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211. IOR/R/15/5/24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/24
Title:
'File X/1 Bin Saood & Ibn Rashid'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials that relates primarily to the rise in power of Bin Saood [commonly referred to as Ibn Sa'ud or ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd in full]. This correspondence discusses the British Government's relationship with Ibn...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1904-26 Aug 1909
Extent:
1 file (193 folios)

212. IOR/R/15/5/91

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/91
Title:
File 34/3 Persian Gulf pearl fisheries
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters, telegrams, and printed series of correspondence relating to pearl banks in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence is between the following: Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Bushire Political Agency, Kuwait Political Agency, Bahrain Political Agency, Muscat Marine...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Sep 1906-26 Feb 1924
Extent:
1 file (37 folios)

213. IOR/R/15/5/203

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/203
Title:
File 4/18 Kuwait-Bahrain Relations (Includes Bahrain-Qatar Troubles)
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding relations between the rulers of Bahrain and Qatar and an attempt that was made by the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, to mediate between them. In addition to correspondence, which is primarily between the Po...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jun 1937-13 Jan 1938
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)

214. IOR/R/15/5/206

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/206
Title:
File 4/20 II Kuwait Situation: Constitution and Council
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding political developments in Kuwait. Specifically it relates to the suppression of an oppositionist reform movement (the majlis movement) that had successfully pressured the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, to est...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1938-18 Apr 1949
Extent:
1 file (198 folios)

215. IOR/R/15/5/230

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/230
Title:
File 4/43 Internal Administration (Social Reforms)
Scope & Content:
This file consists of the following: Notes of a conversation that took place on 15 May 1949 between the Foreign Office official, B A B Burrows and the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, concerning state reform and how to prevent a growth in popularity of communism in the country (f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1949-9 Jun 1949
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

216. IOR/R/15/5/287

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/287
Title:
File 6/11 Air photographs of Kuwait and Aerial Reconnaissance
Scope & Content:
This file contains permissions and correspondence pertaining to aerial photography of the territory of Kuwait.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 May 1934-28 Sep 1948
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

217. IOR/R/15/5/80-84

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)

218. IOR/R/15/5/199, f 88

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/199, f 88
Title:
Shaikh Hazal Palace - Kuweit
Scope & Content:
An architectural blueprint of the former Kuwait residence of the late Shaikh Khaz‘al bin Jābir al-Ka‘bī, the former ruler of Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], referred to in the map's title as Hazal. The plan shows the ground and first floors of the property with measurements of rooms and other detai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1943
Extent:
1 plan

219. IOR/R/15/5/184

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/184
Title:
File 4/6 I Kuwait-Iraq Frontier
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the delineation of the borders between Kuwait and its neighbours, Iraq and Saudi Arabia (occasionally referred to as Nejd in the file). The primary correspondents in the file are officials from the British High Commission in Iraq, the Political Agenc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1931-7 Oct 1939
Extent:
1 file (371 folios)

220. IOR/R/15/5/283

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/283
Title:
File 6/10 I Air Agreements
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence and meeting minutes on the construction and maintenance of aerodromes in the Persian Gulf, specifically at Sharjah, Dubai, and the Trucial Coast. The majority of the papers relate to the agreements to be drawn up with local rulers on matters of civil aviation, ri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1933-2 Mar 1935
Extent:
1 file (241 folios)