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37. 'File 9/13 Kuwait/Haifa, Kuwait/Riyadh motor route'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain concerning commercial motor routes between Kuwait/Haifa, Kuwait/Riyadh, proposed by the Kuwait Oil Company to link Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Palestine as an alternative route to the main route via Baghdad.On folios 9-17 there are envelopes containing two copies of a 'Sketch map showing Motor Road from Kuwait to Riyadh', both of which consist of three sheets.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 20; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 4-8; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
38. 'File 9/26 India and Persian Gulf Bank Limited'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain concerning the proposed opening of a bank called Indian and Persian Gulf Bank Ltd with Iraqi capital, headquarters in Karachi and branches at Kuwait, Dubai and Muscat.There is a letter in Arabic with English translation, and a copy of a letter forwarded by the Residency Agent at Sharjah.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 39; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-38; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. They are located in the same position as the main sequence, except for some instances which are located on the verso.
39. 'File 9/37 Foreign exchange'
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- Abstract: The file mainly contains applications submitted for US dollar exchange for importing goods, plus letters of credit granted by the Political Agent at Bahrain.Subjects discussed within the file are an increase in the quota for imports to the ports of Kuwait, Bahrain, Dubai, Muscat and Gwadur, and the purchase of plants for the production of ice in Bahrain.Correspondents include the Persian Gulf Residency at Bahrain, the Eastern Bank Limited, the Imperial Bank of Iran, Petroleum Development Qatar and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 137; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-136; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
40. ‘File 24/6 KUWAIT PASSPORTS IN BOOK FORM’
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- Abstract: The file contains two documents only, a short letter of enquiry and a short interim letter of reply, dated 28 December 1936 and 26 January 1937 respectively. The Political Agent, Kuwait, mentions that the Kuwait authorities are planning to introduce a passport system. He asks the Political Agent, Bahrain, whether any useful information can be obtained from Mr Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government, about the existing administration of passports in Bahrain. It is also mentioned that the Bahrain Government is planning to introduce a Bahrain Nationality Law.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 9; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-8; these numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
41. 'File 45/23 I (D 140) Kuwait Reforms'
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- Abstract: The volume contains correspondence relating to the formation of a Legislative Council in Kuwait following unrest among its people and criticism of its government in the Iraqi press. Included are newspaper articles, a list of the names of those elected to the Legislative Council of Kuwait (folio 75) and a list of demands made by the Council (folio 76). The main correspondents include: Gerald De Gaury, Political Agent at Kuwait; Trenchard Fowle, Political Resident at Bushire; Lawrence Dundas, Secretary of State for India; the Foreign Office in London; Maurice Peterson, British Ambassador in Iraq; Air Officer Commanding for British Forces in Iraq; Sheikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah [Āl Ṣabāḥ, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir], ruler of Kuwait; and other Government of India officials.The correspondence includes:Abdication discussions about Sheikh Ahmad of Kuwait;Overview of the administration and control of justice, education, medical services, municipalities and desert land (folios 83-99);Appointment of a British customs officer in Kuwait;Opposition of the Persian population of Kuwait to the Legislative Council.There are internal office notes at the back of the volume (folios 207-214), written by officials of the British Political Residency at Bushire.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio. The folio numbers are written in pencil in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. Circled index numbers in red crayon can also be found throughout the volume. There are the following irregularities: 1, 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D; 30 and 30A. Folio 200 is omitted.
