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51. IOR/R/15/5/284

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/284
Title:
File 6/10 II Air Agreements
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence and documentation relating to the establishment and running of air routes to and from the Persian Gulf Residency's various stations, particularly Kuwait. The documents include agreements between rulers and the British Political Agency and Imperial Airways on the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Mar 1935-1 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (333 folios)

52. IOR/R/15/5/288

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/288
Title:
File 6/12 RAF wireless station Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence and papers relating to the Royal Air Force's wireless communication facilities in Kuwait (referred to as W/T station) during the Second World War. Of note are discussions on wartimes cypher codes for the Royal Air Force as well as copies of the codes themselves.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1941-26 Jul 1946
Extent:
1 file (152 folios)

53. IOR/R/15/5/45-50

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/45-50
Title:
File 13: Arms Traffic
Scope & Content:
The files and the volume forming the 'Arms Traffic' subject files were produced by the Political Agency in Kuwait. The 'Arms Traffic' subject files mainly contain correspondence between the Political Agency in Kuwait and the Rulers of Kuwait, discussing purchase of weapons and smuggling of arm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1909-1930
Extent:
5 files and 1 volume (1866 folios)

54. 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

55. 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)

56. 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)

57. 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)

58. IOR/R/15/5/192

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/192
Title:
File 4/11 I Bank for Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the possibility of a foreign bank opening a branch in Kuwait. The two main candidates discussed in the file are Eastern Bank Limited and Ottoman Bank. Towards the end of the file, an expression of interest by al-Bank al-Arabi [Arab Bank] is also discus...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1935-4 Apr 1939
Extent:
1 file (247 folios)

59. IOR/R/15/5/193

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/193
Title:
File 4/11 I Bank for Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the opening of an Imperial Bank of Iran branch in Kuwait in 1941/42 and the bank's first few years of operation in the country. The correspondence contained in the file consists of messages exchanged between British officials, representatives of the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1940-9 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (155 folios)

60. IOR/R/15/5/194

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/194
Title:
File 4/12 Shaikh and Subah [al-Sabah] Family --- Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials related to a number of different topics that all concern members of the al-Sabah ruling family of Kuwait. The topics discussed are as follows: The financial conditions of Shaikh Hamud al-Jabir al-Sabah, 1938 (folios 2-8). Tensions bet...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Aug 1938-27 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (185 folios)