Author
an agent.
in Kuwait
Publication Date
30 Jan 1931-7 Oct 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
371
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/5/184
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x0000ab
Library Location
British Library:
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
Records and
Private Papers
Documents collected in a private capacity.
Date
30 Jan 1931-7 Oct 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This file contains correspondence regarding the delineation of the borders between Kuwait and its neighbours, Iraq and Saudi Arabia (occasionally referred to as Nejd in the file).
The primary correspondents in the file are officials from the British High Commission in Iraq, the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in Kuwait, the British Embassy in Baghdad and various British officials based in India. The file also contains correspondence from the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah and officials of the Government of Iraq, most of this is in Arabic (with English translations).
In addition to correspondence, the file contains the following:
History of Kuwaiti-British Relations 1775-1929, extracted from Aitchinson's Treaties, Engagements and Sanads, Vol. XI, 5th Edition (folios 78-83).
Copy of the Kuwait-Najd Boundary Convention of 1922 (folios 84-85).
Tracing of chart made by
HMS Sphinx,
July 1903 that shows Bubayan Island and the border between Iraq and Kuwait (folio 97).
Statement of the Wells and Territories of Ahl Murra (folio 149).
Rough Sketch Map Showing Approximate Area of Morrah Tribal Area from Baduin [Bedouin] Sources (folio 158).
Map showing the Iraq-Kuwait border around Jabal Sanam (folio 187).
Copy of
'Iraq Government Gazette,
15 May 1938 (folios 292-294).
Erişim Koşulları
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Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
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Gruplandırıldığı Yer
'Tracing of Chart made by H.M.S. Sphinx, July 1903'
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/5/184, f 97
'Rough Sketch Map Showing Approximate Area of Morrah Tribal 'Dira' From Baduin Sources'
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/5/184, f 158
Map of Iraq-Kuwait Border
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/5/184, f 187
