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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Subject Smuggling Name Emir of Kuwait, 1718-

1. IOR/L/PS/12/516

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/516
Title:
Ext 2823/41 'Bahrain. Report of ban on export of gold & silver coinage. and subsequent smuggling.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the imposition of an export licence system on the trade of gold and silver in the Persian Gulf region, at first to understand the flow of trade, and then to restrict it, lest gold find its way through Turkey into enemy-occupied destinations. Corresponde...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 May 1941-10 Jul 1942
Extent:
1 file (30 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2878

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2878
Title:
Coll 17/18(1) 'Smuggling between Kuwait and Iraq'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers regarding the alleged smuggling of goods from Kuwait to Iraq, and attempts to broker an agreement between the Shaikh of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ) and the Government of Iraq with regards to importation restrictions, customs appointments and effective front...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jul 1932-15 Jun 1935
Extent:
1 volume (673 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/2879

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2879
Title:
Coll 17/18(2) 'Smuggling between Kuwait and Iraq'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2878, and contains papers regarding the alleged smuggling of goods from Kuwait to Iraq, and attempts to broker an agreement between the Shaikh of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ) and the Government of Iraq with regards to the prevention of smuggl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jun 1935-14 May 1942
Extent:
1 file (443 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2883

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2883
Title:
Coll 17/22(1) ‘Iraq: Iraq-Koweit Relations. Iraqi incursions into Koweiti territory’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to alleged incidents occurring on or near the border between Iraq and Kuwait (Koweit). It mostly concerns alleged incidents of Iraqi police in armed cars making incursions into Kuwait territory, and alleged incidents of violation of Kuwaiti territorial waters by...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 May 1934-31 Aug 1937
Extent:
1 file (585 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2884

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2884
Title:
Coll 17/22(2) 'Iraq. Iraq - Koweit Relations. Iraqi incursions into Koweiti territory.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mainly correspondence, relating to relations between Iraq and Kuwait (Koweit), mostly concerning alleged instances of incursions into Kuwaiti territory by Iraqi police in pursuit of smugglers, and proposals for the demarcation of the frontier between Iraq and Kuwait. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1937-23 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (365 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3734

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3734
Title:
Coll 30/21(3) 'Persian Gulf: Kuwait-Saudi Relations: Blockade by Ibn Saud. Smuggling: Bon Voisinage and Extradition Agreements'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning a number of proposed agreements between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait that were intended to formalise relations between the two countries and to end a trade blockade that had been imposed on Kuwait by Saudi Arabia. Much of the corr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Oct 1937-3 Apr 1940
Extent:
1 file (512 folios)