42. 'File 51/88 I Cable and Wireless Kuwait'
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- Abstract: The agreement between Shaikh Ahmad of Kuwait [Āl Ṣabāḥ, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir] and Cable and Wireless Ltd for the opening of a telegraph station in Kuwait. It covers the extent of the company's remit, taxes, payment of set-up costs, expansion, security, technical training for Kuwaiti nationals, and the Shaikh's allowance of free messages. Signed by Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, Ruler of Kuwait, and C G Gott, Divisional Manager at Cable and Wireless Ltd, on 1 May 1947. Witnessed by Maurice Tandy, Political Agent at Kuwait.Physical description: Foliation: the sequence starts on the front cover and continues through to the back cover. The numbering is in pencil, circled, and located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
43. 'File 61/15 II (D 44) Kuwait Conference'
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- Abstract: The volume contains correspondence relating to the adjournment, second phase, and collapse of the Kuwait Conference. The correspondence is between the Political Residency at Bushire, the Political Agencies at Kuwait and Bahrain, the High Commissioners in Baghdad and Jerusalem, the Colonial Office in London, the British Agency at Jeddah, the Government of India, Sheikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, ruler of Kuwait, Ibn Sa'ud, Sultan of Najd, King Faisal of Iraq, and Amir Abdullah of Transjordan.The main aim of the conference was to settle issues of border delineation between Najd, Transjordan, the Hejaz, and Iraq. Other issues of negotiation were the return of Shammar refugees to Najd from Iraq and compensation for past raids. Much of the correspondence deals with this. The discussion focuses around the status of places that there is most disagreement on: Wadi Sirhan (Jauf [Jawf], Kaf [Kāf]), Akaba [al-‘Aqaba], Maan [Ma‘ān], and the Hejaz frontier (Khurma, Turbah, Khaybar). Other more practical issues are discussed, such as travel arrangements and the identity of attendees, including Ibn Sa‘ud's decision not to send one of his son's as delegate which led to King Hussein withdrawing his own representative.Other subjects covered by the volume are:a large raid by the Ikhwan on Iraqi shepherd tribes that effectively ended the conference;the presentation by the British of a silver plate to Sheikh Ahmed to thank him for his hospitality;the official Najd government publication of a 'green book' on the conference.Notable within the volume are Stuart Knox's notes and minutes on the numerous sittings of the conference: folios 1D-37, 57-90, 120-29, 252-63, 265-71, 274-80.Physical description: Foliation: the sequence starts on the title page and ends on the last folio. The numbering is written in pencil, circled, and found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. There are the following irregularities: 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D; 165A and 165B. There is a second, incomplete sequence the runs between folios 165-319. It is also written in pencil but is not circled.
44. 'File 61/18 I (D 74) Bin Saud: discussion of Persian Gulf questions with'
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- Abstract: The volume contains correspondence pertaining to attempts to address issues between Ibn Sa'ud and Britain's Persian Gulf interests and responsibilities. The main correspondents are James More (later Harold Dickson), Political Agent in Kuwait, Cyril Barrett (acting, then later Hugh Biscoe), Political Resident in Bushire, the Government of India, William Bond (later Andrew Ryan), Agent and Consul (later Chargé d'Affaires) in Jeddah, Charles Prior, Political Agent in Bahrain, the Colonial, Foreign, and India Offices, all in London, Ibn Sa'ud, ruler of Najd and the Hejaz, and Fuad Bey [Fu’ād Bey Hamza], Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs for the Hejaz.The main issues at hand are between Najd and Bahrain, and Najd and Kuwait. They include customs duties, trade relations, nationality and passports for Najd subjects, compensation for raids, official diplomatic representation for Najd in Bahrain and Kuwait, the conduct of Najd agents on the Kuwaiti frontier, and the ongoing blockade on Kuwaiti trade imposed by Ibn Sa'ud on his subjects. Much of the volume deals with attempts to heal a rift between Ibn Sa'ud and Hugh Biscoe so that a meeting can be arranged to discuss the issues above.At the back of the volume (folios 245-54) are internal office notes.Physical description: Foliation: the sequence starts on the front cover and continues through to the inside back cover. The numbering is written in pencil, circled and found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. There are the following irregularities: 1, 1A, and 1B; 3 and 3A; 104 and 104A; 126 and 126A; 214 and 214A. There is a second, inconsistent sequence between folios 5-251. The numbering is also in pencil in the same place, but are not circled.
45. 'File 61/22 I (D 116) Bahra Agreement: meeting of tribunal under the ---, 1930. Also bound with this file is 61/23:- treaty between Nejd & Kuwait'
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- Abstract: The volume contains two separate but related subject files: on the Bahra Tribunal (folios 1-80) and on a proposed treaty between Kuwait and the Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz (folios 81-198). Both parts consist of correspondence relating to their subjects.The correspondents in both parts include Francis Humphrys, High Commissioner for Iraq, Harold Dickson, Political Agent at Kuwait, the British Charge d'Affaires at Jeddah, Hugh Biscoe, Political Resident at Bushire, the Government of India, the Foreign Office, Colonial Office, and India Office in London, Sheikh Aḥmad, Ruler of Kuwait, Ibn Sa‘ud, King of Najd and Hejaz, and the Government of Iraq.The first part deals with the following matters:organisation of the tribunal, including suggestions for time, location and who (of the British officers) will preside over proceedings;what claims for compensation will be considered, specifically whether to permit submission for claims from raids prior to November 1927 (date of the Busaiya Raid);the payment of a lump sum of £10,000 to be made by Ibn Sa‘ud to Kuwait and Iraq.the applications to migrate to Syria of rebel Najd subject, Ibn Mashhur.Folios 77-80 are internal office notes.The second part deals with the proposals and preparations for a treaty between Kuwait and Najd. It includes suggestions of a meeting between the rulers of the two countries and a discussion about the future of Kuwait as an independent nation. Folios 122-124 contain a copy of the draft agreement.Folios 195-198 are internal office notes.Physical description: Foliation: the sequence starts on the first folio and continues through to the last. It is written in pencil in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Foliation anomalies: 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d; 12, 12a; 132, 132a; 150, 150a; 188, 188a; 193, 193a. There is no folio number ‘1’. There are other intermittent and inconsistent numbering systems which are often crossed out.
