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71. IOR/R/15/1/549

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/549
Title:
File 53/99 II (D 149) Kuwait Reforms
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding internal political developments in Kuwait and concerning its relationship with Iraq. The correspondence discusses the impact in Kuwait of Iraqi radio broadcasts and newspaper articles that were critical of Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jā...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1939-13 Jul 1939
Extent:
1 volume (220 folios)

72. IOR/R/15/1/311

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/311
Title:
File 18/174 Kuwait Passport Regulations
Scope & Content:
The papers consist of a signed copy of a notice of King's Regulations made under Article 83 of the Koweit Order in Council, 1935, Number 1 of 1947 ('The Koweit Passport Regulation, 1947') dated 25 August 1947, with covering correspondence between the Secretary of State for India and the Political...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1947-29 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

73. IOR/R/15/1/376

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/376
Title:
File 19/252 Bahrain Water Supply
Scope & Content:
The documents in this file are all related to the natural water supply of Bahrain. They include two detailed surveys of the island's water supply, correspondence concerning the status of Bahrain's artesian wells, concerns about the wastage of water in gardens owned by Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al K...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 May 1939-19 Nov 1942
Extent:
1 volume (45 folios)

74. IOR/R/15/1/335, f 157B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/335, f 157B
Title:
‘BAHREIN & VICINITY. BR-486/1’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Depths shown by contours. Attached to letter dated 29th May 1939 regarding Saudi claim to certain islands. Sketch map prepared by the Bahrain Petroleum Company from Admiralty charts and other information on record showing Bahrain, the Saudi Arabia and Qatar coasts and t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1939
Extent:

1 map

75. IOR/R/15/1/444, f 128n

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/444, f 128n
Title:
Khor-Jarama Looking N.
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: This aerial view of Khor Jarama (Jarameh) a lagoon near Ra’s al Ḩadd was taken on 4 February 1932 by the R.A.F. during a reconnaissance mission in advance of a planned bombardment of Aiqa and Jaalan (Ja‘alān) described in following folios, f. 129-130. The foreground and m...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Feb 1932
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

76. IOR/R/15/1/444, f 128p

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/444, f 128p
Title:
Ras-Al-Hadd
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: This aerial view of Ras Al Hadd (Ra’s al Ḩadd) was taken on 4 February 1932 by the R.A.F. during a reconnaissance mission in advance of a planned bombardment of Aiqa and Jaalan (Ja‘alān) described in following folios, f. 129-130. A small settlement consisting of a large f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Feb 1932
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

77. IOR/R/15/1/606, f 75

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/606, f 75
Title:
‘Ambak ruins looking SWW’
Scope & Content:
Aerial photograph of a ruined settlement at Ambak [Nibāk], situated in a desert landscape on the frontier between Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The photograph was taken during a Royal Air Force reconnaissance flight on 14 October 1935. On the rear of the photograph is a red date stamp, marked ‘for off...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Oct 1935-16 Oct 1935
Extent:
1 black and white photograph

78. IOR/R/15/1/606, f 80

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/606, f 80
Title:
‘Sakak Gardens looking WSW’
Scope & Content:
Aerial photograph of gardens and walls at Sakak [As Sikak], situated in a desert landscape on the frontier between Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The photograph was taken during a Royal Air Force reconnaissance flight on 14 October 1935. On the rear of the photograph is a red date stamp, marked ‘for of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Oct 1935-16 Oct 1935
Extent:
1 black and white photograph

79. IOR/R/15/1/690, f 185

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/690, f 185
Title:
'LEASED AREA NO. 1.'
Scope & Content:
Blueprint map showing the first of the areas which Petroleum Concessions Limited proposed leasing in Bahrain. The area shown in the map, marked with a single red line covers the islands of Fasht al Jarim [Fasht al Jārim] and Khor Fasht [Khawr Fasht] along with the northern coastline of Muharraq...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938
Extent:

1 map sheet

80. IOR/R/15/1/693, f 74

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/693, f 74
Title:
HAWAR ISLAND
Scope & Content:
Aerial photograph mosaic of the Hawar Group of Islands. The mosaic was compiled by RAF Shaibah using aerial photogrammetry, a technique which uses photographs to survey an area of the Earth's surface. The technique uses an overlapping series of photographs taken from an aircraft following a se...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1939
Extent:
1 photograph