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8301. IOR/R/15/5/172

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/172
Title:
File 3/2 Interference with Kuwait Sailing Craft on High Seas by Persian warships.
Scope & Content:
This file relates to incidents of Kuwaiti sailing boats being intercepted (and in some cases seized and detained) by Persian warships and other vessels, on suspicions of smuggling. The file largely consists of correspondence between British officials regarding several specific incidents, includi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
10 Apr 1933-23 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (273 folios)

8302. IOR/R/15/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/6
Title:
Vol 6 Diary of the Proceedings of the Resident at the Honble Company's Factory of Bushire
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of chronological entries containing transcripts of correspondence sent and received and notes on the arrival and departure of vessels at Bushire. The Resident during the period covered was Jonathan Henry Lovett; frequent mention is also made early in the volume of Lovett's pr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
6 Jan 1803-29 Dec 1803
Extent:
1 volume (183 folios)

8303. IOR/R/15/1/103

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/103
Title:
'Old index Book No 143 From January To Dec' Vol 143 Letters outward
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of letters sent by Captain Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, mainly to J P Willoughby, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, in 1844. The letters from the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to the British Governme...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1844-31 Dec 1844
Extent:
1 volume (275 folios)

8304. IOR/R/15/1/127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/127
Title:
1851/52 Residency in the Persian Gulf English Correspondence No.7 Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence sent to and from the Persian Gulf Residency (the Resident at the time being Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell), concerning the slave trade between the coast of East Africa and the Persian Gulf, and Britain's maritime efforts to suppress it. The main correspondent...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jan 1851-31 Dec 1851
Extent:
1 file, 20 items (41 folios)

8305. IOR/R/15/1/188

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/188
Title:
32 File 654 Intrigues of Persian officials on Arab Coast
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence discussing the concerns of British officials regarding the movement of Persian Government officials in the Gulf and their supposed attempts to challenge British power in the region. The movements of Haji Ahmed Khan (also given as Hajee Ahmed Khan and Hajee Ahme...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
23 May 1887-24 Nov 1894
Extent:
1 volume (162 folios)

8306. IOR/R/15/1/613

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/613
Title:
File 73/7 III (D 24) Status of Kuwait & Anglo-Turkish negotiations
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, memorandums, maps and newspaper cuttings relating to a proposed Baghdad to Basra railway, an extension of the German Berlin to Baghdad Railway. Correspondents include: Percy Cox, Political Resident at Bushire, William Shakespear, Political Agent at Kuwait, Edw...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
23 Nov 1912-2 Jul 1913
Extent:
1 volume (355 folios)

8307. IOR/R/15/2/1375

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1375
Title:
‘File 12/7 I Shipping. Arrival of Sailing Crafts at Qatar and other places with Cargo.’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the shipment and transhipment of cargo on local vessels (frequently referred to as country craft) from Karachi to Qatar (spelt in various ways, including Kattar, Gutter, Quatar) and, to a lesser extent, other ports on the Arab coast of the Persian Gu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1932-1 Jun 1937
Extent:
1 file (296 folios)

8308. IOR/R/15/5/121

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/121
Title:
‘I Riyadh (VII) Colonel Dickson’s v[isit] to Riyadh (Includes visits of other Europeans to Riyadh’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to visits made by Europeans and Americans to Saudi Arabia, and specifically to Riyadh: A visit made in 1937 by Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson, former Political Agent at Kuwait, reportedly in his capacity as a representative of the Kuwai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Nov 1937-15 Nov 1945
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

8309. IOR/R/15/5/151

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/151
Title:
File 2/5 XII 'Ownership of HH Shaikh of Kuwait's Date Gardens in Iraq'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation from IOR/R/15/5/150. It contains correspondence, memoranda and legal papers regarding law suits brought against the Shaikh of Kuwait [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] by the heirs of the former owners of the Al Faddaghiyeh, Al Bashiyah and Al Fao properties. The papers discus...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1939-5 Mar 1941
Extent:
1 file (268 folios)

8310. IOR/R/15/6/58

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/58
Title:
File XXXV/5 VOL. I. APPOINTMENT OF NEW BRITISH FINANCIAL ADVISER. April 1930- Oct: 1931
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, reports and letters regarding the appointment of a new Financial Advisor to Muscat State instead of Bertram Thomas whose contract ended in 1930. Among the names suggested by the High Commissioner in Baghdad was Stuart Edwin Hedgcock who ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1928-24 Oct 1931
Extent:
1 volume (306 folios)

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