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31. IOR/R/15/2/1930

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1930
Title:
File F/5 'System of Water Supply'
Scope & Content:
This file contains an exchange of letters between the president of the Manama municipality and the Political agent in Bahrain. The exchange pertains the president's suggestion to introduce a water distribution system for Manama.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Feb 1936
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

32. IOR/R/15/5/120

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/120
Title:
‘I/6 Saudi-Arabia Miscellaneous’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers relating to miscellaneous affairs in Saudi Arabia, as reported to or by the Political Agent at Kuwait: In 1937, the formation of the Nejdi Motor Car Company, a concession set up to convey pilgrims between Nejd, Hasa [al-Aḥsā’], and the Hejaz. Papers include a translatio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1937-19 Feb 1945
Extent:
1 file (45 folios)

33. IOR/R/15/5/160

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/160
Title:
File 2/8 Kuwait water supply from Shatt al-`Arab
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to the supply of water to Kuwait from the Shatt-al-Arab estuary which lies within the territory of Iraq. The papers contain incidents relating to the payment of customs duties, the customary drawing of water from populations surrounding the estuary, and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1932-17 Jun 1943
Extent:
1 file (232)

34. IOR/R/15/5/161

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/161
Title:
File 2/8 II Kuwait water supply from the Shatt al-Arab
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence among British officials in the Persian Gulf and London, as well as the Kuwaiti Government on various means of securing a reliable supply of water for Kuwait. The papers vary from proposal for a condensing plant, and possible pipeline from Basra in Iraq, to obtai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1943-14 Jun 1949
Extent:
1 file (230 folios)

35. IOR/R/15/6/207

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/207
Title:
File 8/21 Muscat State Affairs: Dependencies – Sur (Operations)
Scope & Content:
This file relates to two separate subjects. The first is the reported murder of Abdullah bin Ahmad al-Rawaf, a Saudi Arabian subject, by Beni Hasan tribesmen. The second is a trip to Sur, which was recently undertaken by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, Major Tom Hickinbotham. The corre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Oct 1938-4 Nov 1940
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)