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Place Fao, Asia

11. IOR/R/15/1/493, f 150A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/493, f 150A
Title:
Diagram showing plot of land at Fao [Faw] contested between Government of Iraq and Shaikh Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah of Kuwait
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Hand drawn diagram enclosed with a letter no. C-113 dated 26th March 1936 (folios 145-149), compiled from a rough sketch made on the spot by the British Political Agent in Kuwait, Gerald Simpson DeGaury. Depicts an area of land disputed between Shaikh Ahmad Al Jaber Al S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1936
Extent:
1 map

12. IOR/R/15/5/132

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/132
Title:
File 2/2 V Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to Kuwait-Iraq smuggling. British officials suggested a mixed commission representing both the Shaikh of Kuwait and the Iraqi Government, and authorized the investigation all the frontier incidents by land and by sea that had occurred between the two st...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1935-11 Feb 1937
Extent:
1 volume (255 folios)

13. IOR/R/15/5/148

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/148
Title:
File 2/5 IX Shaikh’s Date Gardens.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, and related papers, regarding a court case over the ownership of date gardens claimed by the Shaikh of Kuwait [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], and his relations, around Fao in Iraq. The court case in question was prosecuted by the heirs of Ali Pasha Al-Zuhair...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Mar 1938-27 Jul 1938
Extent:
1 volume (370 folios)