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IOR/R/15/5/203
- Record Id:
- 040-000242234
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000241998
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0000c2
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100039988068.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/5/203
- Title:
- File 4/18 Kuwait-Bahrain Relations (Includes Bahrain-Qatar Troubles)
- Scope & Content:
-
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding relations between the rulers of Bahrain and Qatar and an attempt that was made by the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, to mediate between them.
In addition to correspondence, which is primarily between the Political Agency in Kuwait and the Political Agency in Bahrain, the file also contains English translations of two newspaper articles (originally in Arabic) as follows:
- Translation of an article that appeared in the Mecca-based newspaper Um al-Qura 23 July 1937 concerning tensions between Bahrain and Qatar (folio 7).
- Translation of an article that appeared in the Iraqi newspaper al-Nas 27 September 1937 about the poor conditions of oil company workers in Bahrain (folio 11).
- 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
037-000242135
038-000242209
040-000242234 - 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/15/5/109-319 : Kuwait Agency, Second Series subject files
IOR/R/15/5/179-235 : File 4: Kuwait State
IOR/R/15/5/203 : File 4/18 Kuwait-Bahrain Relations (Includes Bahrain-Qatar Troubles) - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0005]/036-000241998[0002]/037-000242135[0004]/038-000242209[0025]/040-000242234
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (36 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0000c2
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1937
- End Date:
- 1938
- Date Range:
- 29 Jun 1937-13 Jan 1938
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 38; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Former External References:
- File 4/18
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)