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1. IOR/R/15/5/179-235

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/179-235
Title:
File 4: Kuwait State
Scope & Content:
The Kuwait State files contain correspondence regarding a number of different topics that are related to the development of the state of Kuwait, the running of its government, political reform and Kuwait's relations with its neighbours and Britain. These files largely contain correspondence bet...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1921-1949
Extent:
57 files (6,644 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/5/205

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/205
Title:
File 4/20 I Koweit Situation
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding political developments in Kuwait (referred to as Koweit several times throughout the file), specifically tensions that occurred between the country's ruler, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, and a group of reformist opposition f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1938-27 Dec 1938
Extent:
1 file (350 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/5/232

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/232
Title:
File C 4/45 Kuwait-Syrian Relations
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials in Kuwait and Iraq, as well as the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah and his Secretary, Abdullah Mulla Saleh, regarding the whereabouts of a Syrian national named De Rovan Kouyoumji (also written in the file as Derovan Kay...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1949-21 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/5/207

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/207
Title:
File 4/21 Kuwait Nationality and International Status of Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between officials at the India Office and the Foreign Office regarding the legal status and historical development of Bahraini and Kuwaiti nationality. The rear of the file also contains correspondence and notes regarding the delineation of the Iraqi-Kuwaiti fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1937-4 May 1938
Extent:
1 file (39 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/5/212

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/212
Title:
File 4/24 Shaikh's Wireless Telephone Set
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding a wireless telephone set that was being used by the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, to address the public in Kuwait. The correspondence discusses the technical details involved in this process as well as wha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jan 1940-9 Mar 1940
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/5/195

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/195
Title:
File 4/13 I Kuwait Education
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials related to the development of education in Kuwait. The correspondence relates to a number of issues including the possibility of Kuwaiti students studying in Iraq or Palestine, the need to expand education in Kuwait, assistance from the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1935-19 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 file (222 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/5/221

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/221
Title:
File 4/34 Kuwait Territorial Waters
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning the legal status of the water just of Kuwait bay and the extent of Kuwait's territorial waters. It also contains broader discussions concerning the delineation of the continental shelf in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Jul 1946-27 May 1948
Extent:
1 file (54 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/5/188

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/188
Title:
File 4/8 Kuwait Electricity Supply (Concession, etc.) & Municipality
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding internal developments in Kuwait. Primarily, the correspondence relates to the establishment of a municipality for Kuwait City, the construction of an electrical power station and the development of the Kuwait Electric Compan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1930-9 Dec 1940
Extent:
1 file (44 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/5/191

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/191
Title:
File 4/10 Condition of Divers in Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials in Baghdad and Kuwait concerning the conditions of Kuwaiti pearl divers. The correspondence is related to a proposal for Kuwaitis to be employed as boat pilots on the Shatt al-Arab waterway that was made by the British Embassy in Baghda...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Oct 1934-9 Mar 1947
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/5/201

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/201
Title:
File 4/16 Exclusion of Prosperous Indians from Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the Political Agency in Kuwait and the Political Residency in Bushire regarding whether or not a number of Indian merchants should be allowed to resettle in Kuwait (having been expelled from Iraq and Iran) and the Ruler of Kuwait's aversion to this event...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1936-16 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)