This file contains correspondence and telegraphs consisting of requests for books, maps, memoranda, administration reports and military surveys of the Persian Gulf, Arabia, and parts of the Indian Subcontinent and Middle East. The file also includes requests and receipts for secret and confident...
This file contains correspondence and telegraphs consisting of requests for books, maps, memoranda, administration reports and military surveys of the Persian Gulf, particularly pertaining to Kuwait and Iraq. The file also includes requests and receipts for secret and confidential documents circ...
‘File 8/1. Casualties in the al-Subah family of Kuwait’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to casualties suffered by the Al-Sabah [Āl Ṣabāḥ] ruling family of Kuwait. There are copies of letters and telegrams conveying messages of condolence to the Shaikh [Emir] of Kuwait [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] and other family members, along with the r...
File VIII/3. Pedigree, Private affairs, notes, etc on the As-Subah family.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of letters, notes, pedigrees, news extracts and telegrams. The correspondence is mainly related to the ruling family in Kuwait. Reports were sent between the Political Agency, Kuwait and the Political Residency, Bushire regarding the following: politi...
A pedigree of the Al-Subah ruling family of Kuwait. It starts with Shaikh Subah who died about 1864, and then gives details of three generations of male members of the family.
A pedigree of the Al-Subah ruling family of Kuwait. It starts with Shaikh Subah, and then gives details of six further generations of male members of the family, with occasional notes on age, date of death, work, and place of residence.
File VIII/6 Death of Shaikh Jabir and Accession of Shaikh Salim
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the death of the ruler of Kuwait (Shaikh Jābir II al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ), and the succession of his brother (Shaikh Sālim bin Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ). Reports were sent by the Secretary to the ruler of Kuwait (Al-Mulla Salih) to the Political Agent, Kuwait, in...