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301. IOR/R/15/5/325

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/325
Title:
‘File 14/5 A-7 OFFICER FOR AGENCY, KUWAIT’
Scope & Content:
The file contains an exchange of telegrams in 1949 between the Political Agent at Kuwait and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain, expressing concerns about existing and future building development, mainly staff accommodation, on empty land in the vicinity of the Kuwait Politica...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Oct 1944-15 Apr 1949
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

302. IOR/R/15/5/370

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/370
Title:
Gazetteer of Persia, Vol IV
Scope & Content:
The volume, marked confidential, is Gazetteer of Persia, Volume IV, prepared by the General Staff, Army Head Quarters, India, and printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla, 1910. At the beginning is a note on the geographical scope of the volume. The main section contains information on v...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910
Extent:

1 volume (342 folios)

303. IOR/R/15/5/382

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/382
Title:
Handbook of Asir
Scope & Content:
The volume, marked 'For Official Use Only', is a first edition Handbook of Asir, prepared by Captain K Cornwallis of the Arab Bureau, Cairo, and printed by the Government Press, Cairo, 1 June 1916. The volume opens with a prefatory note on compilation and sources and is then divided into sevent...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:

1 volume (93 folios)

304. IOR/R/15/5/76

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/76
Title:
File 27/12 IV Draft Trade Report for Kuwait for the year 1920-21
Scope & Content:
This file contains detailed tabulated trade reports (largely in Arabic) for the port of Kuwait for the year 1920-21. Expanded trade records are recorded on large folded sheets that organise the trade records according to method of transport (steam versus sailing ship), ports of origin, commodity,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1921-3 Nov 1921
Extent:
1 file (95 folios)

305. IOR/R/15/5/384

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/384
Title:
Field Notes on Sa'udi Arabia, 1935
Scope & Content:
The volume, marked confidential, is Field Notes on Sa'udi Arabia, 1935, prepared by Donald Banks of the Air Ministry, by command of the Air Council. The volume begins with a brief forward (folio 2) in which the geographical scope is outlined. The volume is then divided into nine chapters (I-IX)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1936
Extent:

1 volume (120 folios)

306. IOR/R/15/5/28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/28
Title:
File [10/4] British relations with Ibn Sa`ud: title of Sultan of Najd; surrender of Hail; payment of British subsidies; Ikhwan attacks on Iraq frontier and Kuwait; institution of Najd passport
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]. Specifically, the correspondence in the file relates to Ibn Sa'ud's adoption of the title Sultan of Nejd and its Dependencies, his capture o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 May 1921-25 Sep 1924
Extent:
1 file (278 folios)

307. IOR/R/15/5/14-15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/14-15
Title:
File 6: Maps and Books
Scope & Content:
Two files consisting of various memoranda, letters, receipts and lists of maps, books, and military reports.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904-1929
Extent:
2 files (401 folios)

308. IOR/R/15/5/24-42

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/24-42
Title:
File 10: Ibn Sa'ud
Scope & Content:
The Ibn Sa'ud sub-sub-series consists of files related to the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and his rise to dominance in the region during this period. The files in the sub-sub-series cover the following in detail: Ibn S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1904-1930
Extent:
19 files (10,650 folios)

309. IOR/R/15/5/72

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/72
Title:
File 27/12 PERSIAN GULF RESIDENCY
Scope & Content:
This file consists of instructions for the preparation of trade reports, plus copies of annual trade reports for Koweit [Kuwait], dating from 1905 to 1912. The beginning of the file contains copies of what are referred to as 'skeleton forms' in which statistics are to be recorded, together with ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1905-18 May 1912
Extent:
1 file (274 folios)

310. IOR/R/15/5/79

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/79
Title:
File 27/4 Miscellaneous Trade Reports
Scope & Content:
This volume relates to the trade reports of various British agencies and consulates in the Persian Gulf. The first folio of the volume contains a list of contents that is not entirely accurate. The volume does begin with a report entitled 'Report on the Trade of Oman, Bahrein [sic], and Arab Por...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1904-11 Jan 1933
Extent:
1 volume (347 folios)