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131. IOR/R/15/5/177

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/177
Title:
File 3/7 PIRACY in the Persian Gulf.
Scope & Content:
This file relates to several cases of robbery, which have reportedly been committed by Persian subjects (referred to in the file as pirates) in the Shatt-al-Arab, against Kuwaiti sailing boats, including those belonging to the Kuwait Water Supply Company. The file includes copies of correspond...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1943-19 Feb 1947
Extent:
1 file (86 folios)

132. IOR/R/15/5/122

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/122
Title:
‘I/8 Saudi-Iraqi relations’
Scope & Content:
Papers concerning relations between Saudi Arabia and Iraq, and proposals in 1940 to fix the Saudi-Iraq border, including: The British Minister in Saudi Arabia Reader Bullard’s views, dated 27 April 1939, on Saudi Arabia’s status in the event of war, including any risks posed towards the country ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Apr 1939-23 Sep 1940
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

133. IOR/R/15/5/133

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/133
Title:
File 2/2 VI Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to Kuwait-Iraq smuggling and Iraqi incursions into Kuwaiti waters. The Shaikh of Kuwait raised his complaints to the Political Agent, Kuwait, about Iraqi customs attacking Kuwaiti nationals, firewood collectors and fishermen and their jolly boats. With ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1937-1 Oct 1938
Extent:
1 volume (182 folios)

134. IOR/R/15/5/118

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/118
Title:
‘I. Saudiyeh. (4.) Saudi Arms and Coast Guard Regulations. Vol. I’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers concerning regulations introduced by the Government of Saudi Arabia. Although reference is made in the file title to coastguard regulations, the majority of the file is dedicated to regulations introducing a prohibition on the import, sale and possession of firearms in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Dec 1934-17 Apr 1936
Extent:
1 file (35 folios)

135. IOR/R/15/5/119

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/119
Title:
‘I. Saudiyeh. (5) Bin Saud’s Visit to Kuwait.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning a visit made by Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] to Kuwait, for discussions with the Ruler of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ) in January 1936. Papers cover: Initial rumours, surfacing in early January 1936, of Ibn Saud’s intention ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1936-8 Apr 1940
Extent:
1 file (59 folios)

136. IOR/R/15/5/295

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/295
Title:
‘File 7/1 III Kuwait Order in Council and Jurisdiction over Foreigners’
Scope & Content:
The file is primarily concerned with the issue of King's Regulations to mandate specific penalties for breaches of air navigation regulations issued under the Bahrain, Kuwait, and Muscat Orders in Councils. The file therefore contains exchanges between British officials on the sort of penalties ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1935-20 Feb 1938
Extent:
1 file (111 folios)

137. IOR/R/15/5/296

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/296
Title:
‘File 7/1 III Kuwait Order in Council and Jurisdiction over Foreigners’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the introduction of King's Regulations under the Kuwait Order in Council. It is concerned with two regulations in particular: the Kuwait Passport Regulation, 1947 to introduce penalties for arriving at Kuwait without a visa, and the Special Police Officers Regulation, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1945-5 Apr 1949
Extent:
1 file (105 folios)

138. IOR/R/15/5/115

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/115
Title:
‘1/1 Volume VII Kuwait-Saudi Relations’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers concerning negotiations finalising and ratifying trade, ‘Friendship and Neighbourly Relations’ (referred to in previous correspondence on the subject as Bon Voisinage) and extradition treaties between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The volume is a direct chronological continu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1939-16 Feb 1948
Extent:

2 volumes (291 folios)

139. IOR/R/15/5/117

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/117
Title:
‘I. Saudiyeh. (3). Saudiyeh State Prisoners.’
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to the reported murder of Ibn Hithlain [Nāyif bin Ḥithlayn] of the ’Ajmān tribe, and Ibn Lami of the Mutair [Muṭayr] tribe, and others, at the orders of the King of Saudi Arabia Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd)], at Hoffuf [Al Hufūf]. The...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1933-2 Mar 1934
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

140. IOR/R/15/5/146

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/146
Title:
File 2/5 VII SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to the date gardens owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, in southern Iraq. In particular, the correspondence concerns the service of judicial documents emanating from the Iraqi Government on the Shaikh of Kuwait in connection with his...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Jun 1932-15 Jul 1936
Extent:
1 volume (243 folios)