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7781. IOR/R/15/5/223

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/223
Title:
File 4/36 Shaikh of Kuwait's Assets, Holdings. Royalties Paid to Sheikh
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between officials of the Political Agency in Kuwait, the Political Residency in Bahrain and Ottoman Bank regarding the finances of the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah. The correspondence discusses the Shaikh's financial holdings, royalty paymen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1947-19 Jan 1949
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

7782. IOR/R/15/5/224

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/224
Title:
File 4/37 Kuwait State. Employment of Personal Bodyguard by Sheikh
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the desire of the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, to employ a personal bodyguard force comprised of Pakistani nationals. The British authorities were supportive of the idea and this is expressed in a number ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Sep 1948-21 Sep 1949
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

7783. IOR/R/15/5/225

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/225
Title:
File 4/38 Supply of Saluting Gun for the Shaikh of Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the desire of the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, to purchase a three-pounder saluting gun [cannon] to affix to his recently-built motor dhow in 1932 (folios 2-41). Subsequently, the correspondence in the file...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1931-30 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (94 folios)

7784. IOR/R/15/5/226

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/226
Title:
File 4/39 Kuwait State: Criticisms against the Sheikh and Government
Scope & Content:
This file contains articles from the Arabic-language press that all concern the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah. The articles - most of which are critical of the ruler and his government - are from the following publications: al-Arab, Rose al-Yusuf, al-Barid and al-Nas. Excep...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1949-29 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

7785. IOR/R/15/5/227

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/227
Title:
File 4/40 Employment of British Staff for Kuwait Government Hospital
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the hiring of British doctors and other medical workers in Kuwait following the departure of an official named Dr Akopiantz who had previously been working in the country. The correspondence discusses the role of H T Kemp (th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1949-27 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

7786. IOR/R/15/5/228

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/228
Title:
File 4/41 Kuwait State: Iraqi Consulate in Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials in Iraq and Kuwait concerning a request made by the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs to establish an Iraqi consulate in Kuwait. The political implications of agreeing to this request (and a similar one made by the United States Governm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1949-14 Sep 1949
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

7787. IOR/R/15/5/229

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/229
Title:
File 4/42 Capital Development Projects of Kuwait Government
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a single letter that was sent from the Political Agency in Kuwait to the Political Residency in Bahrain regarding plans of the Government of Kuwait to construct a jetty into Kuwait Bay to facilitate the landing of cargo.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1949
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

7788. IOR/R/15/5/230

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/230
Title:
File 4/43 Internal Administration (Social Reforms)
Scope & Content:
This file consists of the following: Notes of a conversation that took place on 15 May 1949 between the Foreign Office official, B A B Burrows and the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, concerning state reform and how to prevent a growth in popularity of communism in the country (f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1949-9 Jun 1949
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

7789. IOR/R/15/5/231

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/231
Title:
File 4/44 Kuwait State. Recruitment of British Police Sergeants for Kuwait Police Force
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the Political Agency in Kuwait and the Persian Gulf Political Residency in Bahrain regarding the hiring of British police officers in Kuwait by the country's ruler, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah. The correspondence also contains references to the broader...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1949-25 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

7790. IOR/R/15/5/232

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/232
Title:
File C 4/45 Kuwait-Syrian Relations
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials in Kuwait and Iraq, as well as the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah and his Secretary, Abdullah Mulla Saleh, regarding the whereabouts of a Syrian national named De Rovan Kouyoumji (also written in the file as Derovan Kay...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1949-21 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

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