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1. IOR/R/15/5/221

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/221
Title:
File 4/34 Kuwait Territorial Waters
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning the legal status of the water just of Kuwait bay and the extent of Kuwait's territorial waters. It also contains broader discussions concerning the delineation of the continental shelf in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Jul 1946-27 May 1948
Extent:
1 file (54 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/4/9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/4/9
Title:
File 0629 Correspondence regarding the land beneath the sea outside territorial waters
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the issue of oil concession grants for land beneath the sea beyond the three mile territorial limit. The correspondence is principally between the British Agency at Sharjah, the Political Agency at Bahrain, and the ruling shaikhs of the Trucial Coast [U...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Jun 1949-3 Jul 1950
Extent:
1 file (45 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/156

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/156
Title:
File 1/A/35 I Limit of Persian Territorial Waters
Scope & Content:
The file concerns issues arising from definitions of the limits of Iranian territorial waters. The papers consist of correspondence forwarded to the Political Agency, Bahrain by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and HM Representative at Tehran. Correspondence forwarded by the Politica...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1937-28 Jun 1940
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/708

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/708
Title:
File 86/66 Status of Kuwait Bay and Extent of Territorial Waters in Kuwait
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the question of whether Kuwait Bay (also referrred to in the papers as Koweit Bay) was an historic bay (or territorial inlet) [an area of water over which a coastal state has asserted soverignty over a long period of time, and with the acquiescence of other nations], and the pr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Jul 1946-21 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 file (21 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/6/315

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/315
Title:
File 9/19 Naval and Shipping: Limits of Persian Territorial Waters
Scope & Content:
Correspondence covering the discussion of what action should be taken in the event of a British subject being arrested at the outer anchorage at Bushire. The correspondence comes from officials at the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, the British Legation in Tehran, and the Foreign Office.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1938
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/6/317

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/317
Title:
File 9/20 Naval and Shipping: Infringement of Muscat territorial waters by Persian Navy
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the question of Iranian rights to search foreign vessels outside their territorial waters. The papers cover the report of such an incident involving dhows from Dubai and the interdepartmental discussion of what rights the Iranians have and what action should be taken sho...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Apr 1937-22 Apr 1938
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

7. 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)

8. IOR/R/15/6/314

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/314
Title:
File 9/19 Naval & Shipping: Limits of Persian Territorial Waters
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning a Persian claim to a ten mile limit to their territorial waters. The papers cover the discussion of what action should be taken in response. The correspondence comes from officials at the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, the Foreign Office, the British Legation i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1934-16 Jun 1934
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/636

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/636
Title:
File 82/34 II (F 94) APOC Concession
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Foreign Office, His Majesty's Minister at Teheran, His Majesty's Consul at Geneva (in French), the Political Resident at Bushire and Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives in regard to the settling of the dispute between Brit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Jan 1933-13 Jul 1939
Extent:
1 volume (180 folios)

10. 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)