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251. IOR/R/15/1/508

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/508
Title:
File 53/37, 61/5 (D 17) Kuwait: British Representation
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the appointment of Stuart George Knox as the first British Political Agent in Kuwait and Daud ar Rahman Khan [Da'ud al-Rahman] as his assistant. The correspondence discusses the political repercussions of the appointment including its impact on Britain...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1901-6 Jul 1907
Extent:
1 volume (183 folios)

252. IOR/R/15/1/537

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/537
Title:
File 53/83 VII (D 147) Kuwait Iraq Smuggling
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding alleged smuggling activities from Kuwait into Iraq. The majority of the correspondence discusses details regarding arms trafficking from Kuwait into Iraq and incursions into Kuwaiti territory made by Iraqi Customs and Police Forces. Primarily, the fil...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1938-31 Mar 1939
Extent:
1 volume (253 folios)

253. IOR/R/15/1/539

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/539
Title:
File 53/83 IX (D 176) Kuwait Iraq Smuggling
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding smuggling from Kuwait into Iraq. The correspondence covers a number of topics including discussions regarding the current level of smuggling activity between the two countries, incursions into Kuwaiti territory made by Iraqi Customs and Police Forces, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Feb 1941-5 Apr 1946
Extent:
1 volume (256 folios)

254. IOR/R/15/1/544

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/544
Title:
File 53/88 (D 157) Shaikh of Kuwait's Visit to England
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding trips abroad made by Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait. Much of the correspondence concerns an unofficial trip that Shaikh Aḥmad made to England in 1935 during which he met King George V. On his return from t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1935-30 Jul 1940
Extent:
1 volume (127 folios)

255. IOR/R/15/1/605

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/605
Title:
‘File 61/31 III (D 118) Anglo-Saudi frontier negotiations’
Scope & Content:
The volume’s letters, telegrams and memoranda relate to ongoing negotiations between the British Government and the Government of Saudi Arabia over the latter’s territorial borders. The chief correspondents in the file are Andrew Ryan, British Minister at Jeddah, George Rendell, Eastern Departme...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1935-26 Sep 1935
Extent:
1 volume (247 folios)

256. IOR/R/15/1/637

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/637
Title:
File 82/35 (F 92) APOC Hasa
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Resident at Bushire and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) in regard to APOC's interest on the Hasa oil concession.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1933-31 Jan 1933
Extent:
1 volume (10 folios)

257. IOR/R/15/1/461

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/461
Title:
File 35/152 (A 59) Sur
Scope & Content:
In order to enhance the revenues of the Muscat State there was an attempt to establish a customs post at Aiqa near Sur. Correspondence discusses how the Bani Bu Ali embarrassed the Political Agent, Trenchard Craven Fowle and the President of the Council of State, Saiyid Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1931-5 May 1932
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)

258. IOR/R/15/1/224

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/224
Title:
File 5/191 IV Individual slavery cases
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to instances of slavery on the Trucial Coast. Of the eleven subjects contained in the volume, the first seven relate to the kidnapping and enslavement of individuals within the Trucial Coast and Oman area, frequently by tribes from the interior. Cases ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1929-3 Jul 1934
Extent:

1 volume (338 folios)

259. IOR/R/15/1/242

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/242
Title:
14/21 Correspondence re Zaora
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding the area of Zaora between the towns of Ajman and Himriya. The Chief of Abu Dhabi sought to despatch provisions by sea for forces sent by him to Zaora for the protection of his tribesmen that he wished to settle there. Correspondence discusses that the Shaikh of Dubai and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Feb 1895-28 Mar 1913
Extent:
1 volume (194 folios)

260. IOR/R/15/1/350

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/350
Title:
File 19/176 I (C 39) Bahrain Finances
Scope & Content:
This file contains detailed information regarding Bahrain's finances between 1924 and 1931. The file contains annual financial reports that include budget, revenue and expenditure details for the Government of Bahrain in this period. Education, the pearling industry and other economic issues a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1924-11 Jul 1931
Extent:
1 volume (325 folios)