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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name Political Agent, Kuwait, 1904-1961

31. 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)

32. IOR/L/PS/10/1222

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1222
Title:
File 4537/1927 Pt 1-2 'Iraq: Kuwait and Mohammerah Date Gardens'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to the matter of tax exemption on the date gardens in Iraq belonging to the Shaikh of Kuwait and the Shaikh of Mohammerah. The exemption was promised to the shaikhs by the British for assistance given during the First World War. The volume covers the inte...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1927-1933
Extent:
1 volume (1152 folios)

33. 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)

34. 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)

35. 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)

36. IOR/L/PS/10/1247

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1247
Title:
File 57/1928 Pt 16 'Iraq-Nejd Frontier: Bon Voisinage agreement between Iraq & Nejd'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns negotiations over the signing of a friendship and bon voisinage [border co-operation] agreement between the Kingdom of Iraq, and the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd (usually referred to separately as Hejaz or Nejd), following the suppression by the Hejaz Government of the Akhwan [I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Jan 1930-1 Jan 1931
Extent:
1 volume (926 folios)

37. IOR/L/PS/12/215

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/215
Title:
PZ 7836/36 'Grant of a gratuity to Mr. C. Bayer, Mechanical Engineer, Kowait Agency'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns expenditure in the Persian Gulf relating to a proposed grant of a gratuity to Mr Cyril Bayer, who being disabled by a stroke of paralysis and unable to work, was sent to India under medical advice. Payment is recommended in consideration of his long service as Mechanical Enginee...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1936-25 Nov 1936
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

38. IOR/L/PS/12/284

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/284
Title:
PZ 2024/1939 'Desire of Japanese diplomatic staff to visit Bahrain and Kuwait'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to a proposed visit of Japanese diplomatic staff to Bahrain and Kuwait. The main correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the India Office. The main recipients are the Political Agents in Kuwait and Bahrain and the Secretary of S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1939-15 Apr 1939
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

39. IOR/L/PS/12/288

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/288
Title:
PZ 2638/1939 'German broadcasts to the Gulf (in Arabic)'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to German radio broadcasts to the Persian Gulf in Arabic. It includes correspondence between the Secretary of State for India and the following: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent at Kuwait, the Political Agent at Muscat, and the Poli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1939-13 Dec 1939
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

40. IOR/L/PS/12/299

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/299
Title:
PZ 5098/39 'Position of Major G S de Gaury vis-á-vis military service in the event of war'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to Major Gerald Simpson Hillairet Rutland Vere de Gaury, the Political Agent in Kuwait, and the possibility that he will be called up for military service. Letters between de Gaury; Roland Tennyson Peel (Secretary for the Political Department in the Indi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Aug 1939-8 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)