46. 'File 86/1 VII (D 101) Kuwait Oil'
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- Abstract: The volume contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Kuwait (Harold Richard Dickson); Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle); His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan); Officials in the India and Foreign Offices (including Sir Louis Kershaw, John Gilbert Laithwaite, George Rendel); the Shaikh of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ); the Air Ministry (Wilfred Ashton McLaughry); the Air Office Commanding, Iraq (Alexander Duncan Cunningham); and representatives of the Kuwait Oil Company (Frank Holmes, Archibald Chisholm), Arabian Development Syndicate, Anglo-Persian Oil Company, and Iraq Petroleum Company.The correspondence relates primarily to the Kuwait Oil Company's negotiation's with His Majesty's Government and the Shaikh of Kuwait for the Kuwait (also given as Koweit) Oil Concession, focusing on discussions around clauses in both the Commercial and Political Agreements and the Shaikh's concerns over how certain clauses may be perceived both within his own country and in neighbouring ones.Also discussed are developments in Saudi Arabia with regards to their share of the Nejd-Kuwait Neutral Zone Oil Concession, which was being competed for by the Standard Oil Company of California and the Arabian Development Syndicate, and the British Government's opinions on the situation and their intended approach with regards to the Kuwait share of the concession. The information relating to the Saudi Government's approach to the concession is relayed through letters and reports from Sir Andrew Ryan, HM Minister at Jedda, and contain details of his discussions with representatives of both the Saudi Government and the oil companies.The correspondence also includes a discussion relating to land at Shuwaikh, identified by the British Government for possible use as an air base, and includes negotiations over the cost of renting the site or the possibility of reserving it for future use. Also included are details of reconnaissance undertaken by the Air Officer Commanding for alternative sites, which was unsuccesful, and correspondence regarding the use of Kuwait Harbour for flying boats and the need to identify suitable locations in the Harbour for moorings.Physical description: Foliation: The volume has been foliated in the top right hand corner of the recto of each folio with a pencil number enclosed in a circle. The foliation sequence commences on the first folio after the front cover, with 1A and concludes on the back cover with number 246. Foliation anomalies: 1A-E.
47. 'File 73/7 II Annex (D 22) Map showing limits of Koweit principality'
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- Abstract: The file contains three identical copies of ‘MAP OF THE KUWAIT HINTERLAND’, with a red line marking its proposed limits. The maps were sent as enclosures to a letter from Percy Cox, Political Resident at Bushire, to the Secretary to the Government of India Foreign Department at Simla, dated 4 August 1912 (folio 150 in IOR/R/15/1/611). The letter was part of a discussion about the status and definition of Kuwait. This discussion was itself part of Anglo-Turkish negotiations connected to the Baghdad Railway and its extension to Basra.Imprint:Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Calcutta.Distinctive Features:Relief shown by contours and spot heights.An explanatory note on sources used in compiling the map and a key to symbols at the bottom margin.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence has been crossed out.
48. 'File 82/1 IV (F 79) Anglo Persian Oil Company Arab Side (Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd)'
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- Abstract: The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Department, the Colonial Office and the Secretary of State at the India Office in London, the Political Resident at Bushire, the Political Agents at Kuwait and Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives. Main subjects are the negotiations for oil concessions mainly in Kuwait, but also in Bahrain and Nejd [Najd, Jubail, Saudi Arabia] against the competitor Eastern and General Syndicate Limited, represented by Major Frank Holmes, and a geological exploration of Kuwait by APOC.The volume also includes a draft agreement on the oil exploration license in Kuwait, in Arabic and English, dated 13 August 1932, between Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, ruler of Kuwait, and APOC (folios 120-131), and a Map of 'Kuwait Bay' on folio 132A.Some of the documents in the volume are marked as confidential and there are some documents in Arabic.Physical description: The main foliation is in pencil, encircled and in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. The numbering commences at the front cover with 1, then 1A and 1B; 2 and 2A; 3-128; 129 and 129A; 130, 131, 132 and 132A and then it carries on until 203, which is the last number given on the back cover. A second foliation sequence runs between ff. 3-190; these numbers are also written in pencil, are not circled and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.