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7761. IOR/R/15/5/203

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/203
Title:
File 4/18 Kuwait-Bahrain Relations (Includes Bahrain-Qatar Troubles)
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding relations between the rulers of Bahrain and Qatar and an attempt that was made by the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, to mediate between them. In addition to correspondence, which is primarily between the Po...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jun 1937-13 Jan 1938
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)

7762. IOR/R/15/5/204

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/204
Title:
File 4/19 Smuggling of Unlicensed Tea from India by Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the alleged smuggling of tea into Iraq from India and Ceylon by Kuwaiti traders. Towards the end of the file, more general information concerning the importation of tea from India into Kuwait is also contained, including details of the Kuwaiti merchant...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 May 1937-29 Sep 1945
Extent:
1 file (139 folios)

7763. IOR/R/15/5/205

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/205
Title:
File 4/20 I Koweit Situation
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding political developments in Kuwait (referred to as Koweit several times throughout the file), specifically tensions that occurred between the country's ruler, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, and a group of reformist opposition f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1938-27 Dec 1938
Extent:
1 file (350 folios)

7764. IOR/R/15/5/206

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/206
Title:
File 4/20 II Kuwait Situation: Constitution and Council
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding political developments in Kuwait. Specifically it relates to the suppression of an oppositionist reform movement (the majlis movement) that had successfully pressured the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, to est...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1938-18 Apr 1949
Extent:
1 file (198 folios)

7765. IOR/R/15/5/207

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/207
Title:
File 4/21 Kuwait Nationality and International Status of Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between officials at the India Office and the Foreign Office regarding the legal status and historical development of Bahraini and Kuwaiti nationality. The rear of the file also contains correspondence and notes regarding the delineation of the Iraqi-Kuwaiti fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1937-4 May 1938
Extent:
1 file (39 folios)

7766. IOR/R/15/5/208

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/208
Title:
File 4/22 I Construction of a Port in Kuwait Bay under Iraqi Control; Extension of the Iraqi Railway; Umm Qasr
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials in Kuwait, Iraq, Britain and India concerning the political implications and practical logistics regarding a proposal to construct a port under Iraqi control in Kuwaiti territory (and a related proposal to link the port to Basra by rail...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1938-26 Oct 1941
Extent:
1 file (230 folios)

7767. IOR/R/15/5/209

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/209
Title:
File 4/22 II Umm Qasr
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the construction of a port in Umm Qasr (also given as Um Qasr) in Iraq for the use of the British military. The correspondence is between officials at the British Embassy in Baghdad, the Political Agency in Kuwait, the Politic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Oct 1941-27 Nov 1943
Extent:
1 file (212 folios)

7768. IOR/R/15/5/210

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/210
Title:
File 4/22 III Umm Qasr
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the future of the port facilities that were constructed at Umm Qasr by the British military. Also discussed is the issue of whether or not Umm Qasr and the surrounding area fell within Iraqi or Kuwaiti territory. In addition ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1943-14 Sep 1949
Extent:
1 file (37 folios)

7769. IOR/R/15/5/211

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/211
Title:
File 4/23 Civil Engineer for Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding a request made by the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah for the Political Agency in Kuwait to find him a suitable engineer to oversee an expansion of the country's port. The correspondence discusses Shaikh Ahmad's initial request, the a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Mar 1939-19 Jun 1939
Extent:
1 file (22 folios)

7770. IOR/R/15/5/212

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/212
Title:
File 4/24 Shaikh's Wireless Telephone Set
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding a wireless telephone set that was being used by the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, to address the public in Kuwait. The correspondence discusses the technical details involved in this process as well as wha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jan 1940-9 Mar 1940
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

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