IOR/R/15/1/504

This file contains correspondence related to a number of different matters all of which concern Kuwait. Of particular interest are the following:

• Correspondence between Sir Percy Zachariah Cox, the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and Paul Wilberforce Harrison of the American Mission, November 1912 (ff. 16-17).
• A sketch map of the area south west of Riadh [Riyadh], October 1913 (f. 22).
• Correspondence regarding William Henry Shakespear's desire to travel in Arabia and details of his subsequent trip, November 1913-March 1914 (ff. 23-26, f. 30, ff. 43-46).
• Discussions between British officials regarding whether or not the ruler of Kuwait should be addressed as 'His Excellency', May-August 1914 (f. 50 and ff. 54-70).
• A letter from William George Grey, British Political Agent in Kuwait that discusses reasons for remaining Arab support for the Ottoman Empire in the war, June 1915 (ff. 86-90).
• Information concerning Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ's visit to London, December 1919 (ff. 125-136).
• A report concerning an attack on two Kuwaiti subjects and four Najdis in which three of the party were killed by two assailants, March 1925 (f. 169). A list of items stolen from the party is also included (f. 170).
• A detailed briefing note compiled by James Carmichael Moore, the British Political Agent in Kuwait, December 1927. The note contains profiles of several prominent figures in Kuwait (and the surrounding region) and information on the state's schools, economy and trade (ff. 217-226). The note also contains a map of Kuwait and its neighbouring areas (f. 221) and details of the different types of shipping vessels used in the country with hand-drawn sketches of the different vessels (ff. 223-226).
• A letter from Lionel Berkeley Holt Haworth, the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf discussing Britain’s desire to keep Kuwait separate from Iraq and outlining the rationale behind such a policy, April 1928 (ff. 231-232).