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61. IOR/R/15/5/42

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/42
Title:
File 10/12 Desert news: defeat of Ikhwan by Ibn Sa`ud (Battle of Sibilla, 1929); operations against rebels
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and related political developments. Specifically, the correspondence in the file relates to tribal movements and disturbances in and around t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1929-5 Aug 1929
Extent:
1 file (187 folios)

62. IOR/R/15/5/56

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/56
Title:
File XX/5 Botanical information about Koweit.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence of the Political Agent, Kuwait concerning botanical matters. The form Koweit is generally used in the papers. Folios 4-5 contain correspondence dated 1905 between the Political Agent, Kuwait (Captain Stuart George Knox) and the (Acting) Political Resident in the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Nov 1905-11 Mar 1915
Extent:
1 file (80 folios)

63. IOR/R/15/5/90

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/90
Title:
File 32/12 Estates of British and British Indian Subjects
Scope & Content:
The file contains office notes and correspondence relating to a number of claims by relatives to the estates of individuals who had died in Kuwait. The papers include witness statements, lists of possessions, and correspondence that discusses arrangements for the transferral of property. The corr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1924-24 Oct 1924
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

64. IOR/R/15/5/39

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/39
Title:
File [10/12] Tribal and desert information: Ikhwan raids on Kuwait and defensive measures
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]. Specifically, the correspondence in the file relates to raids made by Ikhwan forces in and around Kuwaiti territory, military action taken a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1928-31 Mar 1928
Extent:
1 file (286 folios)

65. IOR/R/15/5/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/1
Title:
‘I/1 First Appointment of a Pol: Agent to Koweit, (Capt S. G. Knox).’
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence sent and letter received by the Political Agent at Kuwait (Captain Stuart George Knox): a letter from Knox describing his arrival in Kuwait, the Ruler of Kuwait’s [Shaikh Mubarak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ] response to his arrival, accommodation and food offered by the Shaikh, a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1904-30 Mar 1908
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)

66. IOR/R/15/5/25

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/25
Title:
File X/2 Bin Saood, Koweit [Kuwait] & Ibn Rashid
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence concerning the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and his conflict with the Al Rashid rulers of the Emirate of Jabal Shammar (or Emirate of Ha'il) as well as his relations with the Ottoman Empi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1909-7 Feb 1923
Extent:
1 file (527 folios)

67. IOR/R/15/5/41

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/41
Title:
File 10/12 Tribal and desert news: Ikhwan raids; closure of Kuwait/Zubair road; correspondence relating to Iraqi tribes
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]. Specifically, the correspondence in the file relates to the confrontation between the forces of the Ikhwan and Ibn Sa'ud that took place at ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Jan 1929-31 Mar 1929
Extent:
1 file (118 folios)

68. IOR/R/15/5/65, f 149

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/65, f 149
Title:
'TRACING FROM DEGREE SHEET No. 3N - TURKEY IN ASIA, BASRAH. 4TH EDITION, 1916)
Scope & Content:
The map shows Zubair and environs. The scale is given as 4 miles to 1 inch. 1:253,440.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 map

69. IOR/R/15/5/58, f 65

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/58, f 65
Title:
‘PROFILE ON A LINE BEARING N. 42 W. FROM A POINT 159 YARDS DISTANT N. 48 E. FROM N.E. CORNER OF SHEIKH’S COAL-SHED’
Scope & Content:
This topographical map which has hydrographic features, 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 is a cross-...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1910
Extent:
1 map

70. IOR/R/15/5/60, f 44

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/60, f 44
Title:
Small sketch map to illustrate 'Note on History of Zubara and Claims of Shaikh of Bahrein to Zubara'
Scope & Content:
The map shows the Qatar peninsula, the island of Bahrain and the mainland of the Arabian peninsula. It was prepared by Acting Civil Commissioner for Mesopotamia, Arnold Talbot Wilson, to illustrate his 'Note on History of Zubara and Claims of Shaikh of Bahrein to Zubara.' The map indicates ports...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920
Extent:
1 map