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

61. IOR/L/PS/18/B133

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B133
Title:
Memorandum respecting Koweit
Scope & Content:
This is a confidential memorandum, printed for the use of the Foreign Office on 30 October 1901, and authored by Robert Venables Vernon Harcourt, dated 29 Oct 1901. The memorandum primarily focuses on the position of Koweit [Kuwait] in regards to Turkey (Ottoman Empire) from 1871 onwards. In the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Oct 1901
Extent:

1 file (11 folios)

62. IOR/L/PS/18/B133A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B133A
Title:
Memorandum respecting Koweit
Scope & Content:
This file is a memorandum concerning Koweit [Kuwait] written by Foreign Office official, R V Harcourt [Robert Venables Vernon Harcourt]. The memorandum is divided up as follows: General Narrative - Turkish Activity - Understandings with Turkey and Germany; Koweit Boundary; Political Agent; Kow...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1905
Extent:

1 volume (7 folios)

63. IOR/L/PS/18/B301

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B301
Title:
Memorandum on British Commitments (during the War) to the Gulf Chiefs
Scope & Content:
This is a printed memorandum by the Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office concerning British commitments during the First World War to autonomous or independent Arab rulers of the Persian Gulf, including the Sultan of Maskat [Muscat], the Trucial Chiefs of Oman (that is, Abu Dh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918
Extent:

1 file (7 folios)

64. IOR/L/PS/18/B381/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B381/1
Title:
No. 1. Anglo-Turkish Agreement. Collection of documents signed on July 29, 1913.
Scope & Content:
The item consists of a collection of documents signed by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Edward Grey) and the Grand Vizier of Ottoman Empire (Ibrahim Hakki Pasha) on 29 July 1913. It contains the following: a convention concerning the establishment of a commission to improve the con...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Jul 1913
Extent:

1 item (8 folios)

65. IOR/L/PS/18/B395

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B395
Title:
'Koweit, 1908-1928'
Scope & Content:
Document outlining the administration and history of Koweit [Kuwait] from 1908-1928. Covering: 'Administration' – rulers succession history; Koweit's status as an independent Arab state; internal administration conducted by the Shaikh and Council of Advisors; control by the Government of India;...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Oct 1928
Extent:

1 file (7 folios)

66. IOR/L/PS/18/B425

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B425
Title:
Translation of Lease by Sheikh Mubarak of Koweit of the Bunder Shweikh Lands and of the Acceptance of that Lease by the Political Agent, Koweit, both dated 15 October 1907
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a copy of a translation of a lease by Sheikh Mubarak [Mubārak bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] of Koweit [Kuwait] for Bunder Shweikh [Bandar Shawaykh] and of the acceptance of the lease by Major Stuart George Knox, Political Agent at Kuwait, dated 15 October 1907. The lease has twel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1907
Extent:

1 file (17 folios)

67. IOR/L/PS/18/B427

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B427
Title:
Final Record of a Meeting Held at the Foreign Office on Thursday October 5th [1933] to Discuss Relations between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Sheikh of Koweit
Scope & Content:
This is a printed memorandum containing a record of a meeting held at the Foreign Office on 5 October 1933 to discuss relations between Great Britain and the Sheikh of Koweit [Kuwait], Aḥmad bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, particularly in regards to Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Aziz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān Āl Sa‘ūd]. The ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1933
Extent:

1 file (25 folios)

68. IOR/L/PS/18/B431

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B431
Title:
Relations between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Sheikh of Koweit
Scope & Content:
This secret memorandum, printed by the Foreign Office, contains a record of a meeting held at the Foreign Office on 5 October 1933 to discuss relations between Great Britain and the Sheikh of Koweit [Kuwait], Aḥmad bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, particularly in regards to Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Aziz bin ‘Abd a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1934
Extent:

1 file (10 folios)

69. IOR/L/PS/18/B468

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B468
Title:
The Date Gardens in Iraq of the Sheikhs of Koweit [Kuwait] and Mohammerah. Scope of undertakings given by HM Government in 1914. Case for the opinion of the Law Officers of the Crown and Opinion thereon T W H Inskip and F B Merriman, Law Officers' Department, 29 Mar 1933. inc The date gardens in Iraq of the Sheikhs of Koweit and Mohammerah. Historical summary [undated]
Scope & Content:
This file contains a British Government report (folios 1-19) regarding promises made by the British in 1914 to the rulers of Kuwait and Mohammerah concerning their ownership of date gardens in Iraq. The report contains a description of the situation and the legal opinion of T W H Inskip and F ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1933
Extent:
1 file (35 folios)

70. IOR/L/PS/18/B472

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B472
Title:
Heads of Agreement between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and His Highness the Shaikh of Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum contains the heads of agreement of the Kuwait Civil Air Agreement between the United Kingdom and Kuwait, signed by the ruler of Kuwait [Shaikh Aḥmad bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], and Captain Gerald Simpson de Gaury, Political Agent at Kuwait dated 23 May 1938. The agreement contai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1938
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)