koweit territory. Development of port at Um Qasr.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the proposed construction of a port in Kuwait (Koweit) Bay, and the construction of a port in Um Qasr Creek. The papers mostly concern the following: The attitude of HM Government towards the proposal of the Government of Iraq for the extension of the Iraqi ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1938-19 Aug 1942
Extent:
1 file (530 folios)

50. IOR/L/PS/12/3304

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3304
Title:
Coll 25/1 'Orders in Council: Koweit; Reports on working of'
Scope & Content:
Short annual reports on the workings of the Kuwait Order-in-Council 1925 and 1935 for the years 1930-1947. The reports contain information on the civil and criminal cases tried and the numbers of British subjects and British protected persons registered during each year. The reports were sent b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Mar 1931-20 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (41 folios)