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142. IOR/R/15/5/166
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/5/166
- Title:
- File 2/13 Visit to Kuwait of Iraqi Foreign Minister; proposed Kuwait-Iraqi Agreement on smuggling
- Scope & Content:
- This file contains correspondence between British Officials in Kuwait, London and India on an upcoming diplomatic mission of Iraqi Government officials to Kuwait. The file also contains correspondence relating to smuggling, trade agreements and the construction of a port on the Gulf coast of Saud...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 27 Oct 1936-12 Jan 1943
- Extent:
- 1 file (113 folios)
143. IOR/R/15/5/124
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/5/124
- Title:
- ‘Saudi Trade Agent’
- Scope & Content:
- Correspondence between the Political Agent at Kuwait (Major Maurice O’Connor Tandy), the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway), and officials at the India Office and Foreign Office in London, concerning a request from the King of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Sa...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 16 May 1945
- Extent:
- 1 file (30 folios)
144. IOR/R/15/5/161
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/5/161
- Title:
- File 2/8 II Kuwait water supply from the Shatt al-Arab
- Scope & Content:
- This file contains correspondence among British officials in the Persian Gulf and London, as well as the Kuwaiti Government on various means of securing a reliable supply of water for Kuwait. The papers vary from proposal for a condensing plant, and possible pipeline from Basra in Iraq, to obtai...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- Arabic and English
- Date Range:
- 12 Jun 1943-14 Jun 1949
- Extent:
- 1 file (230 folios)
145. IOR/R/15/5/279
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/5/279
- Title:
- File 6/6 Proposal to post a Special Service Officer in the Gulf; appointment of Air Liaison Officer
- Scope & Content:
- This file contains correspondence pertaining to the possible appointment of a Special Service Officer. The papers detail the officer's responsibilities and also provide an overview of the political and administrative context in which the appointment was being sought by the various correspondents ...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 24 Jul 1929-4 Sep 1946
- Extent:
- 1 file (68 folios)
146. IOR/R/15/5/125
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/5/125
- Title:
- ‘Kuwait – Saudi Frontier.’
- Scope & Content:
- Correspondence between the Political Agent at Kuwait (Gordon Noel Jackson), the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay), and other British Government officials, concerning the status of Gurain [Al Qurayn], located in the neutral zone between Saudi Arabia an...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 21 Jun 1948-5 Oct 1949
- Extent:
- 1 file (22 folios)
147. IOR/R/15/5/129
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/5/129
- Title:
- File 2/2 II Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling
- Scope & Content:
- The volume contains memoranda, confidential papers, personal letters and testimonies related to alleged smuggling of food and goods from Kuwait to Iraq. The correspondence includes two unsuccessful proposals for conferences to be held between Iraqi and Kuwaiti officials to discuss the limits of ...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- Arabic and English
- Date Range:
- 7 Jan 1934-28 Sep 1934
- Extent:
- 1 volume (318 folios)
148. IOR/R/15/5/139
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/5/139
- Title:
- ‘File 2/4 V ISTIHLAK TAX’
- Scope & Content:
- The file contains correspondence by the Political Resident, Bushire, to the Political Agent, Kuwait, asking him to remind the Shaikh of Kuwait to prepare a report related to the Istihlak (consumption) tax he paid on the produce of his date gardens in Iraq in 1938 and 1939. The Shaikh wrote back p...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- Arabic and English
- Date Range:
- 31 Jan 1940-12 Feb 1940
- Extent:
- 1 file (3 folios)
149. IOR/R/15/5/156
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/5/156
- Title:
- [Unnumbered file] Papers in Arabic
- Scope & Content:
- The file includes three land deeds of the date gardens, all dated 12 February 1909. The first two deeds are between the Shaikh of Kuwait Mubarak al-Sabah and Abdul Wahhab al-Qirtass, on behalf of certain members of al-Zuhair family in Basra Iraq. The third deed is between Shaikh Mubarak and Shafi...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Date Range:
- 12 Feb 1909
- Extent:
- 1 file (3 folios)
150. 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)









