Abstract: Imprint:Harrison & Sons Lith. St. Martins Lane, W.C.Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures.Limits indicated by red, green and black lines and explained in ‘F.O. Memorandum of Feb. 28, 1913’.Bottom right below neat line: '(200. 2/13. 2479) F.O. 1370'.Other copies of this map hold at folio 125 and folio 294.Physical description: Dimensions:385 x 324 mm, on sheet 467 x 360 mm
Abstract: Imprint:Harrison & Sons Lith. St. Martins Lane, W.C.Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures. Limits indicated by red and green lines. Bottom left hand corner below neat line: '(1000. 5/13. 2567) F.O. 1370'.Other copies of this map hold at folio 25 and folio 125.Physical description: Dimensions:392 x 322 mm, on sheet 452 x 356 mm
Abstract: Imprint:Harrison & Sons Lith. St. Martins Lane, W.C.Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures. Limits indicated by red and green lines. Bottom left hand corner below neat line: '(1000. 5/13. 2567) F.O. 1370'.Other copies of this map hold at folio 25 and folio 294. Inscriptions:Top left-hand corner, in black ink: ‘(Page 148.(a) file 73/7 III. Residency Bushire) [initials]'.Upper centre: ‘Annexe V’ and ‘ADJACENT COUNTRY’ in title crossed out with pencil and annotation ‘The Southern portion of the Turco-Persian frontier’ inserted below title.Physical description: Dimensions:392 x 320 mm, on sheet 446 x 335 mm
Abstract: The map shows a region around Koweit [Kuwait] on the Persian Gulf, indicating territorial boundaries, tribal regions, caravan routes and settlements. The map also indicates caravan journey times between some settlements, and provides short notes on tribal regions, journey times and boundaries.The map is Map 2 in 'Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman' (Naval Intelligence Department No. 694), 1903. A printing statement reads, 'Weller & Graham, Ltd. Litho, London.'.Physical description: Materials: Printed in colour on paperDimensions: 332 x 417mm, on sheet 385 x 477mm
Abstract: The map shows Koweit [Kuwait] and the surrounding region, which includes Iraq, Persia, and the Persian Gulf. It is being used by the Political and Secret Department of the India Office to demarcate what the British consider to be the territorial limit of the Sheikh of Koweit's authority.The map was published as part of a memorandum issued by the Political and Secret Department.Physical description: Dimensions: 400 x 330 mmMaterials: 1 paper folio
Abstract: Imprint:Harrison & Sons Lith. St. Martins Lane, W.C.Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures.Map issued as an Annex no. 5 to Anglo-Ottoman Convention of 29 July 1913 with inner and outer limits of Kuwait authority shown by red and green lines respectively. Signatures of Sir Edward Grey and Ibrahim Hakki Pasha in the bottom right-hand corner.Physical description: Dimensions:380 x 325 mm, on sheet 495 x 380 mm
Abstract: Printed sheet bearing the series designation 'I[intelligence].D[ivision].W[ar].O[ffice]. No. 1835' and the imprint 'Corrections, July, 1905. Railways revised Sept. 1906.' Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures, railways, roads, submarine telegraphs, settlements, place names and international boundaries; includes an inset (120 x 98mm) titled 'Map of Koweit and Surrounding Country' at scale 1:2,027,520. Manuscript additions portray 'Friendly Confederations' in red and 'Hostile Confederations' in blue (see also Mss Eur F112/552, ff 3-4, from which this terminology is taken).Creation end date derived from date of Arab Revolt.A colour version of this sheet, without manuscript additions, is filed at Maps MOD GSGS 1835.Physical description: Materials: Printed, with manuscript additions in coloured ink and watercolourDimensions: 385 x 384mm, on sheet 498 x 507mm
Abstract: The file consists of a confidential printed report entitled 'Sherif of Mecca'. The report contains transcriptions of correspondence, a statement by a messenger (described below), and notes relating to Sherif Hosayn, the Sherif [Shereef] of Mecca [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī], particularly in terms of his relations with the United Kingdom and the Ottoman Empire. The report contains the following sections:Dispatch from His Majesty's High Commissioner for Egypt (Sir Arthur Henry McMahon), dated 26 August 1915;Communication from the Sherif of Mecca to Mr Storrs [Ronald Henry Amherst Storrs], Oriental Secretary to British Representative Cairo, dated 14 July 1915;Statemement of Messenger, Mohammed Ibn Arif Ibn Oreifan, 18 August 1915;Family and Agents of the Sherif, by 'R S' [Ronald Henry Amherst Storrs], dated 19 August 1915;Note on communication from the Sherif of Mecca, by 'R S' [Ronald Henry Amherst Storrs], dated 19 August 1915;Letter from Sir Arthur Henry McMahon to His Highness the Sherif Hosayn (undated).The file contains five copies of the report, only one of which has been foliated and digitised.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation commences at 1 on the first folio and terminates at 4 on the last folio. The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right corner of the recto page of each folio.Pagination: the document also has an original printed pagination, numbered 2-7 (folios 1-4).
