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161. IOR/R/15/5/153

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/153
Title:
File 2/5 XIV 'SHAIKH'S DATE GARDENS'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation from IOR/R/15/5/152. It contains correspondence, memoranda and legal papers regarding lawsuits brought against the Shaikh of Kuwait [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] by the heirs of the former owners of the Al Faddaghiyeh, Al Bashiyah and Al Fao properties, and efforts on beh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1942-18 Nov 1943
Extent:
1 file (310 folios)

162. IOR/R/15/5/155

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/155
Title:
File 2/5 XVI 'SHAIKH'S DATE GARDENS'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation from IOR/R/15/5/154. It contains correspondence, memoranda and legal papers regarding lawsuits brought against the Shaikh of Kuwait [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] by the heirs of the former owners of the Al Faddaghiyeh, Al Bashiyah and Al Fao properties, and efforts on beh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1947-26 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (335 folios)

163. IOR/R/15/5/175

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/175
Title:
File 3/5 Persian Territorial waters – Limits for
Scope & Content:
This file concerns a recent claim, made by the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs to HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [temporarily held by Victor Alexander Louis Mallet], to a ten mile limit for Persian territorial waters. It contains copies of correspondence between the Foreign Office, the Indi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1934-23 Jul 1942
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

164. IOR/R/15/5/178

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/178
Title:
File 3/8 Affairs of Sh. Khaz`als sons.
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the heirs of Shaikh Khaz‘al [Khaz‘al bin Jabir bin Merdaw Āl Ka‘bī], the late Arab Shaikh of Mohommerah [Khorramshahr], and their requests for British assistance. The first few items of correspondence concern Shaikh Khaz‘al's eldest son, Shaikh Chassib bin Khaz‘al [Shaikh C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Mar 1942-17 Aug 1948
Extent:
1 file (252 folios)

165. IOR/R/15/5/315

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/315
Title:
File 13/5 'Foreign Consular representation in Kuwait (and Persian Gulf)'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers of the Political Agency, Kuwait, relating to foreign consular representation in the Persian Gulf. Papers dated November 1933 to February 1935 include: correspondence of the Political Agent, Kuwait, with the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Political Age...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1933-25 Apr 1949
Extent:
1 file (68 folios)

166. IOR/R/15/5/173

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/173
Title:
File 3/3 Persian Navy
Scope & Content:
This file concerns visits of Persian warships to Arab ports. The two main issues discussed are whether Arab rulers in the Gulf should be formally notified prior to any visits to their ports by Persian warships, and, in cases where notification has not been received, whether a call to visit shoul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1932-29 Dec 1937
Extent:
1 file (98 folios)

167. IOR/R/15/5/157

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/157
Title:
[Un-numbered file] 'Shaikh Nasir ibn Mubarak Al Sabah, 1916-18; miscellaneous papers concerning Shaikh of Kuwait's date gardens in Iraq; copies of pleading before the Iraq courts and lawyers' opinions'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and legal papers regarding lawsuits brought against the heirs of Shaikh Mubarak Āl Ṣabāḥ (the Emir of Kuwait) by the members of the Al Zuhair family, regarding the ownership of garden properties in Basra. The file contains a small amount of correspondence dated...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Nov 1916-2 Jun 1938
Extent:
1 file (229 folios)

168. IOR/R/15/5/171

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/171
Title:
File 3/1 II Seizure or detention of Kuwait Sailing Craft by Persians Vol. 2.
Scope & Content:
This file documents a series of investigations carried out by various British officials into reports of Kuwaiti sailing boats being seized and detained by Iranian authorities. Most of the file consists of copies of telegrams between the following British officers: the Political Resident, Bushire...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1937-9 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (107 folios)

169. IOR/R/15/5/127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/127
Title:
'File 2/1 II IRAQ PROPAGANDA. (Absorption of Kuwait by Iraq). Relations etc.'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, and confidential papers sent between British officials in the Gulf regarding Iraqi propaganda against Kuwait. Communications were made with former Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Pasha al-Said and the Ruler of Kuwait, in this regard. The cor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
20 Feb 1939-29 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 volume (154 folios)

170. IOR/R/15/5/110

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/110
Title:
‘1/1 Volume II Koweit Saudi relations’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers concerning relations between Britain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. The volume is a direct chronological continuation of ‘1/1 Volume I Koweit Saudi relations’ (IOR/R/15/5/109), and covers the following subjects: The movements of Khalid bin Hithlain of the Al-’Ajman tri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Jul 1933-13 Mar 1935
Extent:
1 volume (261 folios)