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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R Name Kuwait Political Agency, 1899-1961 Digitised Content No

1. IOR/R/15/1/207

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/207
Title:
‘File 5/161 VI, 168 IX, 179 II Cases of slaves manumitted at Bahrain, Trucial Coast and Kuwait’
Scope & Content:
The volume is comprised of manumission requests made by slaves seeking refuge at the Political Agencies in Bahrain, Sharjah and Kuwait. Cases heard at Bahrain and Sharjah were covered by treaties signed between the British Government and coastal shaikhdoms, which meant that the assessment of man...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 May 1921-26 Nov 1943
Extent:

One volume (164 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/471-549

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/471-549
Title:
File 53: Kuwait
Scope & Content:
The Kuwait subject files cover a comprehensive range of topics related to Kuwait and the surrounding area. The files contain correspondence regarding the nature and development of the British Government's involvement in Kuwait, Kuwait's foreign relations (notably with the Ottoman Empire, Najd/Sa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Turkish
Date Range:
1896-1939
Extent:
79 files and volumes (16,694 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/556-609

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/556-609
Title:
File 61: Najd
Scope & Content:
These files and volumes contain correspondence, reports, and other documents relating to the Najd region, in present-day Saudi Arabia, and its ruler, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd, commonly known as Ibn Sa‘ūd. The papers cover the period from Ibn Sa‘ūd's rise to prominence after taking Riyadh in 1902, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1905-1944
Extent:
54 files and volumes (12,432 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5
Title:
Political Agency, Kuwait
Scope & Content:
The Kuwait Agency archives cover the period from the establishment of the post in 1904 to 1949, the last year for which files were returned to the India Office Records. The papers were originally numbered in three separate series. First Series files, 1904-1929 (R/15/5/1-108) contain considerabl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904-1949
Extent:
397 files and volumes