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331. IOR/R/15/5/163

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/163
Title:
File 2/10 Iraq law governing the rights and duties of cultivators
Scope & Content:
This file contains two documents forwarded to the Political Agent in Kuwait regarding the passage of the Iraqi 'Law Governing the Rights and Duties o Cultivators' passed in Iraq in 1933. The documents are a covering letter from the British Embassy in Baghdad that introduces a more extensive comm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1933
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

332. IOR/R/15/5/168

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/168
Title:
File 2/15 Iraq coup d'etat and political situation in Iraq
Scope & Content:
This file contains documents and correspondence relating to the takeover of Iraq by British forces following the coup d'état in Iraq during 1941. The papers discuss the possibility of an Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, and the domestic political situation in Iraq during and immediately after both the c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1941-31 Oct 1944
Extent:
1 file (206 folios)

333. IOR/R/15/5/300

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/300
Title:
‘File 7/3 Representations by Foreign Powers on behalf of their Subjects’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with representations made to the Kuwait Political Agency by foreign powers, requesting that the British investigate complaints made by their subjects against the ruling authorities of Kuwait; it should be noted that the nationality of complainants is sometimes disputed. The...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1934-21 Apr 1943
Extent:
1 file (94 folios)

334. IOR/R/15/5/307

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/307
Title:
File C 7/9 Repatriation of persons convicted in Agency Courts in the Gulf
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence sent primarily between the Kuwait Political Agent, the Persian Gulf Political Resident, and officials of the Eastern Department of the Foreign Office. It is concerned with how deportations of prisoners from the Gulf States — under the Colonial Prisoners Removal...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Sep 1949-30 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

335. IOR/R/15/5/314

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/314
Title:
File 13/4 II 'American Mission in Arabia (Includes Acquisition of Land)'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers of the Political Agency, Kuwait, relating to the American Mission. It includes correspondence between the Political Agent, Kuwait, and the following: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Dr C S G Mylrea of the American Mission, Kuwait, and Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
15 Apr 1930-17 Sep 1938
Extent:
1 file (54 folios)

336. IOR/R/15/5/41

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/41
Title:
File 10/12 Tribal and desert news: Ikhwan raids; closure of Kuwait/Zubair road; correspondence relating to Iraqi tribes
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 the confrontation between the forces of the Ikhwan and Ibn Sa'ud that took place at ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Jan 1929-31 Mar 1929
Extent:
1 file (118 folios)

337. IOR/R/15/5/276

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/276
Title:
File 6/2 II Aviation - Foreign Aircraft. (Iraqi Airways, Iranian Airways, etc. Including recommendation for I.A.T.A. approval)
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the Political Agency in Kuwait and various agents for regional and international airlines pertaining to permission to establish routes to Kuwait. Papers towards the end of the file include correspondence with the UK Civil Aviation authorities and British ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1949-16 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (67 folios)

338. IOR/R/15/5/65, f 149

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/65, f 149
Title:
'TRACING FROM DEGREE SHEET No. 3N - TURKEY IN ASIA, BASRAH. 4TH EDITION, 1916)
Scope & Content:
The map shows Zubair and environs. The scale is given as 4 miles to 1 inch. 1:253,440.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 map

339. IOR/R/15/5/58, f 65

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/58, f 65
Title:
‘PROFILE ON A LINE BEARING N. 42 W. FROM A POINT 159 YARDS DISTANT N. 48 E. FROM N.E. CORNER OF SHEIKH’S COAL-SHED’
Scope & Content:
This topographical map which has hydrographic features, is described as ‘a map of Bunder Shweikh’ by the Second Assistant Resident at the British Residency and Consulate-General, Bushire, in his letter of 30 June 1910 to the Political Agent at Kuwait (IOR/R/15/5/58, folio 63). The map is a cross-...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1910
Extent:
1 map

340. IOR/R/15/5/60, f 44

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/60, f 44
Title:
Small sketch map to illustrate 'Note on History of Zubara and Claims of Shaikh of Bahrein to Zubara'
Scope & Content:
The map shows the Qatar peninsula, the island of Bahrain and the mainland of the Arabian peninsula. It was prepared by Acting Civil Commissioner for Mesopotamia, Arnold Talbot Wilson, to illustrate his 'Note on History of Zubara and Claims of Shaikh of Bahrein to Zubara.' The map indicates ports...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920
Extent:
1 map