Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
IOR/R/15/1/529
- Record Id:
- 040-000227984
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001f6
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023551075.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/529
- Title:
- File 53/76 II (D 155) Kuwait Political Intelligence
- Scope & Content:
-
This file contains a series of monthly intelligence summaries produced by the British Political Agent in Kuwait and related correspondence. The summaries contain information concerning the general political situation in Kuwait and its vicinity, as well sections on the weather, tribal movements, the Saudi trade blockade imposed on Kuwait, visitors to Kuwait and Riath [Riyadh] news. Tensions between Saudi Arabia and Yemen are discussed at length in the summaries.
The file also contains a note on the Shammar Tribe and the Ibn Rashid dynasty of Hail written by Gerald Simpson DeGaury, the British Political Agent in Kuwait in June 1937 (ff 138-145) as well large, detailed genealogy charts of the tribe (f 147) and the dynasty (f 149) respectively.
- 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
040-000227984 - 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
IOR/R/15/1/529 : File 53/76 II (D 155) Kuwait Political Intelligence - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0003]/037-000227638[0015]/038-000227925[0059]/040-000227984
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (166 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001f6
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1933
- End Date:
- 1938
- Date Range:
- 9 Jun 1933-28 Jan 1938
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Condition: A bound volume.
Foliation: The file's foliation sequence commences at the title page and terminates at the last page of text; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A second foliation sequence can also be found between ff 2-154; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
The file contains the following foliation error: 1, and 1A.
- Former External References:
- A Series: 53/76 II
Confidential Series: D 155 - Arrangement:
-
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
Serial numbers refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file: red for incoming, blue for outgoing correspondence.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)