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391. IOR/R/15/5/36

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/36
Title:
File 10/11 Ibn Sa`ud and the Hijaz: Fall of Taif; abdication of King Husain; occupation of Mecca
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]. In chronological order, the correspondence relates specifically to the capture of Taif by Wahhabi forces, the abdication of King Husain of t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Sep 1924-18 Nov 1924
Extent:
1 file (255 folios)

392. IOR/R/15/5/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/2
Title:
‘I/10. Confidential papers re Agency staff.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers, including confidential notes, relating to staff at the Political Agency in Kuwait (including the News Agent, Assistant Surgeon, and Head Clerk). Many of the papers relate to the recruitment, departure, and transfer of staff between British offices in the Persian Gulf, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Sep 1904-14 Nov 1928
Extent:
1 file (215 folios)

393. IOR/R/15/5/49

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/49
Title:
File 13/10 Arms facilities for Shaikh Mubarak
Scope & Content:
The file discusses the Ruler of Kuwait's wish to import arms to maintain his territorial power by land. The file contains correspondence, permits to export arms and ammunition from Muscat to Kuwait, invoices and receipts for articles - mainly machine guns, other arms, accessories and ammunition...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 May 1910-26 Sep 1917
Extent:
1 file (323 folios)

394. IOR/R/15/5/115

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/115
Title:
‘1/1 Volume VII Kuwait-Saudi Relations’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers concerning negotiations finalising and ratifying trade, ‘Friendship and Neighbourly Relations’ (referred to in previous correspondence on the subject as Bon Voisinage) and extradition treaties between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The volume is a direct chronological continu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1939-16 Feb 1948
Extent:

2 volumes (291 folios)

395. IOR/R/15/5/117

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/117
Title:
‘I. Saudiyeh. (3). Saudiyeh State Prisoners.’
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to the reported murder of Ibn Hithlain [Nāyif bin Ḥithlayn] of the ’Ajmān tribe, and Ibn Lami of the Mutair [Muṭayr] tribe, and others, at the orders of the King of Saudi Arabia Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd)], at Hoffuf [Al Hufūf]. The...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1933-2 Mar 1934
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

396. IOR/R/15/5/146

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/146
Title:
File 2/5 VII SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to the date gardens owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, in southern Iraq. In particular, the correspondence concerns the service of judicial documents emanating from the Iraqi Government on the Shaikh of Kuwait in connection with his...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Jun 1932-15 Jul 1936
Extent:
1 volume (243 folios)

397. IOR/R/15/5/293

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/293
Title:
‘File 7/1 I Kuwait Order-in-Council (Jurisdiction Over Foreigners)’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the introduction of the Kuwait Order in Council (1925) and the subsequent issue of supporting King‘s Regulations by the Persian Gulf Political Resident: The Indian Pilgrim Ships Regulation (1926) and Indian Succession Regulation (1927). It therefore contains drafts pro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1919-15 Aug 1927
Extent:
1 file (195 folios)

398. IOR/R/15/5/318

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/318
Title:
File 13/9 'Employment of Foreigners in Kuwait Government (Refugee Labour)'
Scope & Content:
The file contains Kuwait Political Agency papers relating to the employment of foreigners in Kuwait. It largely consists of correspondence between the Political Agent, Kuwait, and the Political Resident, Persian Gulf Residency, Bahrain. It also includes: correspondence between the Political Ag...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Oct 1945-11 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (136 folios)

399. IOR/R/15/5/130

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/130
Title:
File 2/2 III Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to Kuwait-Iraq smuggling. The correspondence discusses the following: Operation of Iraq Customs launch in Kuwait territorial waters. The shooting of two Kuwait tribesmen in Kuwait territory by Iraq Preventive Police. Proposing a conference to be held...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Sep 1934-8 Jun 1935
Extent:
1 volume (265 folios)

400. IOR/R/15/5/174

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/174
Title:
File 3/4 Relations with Persia
Scope & Content:
This file concerns Britain's relations with Persia (also referred to as Iran in some of the correspondence). It includes the following: cases of Persian customs authorities reportedly inhibiting (and in some cases preventing altogether) the passage of persons travelling between Persia and Kuwait...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1928-20 Aug 1949
Extent:
1 file (135 folios)