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241. IOR/R/15/5/105

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/105
Title:
[Un-numbered file] Dispute between Ibn Sa`ud and Shaikh of Kuwait: British Government's Proposals to Settle Kuwait-Najd Boundary Dispute by Arbitration; Defeat of Shaikh Salim at Jahra; Ikhwan Withdrawal; Truce Terminated by Ikhwan
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to: A dispute between Ibn Sa`ud and the Shaikh of Kuwait. British government's proposals to settle Kuwait-Najd boundary dispute by arbitration. Defeat of Shaikh Salim [Shaikh Sālim al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ] at ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Aug 1920
Extent:
1 volume (170 folios)

242. IOR/R/15/5/396

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/396
Title:
Manual of Instructions to Officers of the Political Department of the Government of India
Scope & Content:
The volume is the second edition of Manual of Instructions to Officers of the Political Department of the Government of India, printed by the Government of India Press, Simla, 1924. The volume begins with extracts from the proclamations and speeches of Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, and King G...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1924
Extent:

1 volume (202 folios)

243. IOR/R/15/5/395

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/395
Title:
British Enactments in Force in Native States, Volume V: Orders relating to Railways in Native States
Scope & Content:
The volume is British Enactments in Force in Native States, Volume V: Orders relating to Railways in Native States. Originally compiled by John Molesworth Macpherson, Secretary of the Government of India, Legislative Department, it was revised and continued up to 15 August 1899 by A Williams, fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914
Extent:

1 volume (119 folios)

244. IOR/R/15/5/109

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/109
Title:
‘1/1 Volume I Koweit Saudi relations’
Scope & Content:
Papers concerning relations between Kuwait and the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia), and a trading blockade imposed on Kuwait by the King of Hejaz and Nejd (from September 1932, the King of the Arab Sa’udite Kingdom [Saudi Arabia]) ‘Abdul ‘Aziz bin ‘Abdur Rahman al-Faisal [‘Abd al-...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1929-9 Jul 1933
Extent:
1 volume (294 folios)

245. 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)

246. IOR/R/15/5/327

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/327
Title:
‘File C 14/11 ISRAEL KADOO (PERSONAL FILE)’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between officials at the Political Agency in Kuwait, the Persian Gulf Residency in Bahrain, and the Establishment and Organisation Department of the Foreign Office in London, about the pay, allowances and leave entitlements of the two local Arab clerks employed at...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1949-20 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

247. 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)

248. 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)

249. IOR/R/15/5/107

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/107
Title:
[Un-numbered file] 'Correspondence of RAF Special Service Officer, Kuwait (Cpt De Gaury)'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises the correspondence, signals, expenditure accounts and message notes of RAF Special Service Officer, Kuwait (Captain Gerald Simpson Hillairet Rutland Vere de Gaury) during the period 4 February to 2 May 1928. The discussion in the volume relates to his involvement in intell...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Feb 1928-2 May 1928
Extent:
1 volume (133 folios)

250. 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)