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171. IOR/R/15/2/466

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/466
Title:
'Negotiations with Ibn Saud regarding Boundaries of Saudi Arabia'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns Saudi Arabian boundary negotiations between 1949 and 1950 and specifically concerns boundaries with Qatar (folios 2-3 and 6-12), Buraimi [al-Buraymī] (folios 4-5 and 16-19) and the Trucial Coast (folios 14-15). The file contains correspondence between Herbert George Jakins, Cor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Sep 1949-23 Aug 1950
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

172. IOR/R/15/5/106

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/106
Title:
'Najd-Transjordan Boundary'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes for the period of February 1925 to December 1927 relating to the Najd-Transjordan boundary. Topics discussed include: The Najd-Transjordanian boundary and raiding between Iraq and Najd. The mission of Sir Gilbert C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1925-29 Dec 1927
Extent:

1 volume (175 folios)

173. IOR/R/15/5/126

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/126
Title:
File 2/1 I PROPAGANDA (Absorption of Kuwait by Iraq)
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to the proposed appointment of Persian representatives in Kuwait, and the Political relations between Iraq and Kuwait. There is also correspondence related to the proposal of the Iraqi Government to appoint an Iraqi Vice-Consul at Kuwait. The correspond...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Sep 1929-13 Mar 1939
Extent:
1 volume (341 folios)

174. IOR/R/15/5/128

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/128
Title:
File 2/2 I. Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to Kuwait-Iraq smuggling. British officials discuss the Iraqi Government’s proposal to the Kuwaiti Government for cooperation to help control smuggling between the two countries. They also discuss the conditions under which permission is given to ship g...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Feb 1933-2 Feb 1934
Extent:

1 volume (218 folios)

175. IOR/R/15/5/129

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/129
Title:
File 2/2 II Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling
Scope & Content:
The volume contains memoranda, confidential papers, personal letters and testimonies related to alleged smuggling of food and goods from Kuwait to Iraq. The correspondence includes two unsuccessful proposals for conferences to be held between Iraqi and Kuwaiti officials to discuss the limits of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1934-28 Sep 1934
Extent:
1 volume (318 folios)

176. IOR/R/15/5/130

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/130
Title:
File 2/2 III Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to Kuwait-Iraq smuggling. The correspondence discusses the following: Operation of Iraq Customs launch in Kuwait territorial waters. The shooting of two Kuwait tribesmen in Kuwait territory by Iraq Preventive Police. Proposing a conference to be held...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Sep 1934-8 Jun 1935
Extent:
1 volume (265 folios)

177. IOR/R/15/5/131

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/131
Title:
File 2/2 IV Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to Kuwait-Iraq smuggling. British officials stood as mediators between the Iraqi Government and the Shaikh of Kuwait to try and solve the smuggling issue. They discussed possible ways to persuade the Shaikh of Kuwait to agree to a friendly arrangement f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 May 1935-13 Jun 1936
Extent:
1 volume (267 folios)

178. IOR/R/15/5/132

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/132
Title:
File 2/2 V Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to Kuwait-Iraq smuggling. British officials suggested a mixed commission representing both the Shaikh of Kuwait and the Iraqi Government, and authorized the investigation all the frontier incidents by land and by sea that had occurred between the two st...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1935-11 Feb 1937
Extent:
1 volume (255 folios)

179. IOR/R/15/5/133

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/133
Title:
File 2/2 VI Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to Kuwait-Iraq smuggling and Iraqi incursions into Kuwaiti waters. The Shaikh of Kuwait raised his complaints to the Political Agent, Kuwait, about Iraqi customs attacking Kuwaiti nationals, firewood collectors and fishermen and their jolly boats. With ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1937-1 Oct 1938
Extent:
1 volume (182 folios)

180. IOR/R/15/5/184

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/184
Title:
File 4/6 I Kuwait-Iraq Frontier
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the delineation of the borders between Kuwait and its neighbours, Iraq and Saudi Arabia (occasionally referred to as Nejd in the file). The primary correspondents in the file are officials from the British High Commission in Iraq, the Political Agenc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1931-7 Oct 1939
Extent:
1 file (371 folios)