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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/10
Title:: BUILDINGS. No. 4/13 I Correspondence regarding Surgeon's quarters.
Scope & Content:: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, estimates and receipts relating to the accommodation for the Medical Officer of the Political Agency at Kuwait. The discussion in the volume relates to the leasing, maintenance and state of repair of housing for the ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 3 Jul 1924-11 Mar 1946
Extent:: 1 volume (255 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/11
Title:: KUWAIT OFFICE RECORDS. BUILDINGS. No. 4/15 - Vol. I. New Agency Building at Kuwait.
Scope & Content:: This file consists of the translation of the agreement between the Political Agent, Kuwait and Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah, Ruler of Kuwait concerning a lease of a building for the agency. Also included in the file is a Government of India Public Works Document tender and contract document for...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Jan 1929
Extent:: 1 file (8 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/61
Title:: File XXII/5 Distinctive Flag for Kuwait
Scope & Content:: The volume comprises hand written letters, notes, typed correspondence and printed reports relating to the proposed adoption of a distinctive Kuwait flag and certificates of nationality for marine craft belonging to Shaikh Mobarak [Shaikh Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ] or his subjects. Further disc...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 7 Mar 1906-24 Nov 1924
Extent:: 1 volume (57 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/96
Title:: '1/C III. Miscellaneous.'
Scope & Content:: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to a large number of miscellaneous topics: The discussion in the volume relates to the following topics: Expulsion of Hafidh Wahba from Bahrain, 1922. Proposals to reduce Gulf establishment, 1922. Rumours...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 28 Dec 1921-2 Jan 1924
Extent:: 1 volume (313 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/97
Title:: '1/C Volume IV Miscellaneous'
Scope & Content:: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to a variety of miscellaneous topics in the period December 1923 to July 1924. The principal topics discussed are: A proposal to replace the Iraq Post Office in Kuwait, 1924. Purchase of land in Iraq by ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 7 Dec 1923-22 Jul 1924
Extent:: 1 volume (312 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/98
Title:: 1/C Vol: V Miscellaneous.
Scope & Content:: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, printed reports, memoranda, and notes, relating to miscellaneous topics concerning the Kuwait Agency from August to December 1924. The discussion in the volume relates to the following topics: Ikhwan raids, 1924 Proposed land mail serv...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 2 Aug 1924-27 Dec 1924
Extent:: 1 volume (208 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/99
Title:: File 5/C Boundary questions: attacks on Ikhwan; dispute between Shaikh Salim and Ibn Sa`ud
Scope & Content:: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes from February 1919 to August 1920, mainly relating to boundary questions between Ibn Sa'ud and the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Salim [Shaikh Sālim al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ], as well as attacks on the Ikhwan and British relat...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 8 Feb 1919-17 Aug 1920
Extent:: 1 volume (114 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/100
Title:: File 5/C Kuwait Najd Boundary
Scope & Content:: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, printed reports, and notes for the period from November 1920 to February 1923 relating to the Kuwait/Najd boundary. The main topics discussed include: The attack on Jahra by the Ikhwan Bahrain Agency Mission to Ibn Sa`ud, 1...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1 Nov 1920-24 Feb 1923
Extent:: 1 volume (231 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/101
Title:: File 8/C Philby's Mission to Ibn Sa`ud; Friction between Najd and Kuwait because of British Blockade of Land Trade
Scope & Content:: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, for the period April 1918 to August 1918 relating to the main topics: Harry St John Bridger Philby's Mission to Ibn Sa`ud. Friction between Najd and Kuwait because of the British blockade of land trade. The volume...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 19 Apr 1918-2 Aug 1918
Extent:: 1 volume (191 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/102
Title:: File 12/C I
Scope & Content:: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the following main topics: Dissatisfaction with Shaikh Salim [Shaikh Sālim al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ], Ruler of Kuwait, 1918. A proposal to establish British detachment in Kuwait, 1918. A note (ff 34-38) on ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 8 Mar 1918-7 Apr 1920
Extent:: 1 volume (46 folios)

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