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641. IOR/R/15/5/217

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/217
Title:
File 4/29 Activities of Shaikh Fahad as-Salim as-Subah
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding an unofficial visit to Egypt that was made by Shaikh Fahad bin Salim al-Sabah and his desire to export two cars and a number of tyres from the country back to Kuwait. Some of this correspondence is between the Political Agency in Kuwait and the Ruler o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Aug 1944-4 Jun 1946
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

642. IOR/R/15/5/235

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/235
Title:
File C 4/48 Education in Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains a short extract from a report on Kuwait's educational system that was written by the British Council official, W R Keight (accompanied by a brief covering letter) and a letter sent to Keight in response to his report by Herbert George Jakins, the Political Agent in Kuwait.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1949-10 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

643. IOR/R/15/5/323

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/323
Title:
File 9/1 V Claims and complaints
Scope & Content:
This file contains letters and correspondence between various merchants and suppliers of goods, primarily building materials and manufactured equipment, relating to claims of unpaid bills, damaged goods, and other trade disputes. Most of the papers are exchanges between Kuwaiti merchants and the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Nov 1946-26 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (324 folios)

644. IOR/R/15/6/182

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/182
Title:
File 7/2 Summary of Events in Dhofar [Dhufar] From 1906-1923
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding affairs related to Dhofar [Dhufar], notably the Sultan of Muscat and Oman's residence there while away from Muscat. Much of this correspondence is between British officials but the file also contains letters exchanged between the Sultan of Muscat and Om...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 May 1923-3 Jan 1928
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

645. IOR/R/15/1/554-555

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/554-555
Title:
File 60: Financial
Scope & Content:
There are two surviving files in the ‘Financial’ subject category. The earlier file, which is a bound volume, contains correspondence about banking in Persia, Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf, particularly the rival operations of the Eastern Bank, the Imperial Bank of Persia (later the Imperial...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1918-1946
Extent:
2 files and volumes (205 folios)

646. IOR/R/15/2/838-845

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/838-845
Title:
File 34: Education
Scope & Content:
The Education subject files contain correspondence related to the development of education in Bahrain and Kuwait. The correspondence in the files discusses the role and activities of the British Council in the region, the recruitment of an educational advisor in Bahrain, the enrolment of Kuwaiti...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1939-1949
Extent:
8 files and volumes (779 folios)

647. IOR/R/15/2/958

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/958
Title:
'Customs dues Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
The file discusses the decision by Shaikh Isa [ʻIsá ibn ʻAlī Āl Khalīfah] in April 1916 to raise the customs duty on the transhipment of goods through Bahrain, as wartime conditions had resulted in a difficult financial situation for Bahrain. This decision was prompted by a drop in the num...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1916-13 Nov 1917
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)

648. IOR/R/15/6/9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/9
Title:
Miscellaneous Political Correspondence
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers that consist primarily of political correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf with the Political Agent in Muscat. Of note is a report by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles on the Bereymi [Buraymī] Oasis. The papers also discuss ongoing politi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1876-22 Dec 1876
Extent:
1 file (83 folios)

649. IOR/R/15/1/368

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/368
Title:
File 19/218 (C 84) Bahrain Succession
Scope & Content:
The documents contained in this file relate to issues regarding succession in Bahrain after the death of Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa in 1932 and Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa in 1942. The file contains detailed discussions of the personality of Shaikh Hamad as well as assessments of the ch...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Dec 1932-26 Mar 1942
Extent:
1 file (103 folios)

650. IOR/R/15/1/481

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/481
Title:
File 53/7 XI (D 71) Kuwait-Nejd Relations
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding political relations between Kuwait and Nejd. The file contains copies of correspondence between Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait and Abdul Aziz ibn Abdulrahman ibn Faisal Al Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ū...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Apr 1930-28 May 1931
Extent:
1 volume (224 folios)

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