This file contains papers relating to the maintenance and control of air landing facilities at Kuwait. Most of the papers discuss the air agreements negotiated with the ruler of Kuwait, as well as future air routes, and the increasing popularity of air travel following the exploration of the inte...
This file contains correspondence and papers relating to the Royal Air Force's wireless communication facilities in Kuwait (referred to as W/T station) during the Second World War. Of note are discussions on wartimes cypher codes for the Royal Air Force as well as copies of the codes themselves.
File 6/13 RAF miscellaneous and general correspondence
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This file contains correspondence and military instructions under the heading of General Routine Orders from the Royal Air Force Command in Iraq and Persia directed to the Political Agency in Kuwait. The papers cover general instructions for military personnel in the region, as well as specific o...
This file contains papers and correspondence relating to the management of flight schedules to and from Kuwait. Various air routes as well as procedural and regulatory matters are discussed in the papers such as procedures for unscheduled landings and radio contact for unscheduled flights. Connec...
This file contains lists of aircraft and equipment owned by The Contracting and Trading Company flown in and around the Arab principalities of the Persian Gulf. The lists were kept as part of the aircraft registration papers. Of note is a copy of the Air Navigation Regulations for civil aircraft...
This file contains papers relating to the organisation of rescue operations coordinated by the British naval, air force, and army stations, primarily in the Middle East and Mediterranean regions. The papers list various military stations and bases alongside the area coordinates for which respecti...
‘File 7/1 I Kuwait Order-in-Council (Jurisdiction Over Foreigners)’
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The file is concerned with the introduction of the Kuwait Order in Council (1925) and the subsequent issue of supporting King‘s Regulations by the Persian Gulf Political Resident: The Indian Pilgrim Ships Regulation (1926) and Indian Succession Regulation (1927). It therefore contains drafts pro...
The Judicial Files relate to the judicial functions of the Kuwait Political Agency over British Protected Persons, as defined by the Kuwait Order in Council. IOR/R/15/1/294-297 are concerned with the drafting of the original (1925) Order in Council, and subsequent reissues in 1935 and 1949; thes...
‘File 7/1 II Kuwait Order in Council and Jurisdiction over Foreigners’
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The file is concerned with the introduction of a new Order in Council to clarify the extent of British jurisdiction over foreigners in Kuwait, prompted by ongoing oil negotiations between Kuwait and the United States. The primary British concern being the removal of the requirement that Britain ...