Abstract: The document, printed for the use of the Foreign Office, is a collection of letters and dispatches from 3 March 1904 to 16 September 1907, between the India Office and the Government of India on the purchase of land in Kuwait for the Baghdad Railway.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 84, and terminates at f 100, since it is part of a larger physical volume; 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 the bottom right-hand corner of the recto of each folio. These numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled.Pagination: This section of the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to Kuwaiti relations with Bahrain from 1906 to 1920.The discussion in the volume relates to:a note of a conversation between the Resident and Shaikh Mubarak [Shaikh Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ] of Kuwait concerning Nasir bin Mobarak bin al Khalifa the 'outlaw relative' of Shaikh Isa of Bahrain [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah];reported expulsion of Jews from Bahrain;Bahraini political exiles;Shaikh Mubarak's visit to Bahrain, 1911;A note by Acting Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia, Arnold Talbot Wilson, entitled 'Note on History of Zubara and Claims of Shaikh of Bahrein to Zubara', which includes (folio 44) a small sketch map illustrating the remarks in this note.Included in the volume (folios 33-34) is a copy in Arabic and English translation of the letter of Nasir bin Mobarak bin al-Khalifa, Chief of the Al Abdullah branch of the Al Khalifa family of Bahrain to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. Also included is a map (folio 44) prepared by the Acting Civil Commissioner for Mesopotamia, Arnold Talbot Wilson, to illustrate his 'Note on History of Zubara and Claims of Shaikh of Bahrein to Zubara'.The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Percy Zachariah Cox and later, Francis Beville Prideaux; the Political Agent, Kuwait, Stuart George Knox; the Acting Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia, Arnold Talbot Wilson; the Political Agent, Bahrain, David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer.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 53; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 2-52, and ff 3-39; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to Kuwait relations with the British Government.The discussion in the volume relates to:appointment of the Political Agent, Kuwait;visit of HM Consul, Basra;customs and railway negotiations;the Anglo-Turkish convention, 1912;the death of Mubarak [Shaikh Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ], 1915, and succession of his son Jabir [Shaikh Jābir II bin Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ].There are a number of letters in Arabic with their translations, for example, from Sheikh Mubarak to Percy Zachariah Cox, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (folio 83) and to Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear (folio 90). It also includes the Arabic text and translation 'Secret Agreement Between the British Government and Shaikh Mubarak dated the 23rd January 1899' (folios 100-102).The file also includes a copy of the 'Maritime Truce Treaty with the Shaikh of Kuwait, of 1841 [with English and Arabic versions]' (folios 130-132).The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon; the Secretary of State for India; His Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Percy Zachariah Cox; the First Assistant to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Under-Secretary to the Government of India; the British Consul to Basra, F E Crow; the Vali of Bussorah; Sadun Pasha, Seyyid Talib Pasha; the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Mubarak; the Political Agent at Kuwait, Captain Stuart George Knox; the British Consul at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr].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 191; 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 2-190; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.