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1. IOR/R/15/1/471-549

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/471-549
Title:
File 53: Kuwait
Scope & Content:
The Kuwait subject files cover a comprehensive range of topics related to Kuwait and the surrounding area. The files contain correspondence regarding the nature and development of the British Government's involvement in Kuwait, Kuwait's foreign relations (notably with the Ottoman Empire, Najd/Sa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Turkish
Date Range:
1896-1939
Extent:
79 files and volumes (16,694 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/543

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/543
Title:
File 53/87 IV British Policy in Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding British policy in Kuwait. The correspondence discusses the demarcation of the Kuwait-Iraq border, British obligations to Kuwait and the construction of a port at Um Qasr by the British military authorities. The correspondenc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1942-21 Apr 1946
Extent:
1 file (56 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/525

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/525
Title:
File 53/57 IV Kuwait-Iraq Boundary
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the demarcation of the frontier between Iraq and Kuwait. An unsigned and undated letter (in Arabic) with a list of demands for reform is contained on folio 20a. Seven names (written in English) have been added in pencil to t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1935-18 Aug 1948
Extent:
1 file (45 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/548

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/548
Title:
File 53/99 I (D 145) Kuwait Reforms
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding political developments in Kuwait. Specifically, the correspondence discusses the formation of a council by a group of prominent Kuwaiti merchants that attempted to limit the power of Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ (the ruler o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1938-28 Feb 1939
Extent:
1 volume (250 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/481

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/481
Title:
File 53/7 XI (D 71) Kuwait-Nejd Relations
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding political relations between Kuwait and Nejd. The file contains copies of correspondence between Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait and Abdul Aziz ibn Abdulrahman ibn Faisal Al Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ū...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Apr 1930-28 May 1931
Extent:
1 volume (224 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/482

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/482
Title:
File 53/7 XII (D 132) Kuwait-Nejd Relations
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence concerning relations between Kuwait and the Kingdom of Nejd [Najd], the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after 1932. Much of this correspondence consists of copies of English translations of letters between Abdul Aziz ibn Abdulrahman ibn Faisal Al Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Aug 1931-1 Aug 1936
Extent:
1 volume (237 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/509

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/509
Title:
File 53/39 III (D 64) Bandar Shuaikh
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding Bandar Shuwaikh, an area of coastal land in Kuwait that Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ had leased to the British Government in 1907 for the construction of a landing pier and coal shed. The correspondence discusses whether or not t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Nov 1910-4 Dec 1927
Extent:
1 volume (92 folios)

8. 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)

9. IOR/R/15/1/514

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/514
Title:
File 53/54 I (D 32) Koweit [Kuwait] Blockade
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding their attempts to enforce a blockade of Kuwait and to regulate all of its imports and exports. Much of the correspondence also relates more broadly to British-Kuwaiti relations and to the attitude of the ruler of Kuwait, Shaik...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1917-5 Feb 1919
Extent:
1 volume (153 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/505

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/505
Title:
File 53/32 IV (D 100) Kuwait Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence concerning a number of different topics, all of which are related to Kuwait. The ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ is mentioned throughout the volume and much of the file's content relates to his character and his travels within the region includ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1929-3 May 1934
Extent:
1 volume (246 folios)