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81. IOR/L/PS/12/3771

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3771
Title:
Coll 30/54 'Persian Gulf. Seizure of Koweiti dhow by Persian Warship off Henjam'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning an incident in which a Kuwaiti vessel named Fath-ul-Khair was stopped and searched by a Government of Iran war vessel near Henjam [Hengam Island]. The majority of the correspondence in the file is between officials at the B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 May 1933-15 Aug 1934
Extent:
1 file (44 folios)

82. IOR/L/PS/12/3777

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3777
Title:
Coll 30/60 'Persian Gulf. Interference with Koweiti dhow by Persian gunboat off Bushire'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning an incident in which a Kuwaiti vessel named Fath-ul-Khair was stopped and searched by a Government of Iran war vessel off of the coastline of Bushire. The majority of the correspondence in the file is between officials at t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1933-26 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 file (42 folios)

83. IOR/L/PS/12/3780

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3780
Title:
Coll 30/63 'Persian Gulf. Assault on Koweiti dhow by Persian River Police in the Shatt el-Arab'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British diplomatic and naval officials regarding an incident in which a Kuwaiti dhow was held up and robbed on the Shatt al-Arab by a patrol boat of the Persian Police. An account of the incident as reported by the Political Agent in Kuwait, Harold Dicks...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Sep 1933-11 Feb 1935
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)

84. IOR/L/PS/12/3811

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3811
Title:
Coll 30/91(1) 'Koweit Oil Concession: Agreement between the Shaikh of Kuwait and the Kuwait Oil Company.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations over the signing of the commercial agreement between the Shaikh of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir as-Sabah [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] and the Kuwait Oil Company. The agreement provided the company with exclusive rights to exploit oil, gas, and petroleum products with...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1934-23 Dec 1934
Extent:
1 volume (477 folios)

85. IOR/L/PS/12/3812

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3812
Title:
Coll 30/91(2) 'Koweit Oil Concession: Agreement between the Shaikh of Kuwait and the Kuwait Oil Coy.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the negotiations concerning the signing of the commercial agreement between the Shaikh of Koweit [Kuwait], Shaikh Ahmed al-Jabir as-Subah [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] and the Kuwait Oil Company in 1934. The Kuwait Oil Company was 50-50 owned by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Nov 1934-11 Oct 1935
Extent:
1 volume (390 folios)

86. IOR/L/PS/12/3823

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3823
Title:
Coll 30/104(1) 'Koweit Oil Concession: Personnel of the Koweit Oil Company.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns enquiries into the nationalities of the personnel employed by the Kuwait Oil Company in Kuwait (also referred to as Koweit). The British Government was keen to enforce Article 3 of the Political Agreement dated 5 March 1934 between HM Government and the Company, which stated th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Dec 1934-1 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file, in 4 parts (655 folios)

87. IOR/L/PS/12/3824

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3824
Title:
Coll 30/104(2) 'Koweit Oil Concession: Operations of the Koweit Oil Company. (Provision of Motor Vehicles & Spares for Sheik of Koweit)'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the operations of the Kuwait Oil Company, from its initial explorations and discovery of commercial quantities of oil in Kuwait, to the suspension of the Company's operations during the Second World War (1939-45), and the resumption of its operations after the war. The main co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1935-20 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file, in 2 parts (373 folios)

88. IOR/L/PS/12/3825

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3825
Title:
Coll 30/104(3) 'Koweit: Medical facilities for non-Asiatic staff in Kuwait of Kuwait Oil Co.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns a proposal by the Kuwait Oil Company to recruit an American nurse in the United States for service to the American and European staff of the Company in Kuwait. The issue arose because the Company had up until that point been dependent for medical and hospital facilities on the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1939-31 Jul 1939
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

89. IOR/L/PS/12/3830

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3830
Title:
Coll 30/107 'Koweit: Rules of succession in Koweit.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the rules of succession for the rulers of Kuwait (also referred to as Koweit). The papers cover: correspondence dated 1935 between the India Office and Charles Harry Clinton Pirie-Gordon of The Times concerning the article on Kuwait for the new edition of the Statesman's Year ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jan 1935-19 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (59 folios)

90. IOR/L/PS/12/3842

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3842
Title:
Coll 30/113 'Position of the Trucial Sheikhdoms in international law: Definition of Bahrain and Shargah in connection with the Import Duties Act 1932.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the question of whether Bahrain (also referred to as Bahrein), the Trucial Coast, and Kuwait should be considered part of the British Empire for the purposes of import duties and international agreements. The issue is mainly discussed in terms of the Import Duties Act, 1932 (co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1929-24 Oct 1944
Extent:
1 file (264 folios)