The four surviving Claims files contain correspondence, witness statements and other related documents. The first and second files concern the investigation and prosecution of criminal and civil offences in Kuwait, falling within the jurisdiction of the British Political Agent for Kuwait. In mos...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Persian, Portuguese, and Tamil
The Piracy sub-sub-series consists of one surviving file. The file contains details about several criminal investigations and prosecution cases that were conducted by the British Political Agent at Kuwait. These offence cases relate to acts of piracy and murder at sea in the Persian Gulf and off ...
The Destruction of Documents sub-sub-series consists of one file, which lists a number of intelligence summaries, diaries and reports that were destroyed at the Kuwait Political Agency in February 1941, apparently as a matter of procedure. The file also includes a copy of a procedure, dated 19 D...
India Office Political and Secret Department Confidential Memoranda: B 409 Precis of Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf