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171. IOR/R/15/5/120

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/120
Title:
‘I/6 Saudi-Arabia Miscellaneous’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers relating to miscellaneous affairs in Saudi Arabia, as reported to or by the Political Agent at Kuwait: In 1937, the formation of the Nejdi Motor Car Company, a concession set up to convey pilgrims between Nejd, Hasa [al-Aḥsā’], and the Hejaz. Papers include a translatio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1937-19 Feb 1945
Extent:
1 file (45 folios)

172. IOR/R/15/5/176

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/176
Title:
File 3/6 Iranian Fisheries.
Scope & Content:
This file documents concerns held by the British that pearl fisheries – both within and beyond the territorial waters of the Arab rulers – might be exploited by foreign parties. Much of the correspondence speculates on the extent of Persia's interest in the pearl fisheries that are not within th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Oct 1936-18 Apr 1942
Extent:
1 file (85 folios)

173. IOR/R/15/5/159

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/159
Title:
File 2/7 'Legislation to forbid Kuwait nationals to buy property in Iraq; and conscription'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding an enquiry submitted to the Political Agent at Kuwait by the Shaikh of Kuwait (Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ), asking him to confirm whether the Government of Iraq had passed legislation preventing Kuwaiti subjects from owning land in Basra or from registering it with the Tapu ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1933-6 Apr 1946
Extent:
1 file (82 folios)

174. IOR/R/15/5/158

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/158
Title:
File 2/6 'King Faisal's visit to Kuwait (and Gulf ports)'
Scope & Content:
Papers regarding a proposed visit by King Fayṣal bin ̒Alī al-Hāshimī to Kuwait. The file consists of correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, and HM Foreign Office, regarding the British desire to discourage such a visit....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Oct 1932-19 Apr 1941
Extent:
1 file (45 folios)

175. IOR/R/15/5/301

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/301
Title:
‘File 7/4 Registration of Companies under Art 69 of Kuwait Order-in-Council, 1949’
Scope & Content:
The file contains applications and supporting documentation from companies applying for registration with the Kuwait Political Agency, a requirement for companies subject to British jurisdiction under the Kuwait Order in Council. The companies in question are Cable and Wireless; the Eastern Oil ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
1 Aug 1936-6 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (146 folios)

176. IOR/R/15/5/114

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/114
Title:
‘1/1 Volume VI Kuwait Saudi Relations’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers concerning negotiations finalising trade, Bon Voisinage and extradition treaties between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, in an effort to lift the trade blockade, imposed upon Kuwait at the orders of the of King of Saudi Arabia, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1938-16 Oct 1939
Extent:
1 volume (248 folios)

177. IOR/R/15/5/138

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/138
Title:
File 2/4 IV TAXATION of SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to the date gardens owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, and the Shaikh of Mohammerah, Khaz'al al-Ka'bi, in southern Iraq. The correspondence is mainly about the taxation imposed on the gardens by the Iraqi Government. British offici...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Mar 1934-1 May 1939
Extent:

1 volume (269 folios)

178. IOR/R/15/5/140

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/140
Title:
File 2/5 I SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to a court suit raised in Basra Court by Rafiyaa bint Ali al-Zuhair and other members of al-Zuhair family complaining against the Ruler of Kuwait. The suit in question concerns a portion of the Shaikh’s Faddaghiya estate on Shatt al-Arab, and the Bashiya ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Sep 1930-22 Dec 1932
Extent:
1 file (156 folios)

179. IOR/R/15/5/141

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/141
Title:
File 2/5 II SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to the date gardens owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, in southern Iraq. In particular, the correspondence concerns the court suit raised in Basra Court by members of al-Zuhair family complaining against the Ruler of Kuwait. The sui...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1915-27 Jul 1933
Extent:
1 volume (206 folios)

180. IOR/R/15/5/142

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/142
Title:
File 2/5 III SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to the date gardens owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, in southern Iraq. In particular, the correspondence concerns the court suit raised in Basra Court by members of al-Zuhair family complaining against the Ruler of Kuwait. The sui...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Turkish
Date Range:
20 Nov 1909-18 Oct 1933
Extent:

1 volume (205 folios)