Reference (shelfmark): IOR/R/15 - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/80-84
Title:: File 28: Naval Affairs
Scope & Content:: These five files contain correspondence, planning documents, and miscellaneous paperwork pertaining to the design, planning, and construction of buoys, surveys, beacons, and lights in and around Kuwait's harbour. The last file in the series, contains documents relating to the visit of the French ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1904-1929
Extent:: 5 files (657 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/81
Title:: File XXVIII/2. Survey of Kuwait Harbour
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence and official memoranda between the Political Agency in Kuwait, the Political Residency in Bushire, and the Marine Survey of India, Bombay. The file includes logistical papers and letters relating to preparations, costing estimates, and scheduling for a survey of...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 5 Nov 1904-11 Sep 1906
Extent:: 1 file (58 folios)

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)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/83
Title:: File 28/5 Beacon and Light for Kubbar Island
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence relating to the planning and construction of a beacon and light at Khubbar Island near Kuwait. It includes billing information as well as few letters that mention overall planning for an improved navigation infrastructure in the Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 22 Dec 1908-3 Apr 1917
Extent:: 1 file (48 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/84
Title:: File XXVIII/9 Visits of Foreign Men-of-War to Koweit.
Scope & Content:: This file contains details of a call made by the commander of the French naval vessel La Surprise to the Political Agent and Ruler of Kuwait.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1 Apr 1908-20 Jun 1924
Extent:: 1 file (26 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/86
Title:: File 31/2 Al Bu `Ainain settlement at Qasr al-Sabiya; Turkish influence
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 5 Oct 1909-24 Mar 1913
Extent:: 1 file

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/87
Title:: File 32/2 Cases before Foreign Judicial Courts
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence, witness statements, marine (or sea) protests, and other documents related to legal cases involving subjects or residents of Kuwait tried before foreign courts. Documents relating to the first thirteen cases have been indexed (folios 2-3), and include claims of ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, and Turkish
Date Range:: 4 Feb 1905-13 Sep 1928
Extent:: 1 file (379 folios)

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