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151. IOR/R/15/5/303

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/303
Title:
‘File 7/2 I Working of Kuwait in Council, 1949’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence respecting questions arising from the implementation of the Kuwait Order in Council; the main correspondents are the Kuwait Political Agent (Gordon Noel Jackson and Herbert George Jakins) and the Persian Gulf Political Resident (Sir William Rupert Hay). The sort ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Apr 1949-20 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (62 folios)

152. IOR/R/15/5/319

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/319
Title:
File 13/11 'Registration of Foreigners - Kuwait'
Scope & Content:
The file contains Kuwait Political Agency papers regarding the registration of foreigners. It mainly consists of correspondence between the Political Agent, Kuwait, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bahrain [the latter is ‘Prodrome’ in the telegrams]. It also includes letters fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1949-31 Aug 1949
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)

153. IOR/R/15/5/176, f 24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/176, f 24
Title:
CHART SHOWING PEARL BANKS ALONG ARABIAN SHORE OF THE PERSIAN GULF BETWEEN RAS TANURA AND DABAI
Scope & Content:
This blueprint of a chart shows the pearl banks along the Arabian coast of the Gulf, between Ras Tanura [Ra’s Tannūrah] and Dibai [Dubai].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1937
Extent:

1 map

154. IOR/R/15/5/184, f 158

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/184, f 158
Title:
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.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 map

155. IOR/R/15/5/91, f 18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/91, f 18
Title:
'Chart showing Pearl Banks along Arabian Shore of the Persian Gulf, between Ras Tanura and Dabai'
Scope & Content:
The map shows pearl banks found along the coastline of Arabia between Ras Tanura and Dubai, including Bahrain, Qatar, and Abu Thabi [Abu Dhabi]. The pearl banks are marked by a small circle and number (1-184) in red ink. The numbers correspond to a table that accompanies the map (folios 14-17) i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906
Extent:
1 map

156. IOR/R/15/5/38

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/38
Title:
File 10/12 Tribal and desert information: Ikhwan raids; Motor Transport Concession, Kuwait/Basra; Ikhwan rebellion, 1927
Scope & Content:
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]. The correspondence primarily relates to raids that were made into Iraq and Kuwait by Ikhwan forces and associated acts of livestock plunder ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1925-31 Dec 1927
Extent:
1 file (321 folios)

157. IOR/R/15/5/166

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/166
Title:
File 2/13 Visit to Kuwait of Iraqi Foreign Minister; proposed Kuwait-Iraqi Agreement on smuggling
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British Officials in Kuwait, London and India on an upcoming diplomatic mission of Iraqi Government officials to Kuwait. The file also contains correspondence relating to smuggling, trade agreements and the construction of a port on the Gulf coast of Saud...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1936-12 Jan 1943
Extent:
1 file (113 folios)

158. IOR/R/15/5/321

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/321
Title:
‘File 2/7 II ANNUAL RETURNS OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES’
Scope & Content:
The file contains details of four births and one death among British and former British Indian subjects in Kuwait, as registered by the Political Agent for Kuwait and included in his 1947 annual return of births, deaths and Christian marriages among British and other European, Indian and Pakista...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Nov 1947-8 Apr 1949
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

159. IOR/R/15/5/124

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/124
Title:
‘Saudi Trade Agent’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between the Political Agent at Kuwait (Major Maurice O’Connor Tandy), the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway), and officials at the India Office and Foreign Office in London, concerning a request from the King of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Sa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1945
Extent:
1 file (30 folios)

160. IOR/R/15/5/17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/17
Title:
‘File 8/1. Casualties in the al-Subah family of Kuwait’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to casualties suffered by the Al-Sabah [Āl Ṣabāḥ] ruling family of Kuwait. There are copies of letters and telegrams conveying messages of condolence to the Shaikh [Emir] of Kuwait [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] and other family members, along with the r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1926-11 Sep 1945
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)