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371. IOR/R/15/5/131

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/131
Title:
File 2/2 IV Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to Kuwait-Iraq smuggling. British officials stood as mediators between the Iraqi Government and the Shaikh of Kuwait to try and solve the smuggling issue. They discussed possible ways to persuade the Shaikh of Kuwait to agree to a friendly arrangement f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 May 1935-13 Jun 1936
Extent:
1 volume (267 folios)

372. IOR/R/15/5/19

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/19
Title:
File VIII/6 Death of Shaikh Jabir and Accession of Shaikh Salim
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the death of the ruler of Kuwait (Shaikh Jābir II al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ), and the succession of his brother (Shaikh Sālim bin Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ). Reports were sent by the Secretary to the ruler of Kuwait (Al-Mulla Salih) to the Political Agent, Kuwait, in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
27 Jan 1917-27 Oct 1917
Extent:
1 file (67 folios)

373. IOR/R/15/5/54

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/54
Title:
Messrs Gray Paul and Company's claim against Muhammad Ibrahim ibn Saif
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises letters and correspondence relating to debt owed by Muhammad Ibrahim bin Saif to a number of debtees including Gray Mackenzie and Company. The discussion in the volume relates to the circumstances of the debt and bankruptcy, and the resolution of the amount to be repaid. T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Jan 1917-23 Jul 1918
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

374. IOR/R/15/5/64

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/64
Title:
XXII/9 Sheikh's relations with Germany
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to: the visit of Wonckhaus and an application for permission to open a branch in Kuwait; approaches from Wonckhaus about the Baghdad Railway. The principal correspondents in the volume include the followi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Sep 1907-3 Jul 1912
Extent:
1 volume (20 folios)

375. IOR/R/15/5/313

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/313
Title:
File 13/4 I 'American Mission in Arabia (Includes Acquisition of Land)'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers of the Political Agency, Kuwait, relating to American missionaries in Koweit [Kuwait]. It largely consists of correspondence regarding: the Arabian Mission, Reformed Church in America (or American Dutch Reformed Church Mission in the Persian Gulf, or American Mission), e...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Sep 1904-6 Nov 1929
Extent:
1 file (116 folios)

376. IOR/R/15/5/105

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/105
Title:
[Un-numbered file] Dispute between Ibn Sa`ud and Shaikh of Kuwait: British Government's Proposals to Settle Kuwait-Najd Boundary Dispute by Arbitration; Defeat of Shaikh Salim at Jahra; Ikhwan Withdrawal; Truce Terminated by Ikhwan
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to: A dispute between Ibn Sa`ud and the Shaikh of Kuwait. British government's proposals to settle Kuwait-Najd boundary dispute by arbitration. Defeat of Shaikh Salim [Shaikh Sālim al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ] at ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Aug 1920
Extent:
1 volume (170 folios)

377. IOR/R/15/5/396

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/396
Title:
Manual of Instructions to Officers of the Political Department of the Government of India
Scope & Content:
The volume is the second edition of Manual of Instructions to Officers of the Political Department of the Government of India, printed by the Government of India Press, Simla, 1924. The volume begins with extracts from the proclamations and speeches of Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, and King G...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1924
Extent:

1 volume (202 folios)

378. IOR/R/15/5/395

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/395
Title:
British Enactments in Force in Native States, Volume V: Orders relating to Railways in Native States
Scope & Content:
The volume is British Enactments in Force in Native States, Volume V: Orders relating to Railways in Native States. Originally compiled by John Molesworth Macpherson, Secretary of the Government of India, Legislative Department, it was revised and continued up to 15 August 1899 by A Williams, fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914
Extent:

1 volume (119 folios)

379. IOR/R/15/5/109

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/109
Title:
‘1/1 Volume I Koweit Saudi relations’
Scope & Content:
Papers concerning relations between Kuwait and the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia), and a trading blockade imposed on Kuwait by the King of Hejaz and Nejd (from September 1932, the King of the Arab Sa’udite Kingdom [Saudi Arabia]) ‘Abdul ‘Aziz bin ‘Abdur Rahman al-Faisal [‘Abd al-...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1929-9 Jul 1933
Extent:
1 volume (294 folios)

380. IOR/R/15/5/177

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/177
Title:
File 3/7 PIRACY in the Persian Gulf.
Scope & Content:
This file relates to several cases of robbery, which have reportedly been committed by Persian subjects (referred to in the file as pirates) in the Shatt-al-Arab, against Kuwaiti sailing boats, including those belonging to the Kuwait Water Supply Company. The file includes copies of correspond...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1943-19 Feb 1947
Extent:
1 file (86 folios)