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141. IOR/R/15/5/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/4
Title:
‘No. I/34. Launch establishment’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning employees of the Kuwait Political Agency motor launch. The bulk of the file’s correspondence concerns Cyril Bayer, Inspector in general charge of the launch, and relates to his role, his failing health, subsequent retirement to India, financial provision for him in reti...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1926-23 Sep 1944
Extent:
1 file (105 folios)

142. IOR/R/15/5/26

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/26
Title:
File X/3 Disorders & Raids near Basra & in Koweit [Kuwait] Hinterland
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1909-23 Sep 1917
Extent:
1 file (150 folios)

143. IOR/R/15/5/95

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/95
Title:
1/C Volume II Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to miscellaneous topics, with the main ones being: The Dhafir raid, 1921. Shaikh Ahmad's loan to Ibn Sa`ud, 1921. Further raids by Iraq tribes and Najd counter-raids, 1921. Repairs to water plant, 1921. A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1921-8 Oct 1923
Extent:
1 volume (119 folios)

144. IOR/R/15/5/225

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/225
Title:
File 4/38 Supply of Saluting Gun for the Shaikh of Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the desire of the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, to purchase a three-pounder saluting gun [cannon] to affix to his recently-built motor dhow in 1932 (folios 2-41). Subsequently, the correspondence in the file...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1931-30 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (94 folios)

145. IOR/R/15/5/176, f 33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/176, f 33
Title:
Print of a Chart Showing Pearl Banks North of Ras Tanurah
Scope & Content:
This print shows the pearl banks along the Arabian coast of the Gulf, to the north of Ras Tanurah [Ra’s Tannūrah].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1937
Extent:
1 map

146. IOR/R/15/5/184, f 97

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/184, f 97
Title:
Tracing of Chart made by H.M.S. Sphinx, July 1903
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1934
Extent:
1 map

147. IOR/R/15/5/366

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/366
Title:
Persian Gulf Gazetteer, Part II: Geographical and descriptive materials, Section II: Western Side of the Gulf
Scope & Content:
The volume, marked confidential, is Persian Gulf Gazetteer, Part II: Geographical and descriptive materials, Section II: Western Side of the Gulf, compiled by John Gordon Lorimer, and includes the printing statement 'G. C. Press, Simla - No. C-912 F. D. - 17.11.04 - 30 - J. D.'. The volume begin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904
Extent:

1 volume (138 folios)

148. IOR/R/15/5/397

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/397
Title:
A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations
Scope & Content:
The volume is A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations, by John Richardson, of the Middle Temple and Wadham College, Oxford. Revised and improved by Charles Wilkins. This new edition has been enlarged by Francis ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1829
Extent:

1 volume (909 folios)

149. IOR/R/15/5/20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/20
Title:
File 9/2 II ‘No. 9/2 Vol. II Criminal Cases’
Scope & Content:
The file contains case correspondence, including several witness statements and a few Kuwait Political Agency court proceedings, relating to the investigation and prosecution of several criminal offences. These are mainly cases of assault and theft committed in Kuwait against Indian and Persian f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
13 Nov 1919-14 May 1926
Extent:
1 file (209 folios)

150. IOR/R/15/5/219

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/219
Title:
File 4/31 Correspondence re Activities of Abdullah Mulla Saleh
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the activities of the Ruler of Kuwait's Secretary, Abdulla Mulla Saleh. Specifically, the correspondence discusses allegations that Saleh, who was also a private merchant, was abusing his position and his proximity to the ruler...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1945-22 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)