File 4/2 Ibn Sabah Family Tree and Kuwait Succession
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials that is all loosely related to the succession of the rulers of Kuwait and related matters of protocol. The file also contains a hand-written note of a declaration made by the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah.
File 4/3 I Purchase of Saluting Gun, Aircraft, etc, by the Shaikh of Kuwait
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the supply of arms and ammunition to the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah. Contrary to the file's title, the majority of this correspondence concerns the Shaikh's purchase of several Lewis Machine Guns (and am...
File 4/4 Kuwait State: Education of Shaikh of Kuwait's son, Muhammad
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This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning plans for Muhammad Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, a son of the Ruler of Kuwait, Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, to study English in Britain. This correspondence is primarily between officials at the Political Residency in Bushire, the P...
File 4/5 Kuwait State: Shaikh of Kuwait, Status of and Salutes for
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This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning issues related to the number of official gun salutes that the British Government assigned to rulers in the Persian Gulf as well as the titles that should be used for them in official correspondence. Specifically, the majorit...
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...
This simple hand drawn map shows the border area between Iraq and Kuwait around the islands of Warba and Bubiyan with basic geographical features, as well the border itself marked, but limited detail elsewhere.
Rough Sketch Map Showing Approximate Area of Morrah Tribal 'Dira' From Baduin Sources
Scope & Content:
The map shows 'Al Morrah' and other tribal areas and a few physical features in the south-eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula. A 'dira' is a tribal area. The word Baduin in the title is equivalent to Bedouin.
The map shows the border between Iraq and Kuwait. The border itself is marked on the map, as are a number of towns and settlements that appear on either side of it. There is also some indication of relief marked around the border including Jabal Sanam.
This file contains correspondence regarding the demarcation of the Iraq-Kuwait frontier including issues related to a disagreement between the governments of Iraq and Kuwait regarding the location of a specific border marker, smuggling between the two countries and the development of Umm al-Qasr...
File 4/7 I Shaikh of Kuwait's Visits to Other Countries
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This file contains correspondence regarding official and unofficial trips abroad that were made by the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah. The correspondence relates to trips Shaikh Ahmad made to Iraq in 1929, 1932 (a detailed account of which is contained on folios 44-47), 1935 a...
