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

11. IOR/L/PS/10/880/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/880/1
Title:
File 488/1920 Pt 1 ‘Arabia:- General question of subsidies to Arab Rulers.’
Scope & Content:
This part contains papers relating to the question of subsidies paid to Arab rulers, including Ibn Saud, the Shaikh of Koweit [Kuwait], and the King of the Hedjaz. The main correspondents are as follows: the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; the Treasury; the Foreign Office; the Government of India...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1920-6 Apr 1925
Extent:

1 item (99 folios)

12. IOR/L/PS/10/925/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/925/1
Title:
File 6499/1920 Pt 1 'KOWEIT AFFAIRS: KOWEIT-NEJD BOUNDARY DISPUTE; LOCAL UNPOPULARITY OF SHEIKH'
Scope & Content:
The papers concern the Kuwait-Nejd boundary dispute. Correspondence discusses the arbitration of the British Government in the matter of the border of Kuwaiti territory under the Shaikh of Kuwait [Shaikh Sālim bin Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ] with that of the Ruler of Nejd [Najd], Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1920-28 Jul 1921
Extent:
1 item (144 folios)

13. IOR/L/PS/10/991

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/991
Title:
File 2794/1921 Pt 3 'Persian Gulf: Oil: Koweit.'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, printed reports and notes relating to the development of oil concessions in Kuwait. The discussion in the volume relates to: The 'nationality clause' whereby any concession granted had to be to a British concern Corresponde...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jul 1931-30 Nov 1932
Extent:
1 volume (457 folios)

14. IOR/L/PS/10/992

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/992
Title:
File 2794/1921 Pt 3B 'Persian Gulf: oil; Kuwait'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, printed reports and notes relating to the development of oil concessions in Kuwait. The discussion in the volume relates to: A proposed visit by the Shaikh of Kuwait to the Anglo-Persian oilfields (ff 488-492) A report (ff ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1932-1933
Extent:
1 volume (492 folios)

15. IOR/L/PS/10/1003

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1003
Title:
File 2794/1921 Pt 15 'Oil. Koweit Neutral Zone. On concessions in.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns correspondence and records of meetings to discuss questions relating to oil in the Persian Gulf, including Kuwait and the Kuwait Neutral Zone, and also Bahrain and Qatar. This includes discussion of the history and status of the Neutral Zone between Nejd and Koweit [Kuwait] a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 May 1933-15 Aug 1935
Extent:
1 volume (488 folios)

16. IOR/L/PS/10/1222/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1222/1
Title:
File 4537/1927 Pt 1 'Iraq: Question of exemption from taxation of Shaikhs of Kuwait & Mohammerah'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, minutes, memoranda, and other papers concerning the question of a tax exemption on date gardens in Iraq belonging to the Shaikh of Kuwait and the Shaikh of Mohammerah. The papers cover: a review of Britain's historic commitments in the region; increasing opposition to the exempti...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Sep 1927-5 Feb 1931
Extent:
1 item (607 folios)

17. IOR/L/PS/10/1243

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1243
Title:
File 57/1928 Pt 12 'Iraq-Nejd Relations: Koweit Frontier Situation.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the effect of the activities of the Akhwan (also referred to as Ikhwan, and frequently described as 'rebels'), and their conflict with Ibn Saud (also referred to as Bin Saud) [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], on the frontier between the Kingdom of Hejaz ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1929-24 Apr 1930
Extent:

1 volume (639 folios)

18. IOR/L/PS/10/1244

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1244
Title:
File 57/1928 Pt 13 'Iraq-Koweit-Nejd Frontier.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the situation on the frontier between the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd, Iraq, and Koweit [Kuwait], in terms of the conflict between the King of Hejaz and Nejd, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], and the Akhwan [Ikhwan], (frequently described as 'reb...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1929-21 Feb 1930
Extent:

1 volume (585 folios)

19. IOR/L/PS/10/1245

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1245
Title:
File 57/1928 Pt 14 'Nejd-Koweit: Proposals for a comprehensive settlement between Ibn Saud & the Sheikh of Koweit.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the attempts of the British Government to mediate a settlement of the differences between the Shaikh of Kuwait (also referred to as Koweit), Sir Ahmad al-Jabir as-Subah [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], and Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], King of Hej...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Nov 1929-3 Jul 1931
Extent:
1 volume (401 folios)

20. IOR/L/PS/12/233

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/233
Title:
PZ 4841/1937 'Persian Gulf: Haji Williamson & Major Holmes'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the past conduct and future employment of Major Frank Holmes and William Richard ‘Haji’ Williamson in the Persian Gulf. Most of the correspondence is between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Secretary of State for India, and concerns ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1937-4 Jul 1938
Extent:
1 file (68 folios)