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221. IOR/R/15/5/213

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/213
Title:
File 4/25 British Advisers to Kuwait (Financial, Customs and Police)
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning plans to appoint a British financial adviser to serve the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah. Also discussed towards the end of the file are similar plans regarding the appointment of British customs officials an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Oct 1939-12 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (104 folios)

222. IOR/R/15/5/226

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/226
Title:
File 4/39 Kuwait State: Criticisms against the Sheikh and Government
Scope & Content:
This file contains articles from the Arabic-language press that all concern the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah. The articles - most of which are critical of the ruler and his government - are from the following publications: al-Arab, Rose al-Yusuf, al-Barid and al-Nas. Excep...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1949-29 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

223. IOR/R/15/5/87

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)

224. IOR/R/15/5/179

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/179
Title:
File 4/1 General Information regarding Kuwait and Hinterland
Scope & Content:
This file contains a number of reports concerning different aspects of life in Kuwait, including its geography, history, flora and fauna, weather, political administration and leading personalities. Unless otherwise stated, the reports' author is Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1933-1948
Extent:
1 file (235 folios)

225. IOR/R/15/5/180

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/180
Title:
File 4/2 Ibn Sabah Family Tree and Kuwait Succession
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials that is all loosely related to the succession of the rulers of Kuwait and related matters of protocol. The file also contains a hand-written note of a declaration made by the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1921-10 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (30 folios)

226. IOR/R/15/5/234

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/234
Title:
File C 4/47 Agency at Mina Al Ahmadi
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence concerning a proposal to establish a small office of the Political Agency in Kuwait at the port, Mina al Ahmadi. The correspondence is primarily between the Political Agent in Kuwait, Herbert George Jakins and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutena...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1949-12 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

227. IOR/R/15/5/289

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/289
Title:
File 6/13 RAF miscellaneous and general correspondence
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1943-14 Feb 1949
Extent:
1 file (90 folios)

228. IOR/R/15/5/382, f 92

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/382, f 92
Title:
Outline Map of Asir
Scope & Content:
The map is of the region of Asir, in Arabia. The map shows tribal areas, routes, some physical geography, towns, and villages. Figures in red refer to numbered routes in the accompanying volume, Handbook of Asir. The map was printed by the Survey of Egypt in 1916.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 map

229. IOR/R/15/5/162

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/162
Title:
File 2/9 Anti-British propaganda
Scope & Content:
This file consists of correspondence between British officials in Iraq and the Persian Gulf discussing Arabic language newspaper extracts and articles on the British presence in the Middle East. Most of the papers discuss ways of countering or restricting the circulation of anti-British, anti-col...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Nov 1933-22 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (370 folios)

230. IOR/R/15/5/185

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/185
Title:
File 4/6 II Kuwait-Iraq Frontier
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the demarcation of the Iraq-Kuwait frontier including issues related to a disagreement between the governments of Iraq and Kuwait regarding the location of a specific border marker, smuggling between the two countries and the development of Umm al-Qasr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1939-7 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (218 folios)