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161. IOR/R/15/5/89

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/89
Title:
File 32/7 Certified copies of deeds and documents from 1 January 1927 to 1932
Scope & Content:
This file contains certificates and copies of deeds signed by officials in Kuwait. Most of the certifications deal with business transactions, powers of attorney, or legal disputes, and paperwork that required either the signature of the chief court judge of Kuwait or the ruler of Kuwait. The maj...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1926-30 Nov 1932
Extent:
1 file (904 folios)

162. IOR/R/15/5/161

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/161
Title:
File 2/8 II Kuwait water supply from the Shatt al-Arab
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence among British officials in the Persian Gulf and London, as well as the Kuwaiti Government on various means of securing a reliable supply of water for Kuwait. The papers vary from proposal for a condensing plant, and possible pipeline from Basra in Iraq, to obtai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1943-14 Jun 1949
Extent:
1 file (230 folios)

163. IOR/R/15/5/58, f 75

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/58, f 75
Title:
PROPOSED COAL DEPOT KUWEIT BLOCK PLAN Scale 1 inch = 40 feet
Scope & Content:
This plan is accompanied by a short covering note (IOR/R/15/5/58, folio 76) describing it as ‘Plan of Coaling Pier’. The plan shows the position, outline and measurements of seven coal godowns and the watchmen’s quarters, which are all drawn in red ink. The plan also shows the position, outline ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909
Extent:
1 plan

164. IOR/R/15/5/279

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/279
Title:
File 6/6 Proposal to post a Special Service Officer in the Gulf; appointment of Air Liaison Officer
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence pertaining to the possible appointment of a Special Service Officer. The papers detail the officer's responsibilities and also provide an overview of the political and administrative context in which the appointment was being sought by the various correspondents ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jul 1929-4 Sep 1946
Extent:
1 file (68 folios)

165. IOR/R/15/5/125

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/125
Title:
‘Kuwait – Saudi Frontier.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between the Political Agent at Kuwait (Gordon Noel Jackson), the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay), and other British Government officials, concerning the status of Gurain [Al Qurayn], located in the neutral zone between Saudi Arabia an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1948-5 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (22 folios)

166. IOR/R/15/5/325

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/325
Title:
‘File 14/5 A-7 OFFICER FOR AGENCY, KUWAIT’
Scope & Content:
The file contains an exchange of telegrams in 1949 between the Political Agent at Kuwait and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain, expressing concerns about existing and future building development, mainly staff accommodation, on empty land in the vicinity of the Kuwait Politica...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Oct 1944-15 Apr 1949
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

167. IOR/R/15/5/370

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/370
Title:
Gazetteer of Persia, Vol IV
Scope & Content:
The volume, marked confidential, is Gazetteer of Persia, Volume IV, prepared by the General Staff, Army Head Quarters, India, and printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla, 1910. At the beginning is a note on the geographical scope of the volume. The main section contains information on v...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910
Extent:

1 volume (342 folios)

168. IOR/R/15/5/382

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/382
Title:
Handbook of Asir
Scope & Content:
The volume, marked 'For Official Use Only', is a first edition Handbook of Asir, prepared by Captain K Cornwallis of the Arab Bureau, Cairo, and printed by the Government Press, Cairo, 1 June 1916. The volume opens with a prefatory note on compilation and sources and is then divided into sevent...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:

1 volume (93 folios)

169. IOR/R/15/5/76

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/76
Title:
File 27/12 IV Draft Trade Report for Kuwait for the year 1920-21
Scope & Content:
This file contains detailed tabulated trade reports (largely in Arabic) for the port of Kuwait for the year 1920-21. Expanded trade records are recorded on large folded sheets that organise the trade records according to method of transport (steam versus sailing ship), ports of origin, commodity,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1921-3 Nov 1921
Extent:
1 file (95 folios)

170. IOR/R/15/5/384

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/384
Title:
Field Notes on Sa'udi Arabia, 1935
Scope & Content:
The volume, marked confidential, is Field Notes on Sa'udi Arabia, 1935, prepared by Donald Banks of the Air Ministry, by command of the Air Council. The volume begins with a brief forward (folio 2) in which the geographical scope is outlined. The volume is then divided into nine chapters (I-IX)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1936
Extent:

1 volume (120 folios)