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1. IOR/L/PS/12/3793

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3793
Title:
Coll 30/76 'Koweit: Abduction to Koweit of two Persian customs guards, by the crew of a Persian dhow.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the abduction from Dilam [Bandar-e Deylam] in Persia to Koweit [Kuwait] of two Persian customs guards by the crew of a Persian dhow. The nakhoda of the dhow feared punishment after his cargo was judged to be contraband by the Persian authorities, and so fled to Kuwait, with the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1934-26 Apr 1934
Extent:
1 file (13 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/3736B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3736B
Title:
Coll 30/22 'Persian Gulf, Bahrein. Bahrein State Budget; Question of Successor to British Adviser to Shaikh of Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials that discusses the position of Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Ruler of Bahrain, notably their frustrations with his management of the country's economic development and the need to arrange a succession process. The correspondence also...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1946-17 Sep 1946
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3736A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3736A
Title:
Coll 30/22 'Persian Gulf, Bahrein. Bahrein State Budget; Economy Proposals; Grant of Tariff Autonomy; Increase in Customs Duties; Developments in Bahrein'
Scope & Content:
This file contains annual budgets and financial accounts of the Government of Bahrain as well as related correspondence between British Government officials and Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Ruler of Bahrain. Much of this correspondence is between officials at the Political Agency in Bahrain ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1932-24 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 file (440 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3794

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3794
Title:
Coll 30/77 'Koweit: Persian interference with Koweiti dhows.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns reports of interference with Kuwaiti dhows by Iranian (also referred to as Persian) customs and naval authorities. The papers contain witness statements, letters of protest by the Shaikh of Koweit [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, Ruler of Kuwait], reports, discussion of the incidents ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1934-28 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (179 folios)