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File 6/72 Purchase of arms and ammunition by Bahrain Government for defence
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the purchase from India of guns, ammunition, and other military equipment by the Government of Bahrain. The correspondence is routine in nature and includes receipts, packing accounts, bills of lading, vouchers, invoices, and requests for payment. The...
‘16/12 Miscellaneous. Officer Commanding Troops – 3/16th Punjab Regiment. Correspondence with the –’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, financial statements and other papers relating to expenses incurred by the despatch to Bahrain between September 1926 to February 1927, of the 3rd Battalion of the 16th (3/16th) Punjab Regiment, in response to civil unrest in Manama during 1926. The principal correspondents are: ...
File 17/2 I Stores for Agency Steam Launch etc etc — From April 1926
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the acquisition of tools, materials, and supplies for the Bahrain Agency's launch the John Lambert. This includes arrangements made for repairs, maintenance, and modifications to the launch. Most of the file is made up of account statements, invoices, bills, and receipts. It al...
File 13/6 Karachi Conference on arms traffic; arms smuggling incidents
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, telegrams, statements, and memoranda regarding incidents of arms and ammunition smuggling in Kuwait. The file contains: lists of arms and ammunition smuggled; lists of people purchasing arms and ammunition in Kuwait in 1919-1920; 'Report of the Conference held ...
File 13/10 I Arms and ammunition for H E the Shaikh of Kuwait
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, orders, invoices, and receipts for articles - mainly machine guns, other arms, accessories and ammunition - received by the Political Agent at Kuwait and supplied to the Ruler of Kuwait. The principal correspondents are: British India Steam Navigation Company; ...
XX/7 Vernacular Newspapers & periodicals, Extracts from & Pan-Islamism.
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence, letters, notes and printed reports relating to translated articles from various Arabic language media. The articles are written from an anti-British view point and relate to the topic of British strategy concerning Kuwait and Mohammerah and the perceived inte...
XXII/10 Status of Kuwait & Negotiations with Turkey.
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the status of Kuwait and the negotiations between Britain and Turkey which led to a treaty in 1913. The discussion in the volume relates to the: the proposed settlement of Kuwait question with Turkis...
File 2/6 'King Faisal's visit to Kuwait (and Gulf ports)'
Scope & Content:
Papers regarding a proposed visit by King Fayṣal bin ̒Alī al-Hāshimī to Kuwait. The file consists of correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, and HM Foreign Office, regarding the British desire to discourage such a visit....
‘File 7/4 Registration of Companies under Art 69 of Kuwait Order-in-Council, 1949’
Scope & Content:
The file contains applications and supporting documentation from companies applying for registration with the Kuwait Political Agency, a requirement for companies subject to British jurisdiction under the Kuwait Order in Council. The companies in question are Cable and Wireless; the Eastern Oil ...
File XXV/7 Arabian Politics (including Iraq). Bin Saud, Akhwan, the Hejaz, 1920-1928
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence and several documents concerning a number of topics related to the Arabian Peninsula as follows: 'Note on the Khurma Dispute by Captain Garland with Sketch Map (with Appendix Dated 10th June 1919)' (folios 5-10) 'Notes on the "AKHWAN" Movement' by Harold Richa...
