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51. IOR/R/15/5/233

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/233
Title:
File C 4/46 Constitution of the Shara' Court at Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a single letter that was sent from Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to Gordon Noel Jackson, the Political Agent in Kuwait in which Hay requests details of three Egyptian qadis (religious judges) recently hired in Kuwait and th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (1 folio)

52. IOR/R/15/5/181

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/181
Title:
File 4/3 I Purchase of Saluting Gun, Aircraft, etc, by the Shaikh of Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the supply of arms and ammunition to the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah. Contrary to the file's title, the majority of this correspondence concerns the Shaikh's purchase of several Lewis Machine Guns (and am...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1929-4 Aug 1937
Extent:
1 file (221 folios)

53. IOR/R/15/5/183

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/183
Title:
File 4/5 Kuwait State: Shaikh of Kuwait, Status of and Salutes for
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning issues related to the number of official gun salutes that the British Government assigned to rulers in the Persian Gulf as well as the titles that should be used for them in official correspondence. Specifically, the majorit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 May 1932-25 Apr 1949
Extent:
1 file (183 folios)

54. IOR/R/15/5/187

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/187
Title:
File 4/7 II Shaikh of Kuwait's Visit to Arab States, Europe , Etc
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding proposed and actual trips abroad that were made by the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah. This includes details of plans that were made for trips to Egypt, India, Iraq and England that do not appear to have ultimately materialised, and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Jul 1937-31 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (171 folios)

55. IOR/R/15/5/214

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/214
Title:
File 4/26 Izzat Jaffer
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning the activities and standing of Izzat Jaafar ['Izzat Jafar], the Secretary of the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah. Much of the correspondence concerns allegations that Jafar was an agent of the Italian Govern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Italian
Date Range:
1 Apr 1940-24 Sep 1949
Extent:
1 file (135 folios)

56. IOR/R/15/5/225

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/225
Title:
File 4/38 Supply of Saluting Gun for the Shaikh of Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the desire of the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, to purchase a three-pounder saluting gun [cannon] to affix to his recently-built motor dhow in 1932 (folios 2-41). Subsequently, the correspondence in the file...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1931-30 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (94 folios)

57. IOR/R/15/5/219

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/219
Title:
File 4/31 Correspondence re Activities of Abdullah Mulla Saleh
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the activities of the Ruler of Kuwait's Secretary, Abdulla Mulla Saleh. Specifically, the correspondence discusses allegations that Saleh, who was also a private merchant, was abusing his position and his proximity to the ruler...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1945-22 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

58. IOR/R/15/5/208

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/208
Title:
File 4/22 I Construction of a Port in Kuwait Bay under Iraqi Control; Extension of the Iraqi Railway; Umm Qasr
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials in Kuwait, Iraq, Britain and India concerning the political implications and practical logistics regarding a proposal to construct a port under Iraqi control in Kuwaiti territory (and a related proposal to link the port to Basra by rail...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1938-26 Oct 1941
Extent:
1 file (230 folios)

59. IOR/R/15/5/184, f 187

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/184, f 187
Title:
Map of Iraq-Kuwait Border
Scope & Content:
The map shows the border between Iraq and Kuwait. The border itself is marked on the map, as are a number of towns and settlements that appear on either side of it. There is also some indication of relief marked around the border including Jabal Sanam.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1936
Extent:
1 map

60. IOR/R/15/5/199, f 88

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/199, f 88
Title:
Shaikh Hazal Palace - Kuweit
Scope & Content:
An architectural blueprint of the former Kuwait residence of the late Shaikh Khaz‘al bin Jābir al-Ka‘bī, the former ruler of Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], referred to in the map's title as Hazal. The plan shows the ground and first floors of the property with measurements of rooms and other detai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1943
Extent:
1 plan