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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Place Kuwait, Middle East, Asia

91. IOR/L/PS/12/3845

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3845
Title:
Coll 30/116 'Kuwait: establishment of a bank'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters, telegrams, memoranda, intelligence summaries, and drafts between officials on behalf of the Government of India and the officials of the Ottoman Bank, the Eastern Bank Limited and the Imperial Bank of Iran regarding the opening of a bank in Koweit [Kuwait]. In ad...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1935-23 Apr 1944
Extent:
1 file (244 folios)

92. IOR/L/PS/12/3846

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3846
Title:
Coll 30/117 'Persian Gulf. Bahrain Grievances of the Baharinah.'
Scope & Content:
The papers in this file relate to the grievances of the Baharnah (the native population of Bahrain). The papers include: The petition of the Baharnah to the Ruler of Bahrain Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa requesting the adoption of a Qanun (code of laws) in the courts, proportional representati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 May 1935-11 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (100 folios)

93. IOR/L/PS/12/3861

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3861
Title:
Coll 30/127 'Persian Gulf. Koweit. Relations between Ibn Saud and the Sheikh of Kuwait'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials, primarily at the Political Residency and the Political Agency in Kuwait, concerning relations between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. The correspondence in the file focuses on a visit made to Kuwait by the King of Saudi Arabia, 'Abd al'-Azi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1936-8 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (81 folios)

94. IOR/L/PS/12/3862

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3862
Title:
Coll 30/128 'Persian Gulf. Style of address of the Shaikhs of Bahrain and Kuwait'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding a decision to raise the official status and personal address of the rulers of Kuwait and Bahrain from 'His Excellency' to 'His Highness'. Much of the correspondence is between officials at the Political Residency, the Politica...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Mar 1936-14 Jul 1937
Extent:
1 file (84 folios)

95. IOR/L/PS/12/3864

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3864
Title:
Coll 30/130 'Persian Gulf. Koweit. Proposal for a motor route from Koweit-Haifa'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials in London, Palestine, Kuwait and India regarding proposals for the construction of a motor route from Kuwait-Amman (folios 4-53) and Kuwait-Haifa (folios 54-204). In addition to correspondence, the file contains the following: 'War Ca...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1936-15 Apr 1941
Extent:
1 file (203 folios)

96. IOR/L/PS/12/3903

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3903
Title:
Coll 30/166 'Koweit: Water Supply.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the supply of water to Kuwait (also referred to as Koweit), particularly in terms of Kuwait's dependence for water on Iraq. The papers cover: delays to Kuwaiti water boats in the Shatt al Arab caused by Iraqi customs, which resulted in a water shortage in Kuwait, and complaint...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Oct 1936-31 Oct 1939
Extent:
1 file (39 folios)

97. IOR/L/PS/12/3908

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3908
Title:
Coll 30/171 'Koweit: Iranian population of Koweit. Iraqi interest.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns a request by the Government of Iraq to establish the precise numbers of the Shiah population in Kuwait (also referred to as Koweit). This information is given in a letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Trenchard Craven William Fowle) to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Oct 1938-3 May 1939
Extent:
1 file (56 folios)

98. IOR/L/PS/12/3919

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3919
Title:
Coll 30/181 'Development of Education in the Arab States.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the development of education in the Persian Gulf, particularly in Kuwait and Bahrain, including appointments to the post of Director of Education, Bahrain, which was organised (and partly funded) by the British Council. The papers cover: reports from the Political Agent, Kuwai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
16 Jan 1939-1 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (533 folios)

99. IOR/L/PS/12/3926

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3926
Title:
Coll 30/188 'Kuwait: Mining for Sulphur by Kuwait Oil Coy.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns an agreement between the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Sir Ahmed al-Jabir as-Subah [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] and a new company, the Eastern Gulf Oil Company Limited (formed from American interests in the Kuwait Oil Company), to explore for deposits of sulphur in Kuwait. Sulphur was u...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1940-28 Jun 1945
Extent:
1 file (171 folios)

100. IOR/L/PS/12/3940

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3940
Title:
Coll 30/200 ‘Persian Gulf. Tour of Political Resident from Bahrein to Muscat in L. T. Nearchus.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to: a tour of Muscat by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and HM Consul-General, Bushire, in February 1940; his journey from Muscat to Bahrein [Bahrain] in the ship LT [Lighthouse Tender] Ne...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1940-1 Oct 1946
Extent:

1 file (64 folios)