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IOR/R/15/1/471-549
- Record Id:
- 038-000227925
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000061.0x000073
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/471-549
- Title:
- File 53: Kuwait
- Scope & Content:
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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/Saudi Arabia and Iraq), the Najdi trading blockade imposed on Kuwait between 1923 and 1937, smuggling between Kuwait and Iraq (and the delineation of the Kuwait-Iraq border) and the long-running legal dispute regarding the status of date gardens in Southern Iraq owned by the Shaikhs of Kuwait and Mohammerah [Khorramshahr].
The files also contain correspondence regarding Education in Kuwait, Banking in Kuwait, Kuwait's oil and water supplies and a trip made to Great Britain by Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ in 1935 as well as discussions concerning political reforms enacted in the late 1930s during the Majlis Movement era.
The files also contain a limited number of maps and photographs.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000227427
037-000227638
038-000227925 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1 : Political Residency, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/199-703 : Political Residency, Bushire: subject files
IOR/R/15/1/471-549 : File 53: Kuwait - Contains:
- IOR/R/15/1/471 : File 53/1, 3, 5, 6 A (D 1) Koweit [Kuwait] affairs, 1896-1901
IOR/R/15/1/472 : File 53/6 (D 2) Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs, 1898-1899
IOR/R/15/1/473 : File 53/7 (D 3) Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs, 1900-1901
IOR/R/15/1/474 : File 53/7 A (D 4) Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs, 1901
IOR/R/15/1/475 : File 53/7 B (D 5) Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs 1902
IOR/R/15/1/476 : File 53/7 C (D 6) Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs, 1903-1904
IOR/R/15/1/477 : File 53/7 D (D 7) Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs, January 1905 - December 1905
IOR/R/15/1/478 : File 53/7 V (D 8) Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs, The Arab Tribes
IOR/R/15/1/479 : File 53/7 VI (D 9) Koweit [Kuwait] affairs - Arab Tribes, 1907-1911
IOR/R/15/1/480 : File 53/7 X (D 54) Kuwait Affairs, Bin Saud (Captain Shakespeare's Deputation)
IOR/R/15/1/481 : File 53/7 XI (D 71) Kuwait-Nejd Relations
IOR/R/15/1/482 : File 53/7 XII (D 132) Kuwait-Nejd Relations
IOR/R/15/1/483 : File 53/11 I (D 10) Koweit [Kuwait] Shaikh's Fao Properties 1903 and 1904
IOR/R/15/1/484 : File 53/11 II (D 11) Kuwait: Sheikh's Fao Properties, 1905-1910
IOR/R/15/1/485 : File 53/11 III (D 69) Sheikh of Kuwait's and Mohammerah's Date Gardens in Iraq
IOR/R/15/1/486 : File 53/11 IV (D 72) Shaikh of Kuwait's and Mohammerah's Date Gardens in Iraq
IOR/R/15/1/487 : File 53/11 V (D 79) Date Gardens in Irag [Iraq] of the Shaikhs of Mohemmarah and Kuwait
IOR/R/15/1/488 : File 53/11 VI (D 92) Date Gardens of Shaikhs of Kuwait and Mohammerah
IOR/R/15/1/489 : File 53/11 VII (D 94) Date Gardens of Shaikhs of Kuwait and Mohammerah
IOR/R/15/1/490 : File 53/11 VIII (D 98) Date Gardens of Shaikhs of Kuwait and Mohammerah
IOR/R/15/1/491 : File 53/11 IX (D 103) Date Gardens of Shaikhs of Kuwait and Mohammerah
IOR/R/15/1/492 : File 53/11 X (D 117) Shaikh of Kuwait's Date Gardens in Iraq
IOR/R/15/1/493 : File 53/11 XI (D 121) Kuwait Date Gardens
IOR/R/15/1/494 : File 53/11 XII (D 124) Shaikh of Kuwait's Date Gardens in Iraq
IOR/R/15/1/495 : File 53/11 XIII (D 136) Kuwait Date Gardens
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- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0003]/037-000227638[0015]/038-000227925
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- SubSubSeries
- Extent:
- 79 files and volumes (16,694 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
English
French
Turkish - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1896
- End Date:
- 1939
- Date Range:
- 1896-1939
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Arrangement:
- The Kuwait files are arranged by file and part number, in which, for example, the reference 53/11 II is composed of the subject reference 53 (Kuwait), the file number 11 and the part number II. Numbers in brackets after the reference show that the file also formed part of the 'Confidential' series held at the Residency in Bushire, in which D stands for Kuwait: Ibn Sa'ud.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Emir of Kuwait, 1718-
Kuwait Political Agency, 1899-1961
al-Ka‘bī, Khaz‘al bin Jābir, Muʾizz al-Salṭana, c 1861-1936
Āl Ṣabāḥ, Aḥmad al-Jābir, Hakim of Kuwait, 1885-1950
Āl Ṣabāḥ, Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ, 7th Hakim of Kuwait, 1837-1915 - Subjects:
- Armed forces
Bilateral relations
Date Gardens
Foreign relations
International relations
Political reform - Places:
- Fao, Asia
Iraq, Middle East, Asia
Kuwait, Middle East, Asia
Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Asia