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21. IOR/R/15/5/82

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/82
Title:
File XXVIII/3 Red light for Kuwait Anchorage
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence, and official paperwork relating to the construction of port lighting facilities at Kuwait Harbour. The file also contains two detailed diagrams of proposed light at the Harbour. The file also contains numerous purchase receipts for materials required for constru...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1906-14 Sep 1922
Extent:
1 file (187 folios)

22. IOR/R/15/5/58, f 64

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/58, f 64
Title:
Map of Bunder Shweikh
Scope & Content:
An untitled topographical map with hydrographic features, which is described as ‘a map of Bunder Shweikh’ by the Second Assistant Resident at the British Residency and Consulate-General, Bushire, in his letter of 30 June 1910 to the Political Agent at Kuwait (IOR/R/15/5/58, folio 63). The map sho...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1910
Extent:
1 map

23. IOR/R/15/5/58, f 66

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/58, f 66
Title:
KUWEIT PLAN OF BANDAR SHWEIKH
Scope & Content:
This topographical map, which has hydrographic features, is referred to as a ‘map of Bunder Shweikh’ by the Second Assistant Resident at the British Residency and Consulate-General, Bushire, in his letter of 30 June 1910 to the Political Agent at Kuwait (IOR/R/15/5/58, folio 63). It shows the la...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1910
Extent:
1 plan

24. IOR/R/15/5/14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/14
Title:
File VI/3 I. Confidential- Maps + Books.
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence and telegraphs consisting of requests for books, maps, memoranda, administration reports and military surveys of the Persian Gulf, Arabia, and parts of the Indian Subcontinent and Middle East. The file also includes requests and receipts for secret and confident...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Oct 1904-29 May 1920
Extent:
1 file (353 folios)

25. IOR/R/15/5/80

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/80
Title:
File XXVIII.1 Beacon & light for Ras ul-Arz
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence, plans, drawings, and costing estimates for the erection of a beacon and light at Ras-ul-Arz at Kuwait harbour.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Nov 1904-11 Feb 1929
Extent:
1 file (338 folios)

26. IOR/R/15/5/83

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/83
Title:
File 28/5 Beacon and Light for Kubbar Island
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to the planning and construction of a beacon and light at Khubbar Island near Kuwait. It includes billing information as well as few letters that mention overall planning for an improved navigation infrastructure in the Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1908-3 Apr 1917
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

27. IOR/R/15/5/24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/24
Title:
'File X/1 Bin Saood & Ibn Rashid'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials that relates primarily to the rise in power of Bin Saood [commonly referred to as Ibn Sa'ud or ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd in full]. This correspondence discusses the British Government's relationship with Ibn...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1904-26 Aug 1909
Extent:
1 file (193 folios)

28. IOR/R/15/5/91

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/91
Title:
File 34/3 Persian Gulf pearl fisheries
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters, telegrams, and printed series of correspondence relating to pearl banks in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence is between the following: Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Bushire Political Agency, Kuwait Political Agency, Bahrain Political Agency, Muscat Marine...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Sep 1906-26 Feb 1924
Extent:
1 file (37 folios)

29. IOR/R/15/5/87

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/87
Title:
File 32/2 Cases before Foreign Judicial Courts
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, witness statements, marine (or sea) protests, and other documents related to legal cases involving subjects or residents of Kuwait tried before foreign courts. Documents relating to the first thirteen cases have been indexed (folios 2-3), and include claims of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Turkish
Date Range:
4 Feb 1905-13 Sep 1928
Extent:
1 file (379 folios)

30. IOR/R/15/5/18, f 144

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/18, f 144
Title:
Pedigree of As-Subah family
Scope & Content:
A pedigree of the Al-Subah ruling family of Kuwait. It starts with Shaikh Subah who died about 1864, and then gives details of three generations of male members of the family.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1904
Extent:
1 item (I folio)