The four surviving Claims files contain correspondence, witness statements and other related documents. The first and second files concern the investigation and prosecution of criminal and civil offences in Kuwait, falling within the jurisdiction of the British Political Agent for Kuwait. In mos...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Persian, Portuguese, and Tamil
File 9/4 ‘Political Agency Koweit. IX/4. Civil Cases from 1909’
Scope & Content:
The file contains case correspondence, including several witness statements and a record of hearing proceedings held at the British Political Agency in Kuwait. These case papers relate to the investigation and resolution of 27 individual claims that were submitted to the Political Agent, Kuwait ...
File 9/9 Deportation of Jewish merchant, Salih Sasoon Nahlab, to Basra
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The file contains correspondence relating to the detention and temporary deportation from Kuwait to Basra, of Salih Sasoon Mahlab, a Jewish merchant. Following official enquiries, the suspicion that Salih Sasoon Mahlab (also spelt Nahlab) was charging excessive brokerage on goods he bought from K...
File 9/18 Succession Proceedings: cases of the estates of deceased British subjects from November 1925
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The file contains correspondence relating to the notification and registration of the deaths of two individuals, and arrangements for the disposal of their property and possessions. The first case discussed is that of Jose Pedro d’Souza, a Portuguese Goan, who died during a visit to Persia in 192...
This file contains correspondence between British officials that relates primarily to the rise in power of Bin Saood [commonly referred to as Ibn Sa'ud or ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd in full]. This correspondence discusses the British Government's relationship with Ibn...
The Ibn Sa'ud sub-sub-series consists of files related to the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and his rise to dominance in the region during this period. The files in the sub-sub-series cover the following in detail: Ibn S...
This file contains correspondence concerning the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and his conflict with the Al Rashid rulers of the Emirate of Jabal Shammar (or Emirate of Ha'il) as well as his relations with the Ottoman Empi...
File X/3 Disorders & Raids near Basra & in Koweit [Kuwait] Hinterland
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the conflict between the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Mubarak Al Sabah, and Shaikh Sa'dun Al Mansur of the Muntafich [Muntafiq] tribe as well as political developments in Kuwait and the Ottoman Province of Basra related to protract...
This file contains correspondence related to Ibn Sa'ud's [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] relationship with the British Government and the Ottoman Empire (and to a lesser extent, Kuwait) including the impact of the First World War. In addition to internal correspondence bet...
File [10/4] British relations with Ibn Sa`ud: title of Sultan of Najd; surrender of Hail; payment of British subsidies; Ikhwan attacks on Iraq frontier and Kuwait; institution of Najd passport
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This file contains correspondence related to the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]. Specifically, the correspondence in the file relates to Ibn Sa'ud's adoption of the title Sultan of Nejd and its Dependencies, his capture o...
