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7741. IOR/R/15/5/184, f 187

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/184, f 187
Title:
Map of Iraq-Kuwait Border
Scope & Content:
The map shows the border between Iraq and Kuwait. The border itself is marked on the map, as are a number of towns and settlements that appear on either side of it. There is also some indication of relief marked around the border including Jabal Sanam.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1936
Extent:
1 map

7742. IOR/R/15/5/185

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/185
Title:
File 4/6 II Kuwait-Iraq Frontier
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the demarcation of the Iraq-Kuwait frontier including issues related to a disagreement between the governments of Iraq and Kuwait regarding the location of a specific border marker, smuggling between the two countries and the development of Umm al-Qasr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1939-7 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (218 folios)

7743. IOR/R/15/5/186

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/186
Title:
File 4/7 I Shaikh of Kuwait's Visits to Other Countries
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding official and unofficial trips abroad that were made by the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah. The correspondence relates to trips Shaikh Ahmad made to Iraq in 1929, 1932 (a detailed account of which is contained on folios 44-47), 1935 a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1929-27 Mar 1937
Extent:
1 file (228 folios)

7744. IOR/R/15/5/187

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/187
Title:
File 4/7 II Shaikh of Kuwait's Visit to Arab States, Europe , Etc
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding proposed and actual trips abroad that were made by the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah. This includes details of plans that were made for trips to Egypt, India, Iraq and England that do not appear to have ultimately materialised, and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Jul 1937-31 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (171 folios)

7745. IOR/R/15/5/188

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/188
Title:
File 4/8 Kuwait Electricity Supply (Concession, etc.) & Municipality
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding internal developments in Kuwait. Primarily, the correspondence relates to the establishment of a municipality for Kuwait City, the construction of an electrical power station and the development of the Kuwait Electric Compan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1930-9 Dec 1940
Extent:
1 file (44 folios)

7746. IOR/R/15/5/189

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/189
Title:
File 4/9 I Anglo-Kuwait Relations
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding Britain's relationship with the Ruler of Kuwait and Britain's influence and role in the country generally. Specifically, the correspondence includes discussions concerning whether or not the Political Residency in Bushire shou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1929-16 Aug 1937
Extent:
1 file (212 folios)

7747. IOR/R/15/5/190

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/190
Title:
File 4/9 II Anglo-Kuwait Relations (including Customs Duty for British Subjects)
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials (primarily between the Political Agent in Kuwait, Major Tom Hickinbotham and the Political Resident, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior) regarding the rate at which British merchants active in Kuwait were liable to pay customs du...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1942-20 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (47 folios)

7748. IOR/R/15/5/191

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/191
Title:
File 4/10 Condition of Divers in Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials in Baghdad and Kuwait concerning the conditions of Kuwaiti pearl divers. The correspondence is related to a proposal for Kuwaitis to be employed as boat pilots on the Shatt al-Arab waterway that was made by the British Embassy in Baghda...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Oct 1934-9 Mar 1947
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

7749. IOR/R/15/5/192

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/192
Title:
File 4/11 I Bank for Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the possibility of a foreign bank opening a branch in Kuwait. The two main candidates discussed in the file are Eastern Bank Limited and Ottoman Bank. Towards the end of the file, an expression of interest by al-Bank al-Arabi [Arab Bank] is also discus...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1935-4 Apr 1939
Extent:
1 file (247 folios)

7750. IOR/R/15/5/193

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/193
Title:
File 4/11 I Bank for Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the opening of an Imperial Bank of Iran branch in Kuwait in 1941/42 and the bank's first few years of operation in the country. The correspondence contained in the file consists of messages exchanged between British officials, representatives of the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1940-9 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (155 folios)

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