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11. IOR/R/15/1/513

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/513
Title:
File 53/52 I (D 161) Kuwait Succession
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the succession of various rulers of Kuwait. The correspondence discusses the following: The death of Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ and the succession of his eldest son, Shaikh Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ The death of Shaikh Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ and th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1914-30 Jul 1940
Extent:
1 volume (138 folios)

12. IOR/R/15/1/524

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/524
Title:
File 53/57 III (D 86) Kuwait-Iraq Boundary
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the status of the border between Iraq and Kuwait following the Iraqi Government expressing an interest in applying for admission to the League of Nations in Geneva. The officials also discuss a recent incident in which a board...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1932-15 Aug 1932
Extent:
1 volume (48 folios)

13. IOR/R/15/1/527

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/527
Title:
File 53/71 (D 90) Kuwait - Claims Against Nejd
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding claims for compensation made by the ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ against Abdul Aziz ibn Abdulrahman ibn Faisal Al Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud)] the King of Hejaz, Nej...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Feb 1930-28 Jun 1933
Extent:
1 volume (126 folios)

14. IOR/R/15/1/529

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/529
Title:
File 53/76 II (D 155) Kuwait Political Intelligence
Scope & Content:
This file contains a series of monthly intelligence summaries produced by the British Political Agent in Kuwait and related correspondence. The summaries contain information concerning the general political situation in Kuwait and its vicinity, as well sections on the weather, tribal movements, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1933-28 Jan 1938
Extent:
1 volume (166 folios)

15. IOR/R/15/1/540

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/540
Title:
File 53/87 I (D 134) British Policy in Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding British policy in Kuwait. The correspondence includes discussions about the development of Britain's position in Kuwait, relations between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia and the importance of Kuwait in the British imperial system. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1933-23 Sep 1937
Extent:
1 file (272 folios)

16. IOR/R/15/1/541

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/541
Title:
File 53/87 II (D 152) British Policy in Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding British policy in Kuwait. Much of the correspondence relates to a proposal for the construction of an Iraqi-controlled port in Kuwaiti territory that would be linked to Basra by rail. The file also contains correspondence ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Apr 1938-17 Apr 1940
Extent:
1 volume (213 folios)

17. IOR/R/15/1/542

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/542
Title:
File 53/87 III (D 160) British Policy in Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding British policy in Kuwait. Specifically, the correspondence relates to discussions regarding the construction - by the British military - of an emergency port at Um Qasr on the Kuwait-Iraq frontier and the expansion of existing...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1940-22 Mar 1942
Extent:
1 volume (223 folios)

18. IOR/R/15/1/506

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/506
Title:
File 53/32 V (D 128) Kuwait Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to a number of different topics (all of which concern Kuwait). The majority of the correspondence in the file discusses anti-Kuwaiti newspaper articles printed in the Iraqi press. A number of examples of these articles are contained in the file includi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 May 1934-5 May 1937
Extent:
1 volume (235 folios)

19. IOR/R/15/1/512

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/512
Title:
File 53/49 (D 37) Kuwait Oil
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials that discusses the following topics: Oil deposits in Syria and the Farsan [Farasan] islands (ff. 9-11, 14-15, 16-20, 22, 24, 28). Negotiations for the construction of oil wells in Kuwait (ff. 4-8, 12, 16, 20-22, 23-32, 36). The prospect...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Apr 1913-12 Nov 1917
Extent:
1 volume (71 folios)

20. IOR/R/15/1/516

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/516
Title:
File 53/54 III (D 112) Kuwait Blockade
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to a trading blockade imposed on Kuwait by Abdul Aziz ibn Abdulrahman ibn Faisal Al Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud)], the King of Saudi Arabia. The correspondence is primarily between British officials attempting t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jun 1933-13 Jan 1935
Extent:
1 volume (248 folios)