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171. IOR/R/15/5/82

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/82
Title:
File XXVIII/3 Red light for Kuwait Anchorage
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence, and official paperwork relating to the construction of port lighting facilities at Kuwait Harbour. The file also contains two detailed diagrams of proposed light at the Harbour. The file also contains numerous purchase receipts for materials required for constru...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1906-14 Sep 1922
Extent:
1 file (187 folios)

172. 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)

173. 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)

174. IOR/R/15/5/201

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/201
Title:
File 4/16 Exclusion of Prosperous Indians from Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the Political Agency in Kuwait and the Political Residency in Bushire regarding whether or not a number of Indian merchants should be allowed to resettle in Kuwait (having been expelled from Iraq and Iran) and the Ruler of Kuwait's aversion to this event...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1936-16 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

175. IOR/R/15/5/228

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/228
Title:
File 4/41 Kuwait State: Iraqi Consulate in Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials in Iraq and Kuwait concerning a request made by the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs to establish an Iraqi consulate in Kuwait. The political implications of agreeing to this request (and a similar one made by the United States Governm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1949-14 Sep 1949
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

176. IOR/R/15/5/229

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/229
Title:
File 4/42 Capital Development Projects of Kuwait Government
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a single letter that was sent from the Political Agency in Kuwait to the Political Residency in Bahrain regarding plans of the Government of Kuwait to construct a jetty into Kuwait Bay to facilitate the landing of cargo.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1949
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

177. IOR/R/15/5/58, f 64

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/58, f 64
Title:
Map of Bunder Shweikh
Scope & Content:
An untitled topographical map with hydrographic features, which is described as ‘a map of Bunder Shweikh’ by the Second Assistant Resident at the British Residency and Consulate-General, Bushire, in his letter of 30 June 1910 to the Political Agent at Kuwait (IOR/R/15/5/58, folio 63). The map sho...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1910
Extent:
1 map

178. 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)

179. IOR/R/15/5/196

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/196
Title:
File 4/13 II Kuwait Education
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the development of education in Kuwait, specifically the activities of a British educational official named F J Wakelin, who was on secondment from the British Council and acting as adviser to the Governments of Bahrain and Kuwait at this time. A nu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
6 Oct 1939-17 Nov 1943
Extent:
1 file (420 folios)

180. IOR/R/15/5/197

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/197
Title:
File 4/13 III Kuwait Education
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the development of education in Kuwait, specifically the activities of a British educational official named F J Wakelin, who was on secondment from the British Council and acting as adviser to the Governments of Bahrain and Kuwait at this time. A nu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
21 Oct 1943-13 Aug 1945
Extent:
1 file (419 folios)