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71. IOR/R/15/5/89

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/89
Title:
File 32/7 Certified copies of deeds and documents from 1 January 1927 to 1932
Scope & Content:
This file contains certificates and copies of deeds signed by officials in Kuwait. Most of the certifications deal with business transactions, powers of attorney, or legal disputes, and paperwork that required either the signature of the chief court judge of Kuwait or the ruler of Kuwait. The maj...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1926-30 Nov 1932
Extent:
1 file (904 folios)

72. IOR/R/15/5/58, f 75

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/58, f 75
Title:
PROPOSED COAL DEPOT KUWEIT BLOCK PLAN Scale 1 inch = 40 feet
Scope & Content:
This plan is accompanied by a short covering note (IOR/R/15/5/58, folio 76) describing it as ‘Plan of Coaling Pier’. The plan shows the position, outline and measurements of seven coal godowns and the watchmen’s quarters, which are all drawn in red ink. The plan also shows the position, outline ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909
Extent:
1 plan

73. IOR/R/15/5/76

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/76
Title:
File 27/12 IV Draft Trade Report for Kuwait for the year 1920-21
Scope & Content:
This file contains detailed tabulated trade reports (largely in Arabic) for the port of Kuwait for the year 1920-21. Expanded trade records are recorded on large folded sheets that organise the trade records according to method of transport (steam versus sailing ship), ports of origin, commodity,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1921-3 Nov 1921
Extent:
1 file (95 folios)

74. IOR/R/15/5/28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/28
Title:
File [10/4] British relations with Ibn Sa`ud: title of Sultan of Najd; surrender of Hail; payment of British subsidies; Ikhwan attacks on Iraq frontier and Kuwait; institution of Najd passport
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]. Specifically, the correspondence in the file relates to Ibn Sa'ud's adoption of the title Sultan of Nejd and its Dependencies, his capture o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 May 1921-25 Sep 1924
Extent:
1 file (278 folios)

75. IOR/R/15/5/72

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/72
Title:
File 27/12 PERSIAN GULF RESIDENCY
Scope & Content:
This file consists of instructions for the preparation of trade reports, plus copies of annual trade reports for Koweit [Kuwait], dating from 1905 to 1912. The beginning of the file contains copies of what are referred to as 'skeleton forms' in which statistics are to be recorded, together with ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1905-18 May 1912
Extent:
1 file (274 folios)

76. IOR/R/15/5/79

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/79
Title:
File 27/4 Miscellaneous Trade Reports
Scope & Content:
This volume relates to the trade reports of various British agencies and consulates in the Persian Gulf. The first folio of the volume contains a list of contents that is not entirely accurate. The volume does begin with a report entitled 'Report on the Trade of Oman, Bahrein [sic], and Arab Por...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1904-11 Jan 1933
Extent:
1 volume (347 folios)

77. IOR/R/15/5/88

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/88
Title:
File 32/6 Estates of British subjects
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the estates of two British subjects who died in Kuwait: Ibrahim Khan, servant of Lieutenant F H Townshend, and Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, Political Agent, Kuwait. The file includes: correspondence between Lieutenant Townshend, Royal Engi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1912-6 Apr 1915
Extent:
1 file (54 folios)

78. IOR/R/15/5/40

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/40
Title:
File 10/12 Tribal and desert information: reduction and withdrawal of RAF and naval forces in Kuwait; Ibn Sa`ud's meeting with Ikhwan at Buraida; Riyadh Conference
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]. Specifically, the correspondence in the file relates to reports concerning the movement of Ikhwan tribal forces, plans for the withdrawal of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1928-30 Dec 1928
Extent:
1 file (167 folios)

79. IOR/R/15/5/91, f 11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/91, f 11
Title:
Sketch map of Pearl Banks between Koweit and Ras Tanura
Scope & Content:
The map shows the locations of pearl banks along the east coast of the Persian Gulf between Kuwait and Ras Tanura. The map is a rough, hand-drawn sketch. The pearl banks are numbered from 1-58 which correspond to a numbered list (in Arabic) which appears on the sheet. Also given are the names of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
Nov 1906
Extent:
1 map

80. IOR/R/15/5/65, f 207

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/65, f 207
Title:
Annexe numero 5A. Sketch Map of the Persian Gulf and Arabian Coast.
Scope & Content:
The map shows the Persian Gulf and Arabian Coast naming the settlements, regions and bays; the map also indicates the Indo-European overland and submarine telegraph lines and roads. Some brief descriptions of topography are given. The map is signed in the bottom right hand corner by Edward Gre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 map