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IOR/R/15/5/17-19

Record Id:: 038-000242022
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 036-000241998
MDARK:: ark:/81055/vdc_100000000061.0x000105
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SLARK:
Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/17-19
Title:: File 8 Al Sabah Family
Scope & Content:: There are 3 surviving files of ‘File 8 Al Sabah Family’. These are files 8/1, VIII/3, and VIII/6, and they contain correspondence dating mainly from 1904 till 1945. The files contain correspondence related mainly to the ruling family in Kuwait, including reports on the political and social situation in Kuwait and news of the Al-Sabah family deaths, successions, marriages and illnesses, including details of the death of (Shaikh Jābir II al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ) and the succession of his brother (Shaikh Sālim bin Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ). The files also contain news of Shaikh Mubarak’s coalition with Shaikh Khaz‘al against certain tribes in the region, and reports about Shaikh Mubarak’s dispute with the pearl merchants in Kuwait. The files include news extracts from the Bahrain and Kuwait News, and a number of pedigrees of the Al-Sabah family. The majority of the correspondence is between the Political Agency, Kuwait, the Political Residency, Bushire, and the Ruler of Kuwait.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:: India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000241998
037-000241999
038-000242022
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/15/5 : Political Agency, Kuwait
IOR/R/15/5/1-108 : Kuwait Agency, First Series subject files

IOR/R/15/5/17-19 : File 8 Al Sabah Family
Contains:: IOR/R/15/5/17 : ‘File 8/1. Casualties in the al-Subah family of Kuwait’
IOR/R/15/5/18 : File VIII/3. Pedigree, Private affairs, notes, etc on the As-Subah family.
IOR/R/15/5/19 : File VIII/6 Death of Shaikh Jabir and Accession of Shaikh Salim

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Hierarchy:: 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0005]/036-000241998[0001]/037-000241999[0007]/038-000242022
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Record Type (Level):: SubSubSeries
Extent:: 3 files (318 folios)
Digitised Content:
Languages:: Arabic
English
French
Scripts:: Arabic
Latin
Start Date:: 1904
End Date:: 1945
Date Range:: 1904-1945
Era:: CE
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Arrangement:: The Al-Sabah Family subject files belong to the First Series Files and are arranged according to their First Series Files number. Each individual file reference consists of the subject number ‘8 or VIII’ followed by a unique sequential file number (1-3-and 6).
Material Type:: Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:: Public Record(s)
Names:: Āl Ṣabāḥ, Family, 1752-