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1. IOR/L/PS/18/B333

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B333
Title:
'Note on Kuwait'
Scope & Content:
This note gives a very short history of Kuwait in eight paragraphs. It provides brief details of the ruling Ibn Subah family [Āl Ṣabāḥ], including Mubarak Ibn Subah [Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ], Jabir [Jābir bin Mubārak] and Salim [Sālim bin Mubārak], and their relations with the Britain, Ibn Saud [‘Abd a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1919
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

2. 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)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/738

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/738
Title:
File 1407/1918 'Kowait Trade Reports. (1911-1930)'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the Kuwait trade reports for the years 1912-1930. The printed reports cover the period 1 April to 31 March and follow a similar format: a general narrative and sections on imports, exports, customs adm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jun 1912-12 Aug 1931
Extent:
1 volume (368 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3761

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3761
Title:
Coll 30/47 'Koweit: Education of Sheikh's Son'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding plans for Muhammad bin Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah, one of the sons of the Ruler of Kuwait, to study in the United Kingdom. Much of the correspondence is between John Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office and Gabbitas, Thring & Co Ltd., an educational...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jul 1932-1 Aug 1935
Extent:
1 file (59 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2160B, f 62

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2160B, f 62
Title:
KUWAIT
Scope & Content:
Plan depicting the anchorage off the coast of Kuwait. The plan depicts hydrology, settlements, and roads. Soundings are given in fathoms. Includes the following printing statement: 'Produced under the Superintendence of Rear-Admiral J.A. Edgell, C.B., O.B.E., Hydrographer.' Prepared by naval st...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1937
Extent:
1 plan

6. 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)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/925

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/925
Title:
File 6499/1920 Pt 1-2 'Kuwait affairs'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains two parts: IOR/L/PS/10/925/1 and IOR/L/PS/10/925/2. IOR/L/PS/10/925/1 concerns the Kuwait-Nejd boundary dispute. Correspondence discusses the arbitration of the British Government in the matter of the border of Kuwaiti territory under the Shaikh of Kuwait [Sālim bin Mubār...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1926
Extent:
1 volume (177 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/18/B450

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B450
Title:
The Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This is a secret printed memorandum by the Political Department of the India Office, dated 25 June 1935, concerning the Persian Gulf. The memorandum is divided in nine numbered sections, which include: 'Procedure for dealing with Persian Gulf Questions', 'British Relations with Persian Gulf Stat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1935
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/1962

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1962
Title:
Coll 5/16(1) ‘Landing Fees at Koweit’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the collection of landing fees from Kuwait (also spelled Koweit) Aerodrome, and the subsequent credit of these fees to the Ministry of Civil Aviation. It includes a protest from Iraqi Airways requesting a review of these landing fees, due to the lack of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1947-24 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/3777

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3777
Title:
Coll 30/60 'Persian Gulf. Interference with Koweiti dhow by Persian gunboat off Bushire'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning an incident in which a Kuwaiti vessel named Fath-ul-Khair was stopped and searched by a Government of Iran war vessel off of the coastline of Bushire. The majority of the correspondence in the file is between officials at t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1933-26 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 file (42 folios)