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91. IOR/R/15/5/234

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/234
Title:
File C 4/47 Agency at Mina Al Ahmadi
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence concerning a proposal to establish a small office of the Political Agency in Kuwait at the port, Mina al Ahmadi. The correspondence is primarily between the Political Agent in Kuwait, Herbert George Jakins and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutena...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1949-12 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

92. IOR/R/15/5/289

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/289
Title:
File 6/13 RAF miscellaneous and general correspondence
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence and military instructions under the heading of General Routine Orders from the Royal Air Force Command in Iraq and Persia directed to the Political Agency in Kuwait. The papers cover general instructions for military personnel in the region, as well as specific o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1943-14 Feb 1949
Extent:
1 file (90 folios)

93. IOR/R/15/5/382, f 92

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/382, f 92
Title:
Outline Map of Asir
Scope & Content:
The map is of the region of Asir, in Arabia. The map shows tribal areas, routes, some physical geography, towns, and villages. Figures in red refer to numbered routes in the accompanying volume, Handbook of Asir. The map was printed by the Survey of Egypt in 1916.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 map

94. IOR/R/15/5/162

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/162
Title:
File 2/9 Anti-British propaganda
Scope & Content:
This file consists of correspondence between British officials in Iraq and the Persian Gulf discussing Arabic language newspaper extracts and articles on the British presence in the Middle East. Most of the papers discuss ways of countering or restricting the circulation of anti-British, anti-col...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Nov 1933-22 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (370 folios)

95. IOR/R/15/5/185

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/185
Title:
File 4/6 II Kuwait-Iraq Frontier
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1939-7 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (218 folios)

96. IOR/R/15/5/273

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/273
Title:
File 6/1 I Aviation Imperial Airways
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the management of Imperial Airways, the Political Agent in Kuwait, and the Political Resident at Bushire that discusses the possibility of a passenger service to and from Kuwait on Imperial Airways. Considerations of postal deliveries and pickups, possibl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1932-18 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 file (196 folios)

97. IOR/R/15/5/280

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/280
Title:
File 6/7 I Kuwait landing ground
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the Political Agency in Kuwait, the British Air Ministry and RAF Command in Iraq regarding the construction of a landing ground for aircraft in Kuwait. Proposals on costs of construction, potentially appropriate locations, and licensing matters are variou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1929-21 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (258 folios)

98. IOR/R/15/5/285

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/285
Title:
File 6/10 III Air Agreements
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence and papers relating to the establishment, maintenance and control of air routes across the various Arab emirates of the Persian Gulf. Most of the papers relate to Kuwait, but some also cover air agreements between the British Political Residency and the emirates ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1940-15 Dec 1946
Extent:
1 file (351 folios)

99. IOR/R/15/5/18, f 144

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/18, f 144
Title:
Pedigree of As-Subah family
Scope & Content:
A pedigree of the Al-Subah ruling family of Kuwait. It starts with Shaikh Subah who died about 1864, and then gives details of three generations of male members of the family.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1904
Extent:
1 item (I folio)

100. IOR/R/15/5/15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/15
Title:
File No. 6/3- Vol. II Confidential Books and Maps
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence and telegraphs consisting of requests for books, maps, memoranda, administration reports and military surveys of the Persian Gulf, particularly pertaining to Kuwait and Iraq. The file also includes requests and receipts for secret and confidential documents circ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1919-16 Aug 1929
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)