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'File 4/13 IV Kuwait Education'
an agent. in Kuwait and the British Council)
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File 9/4 ‘Political Agency Koweit. IX/4. Civil Cases from 1909’
an agent. in Kuwait. These case papers relate to the investigation and resolution of 27 individual claims that were submitted to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
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'File 12/1 [1 A/1 I] Persian Claims to Bahrain'
J G Laithwaite of the 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.
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'File VIII/3. Pedigree, Private affairs, notes, etc on the As-Subah family.'
an agent.
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'File 2/1 II IRAQ PROPAGANDA. (Absorption of Kuwait by Iraq). Relations etc.'
Ibn Saud of any form of unity between Iraq and Kuwait
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'File 8/9 FINANCE REVENUE & TAXES. CUSTOMS TARIFF 1932-1939'
the Sultan
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'File [VIII D/3] H.H. THE SULTAN SAIYID TAIMUR ACCESSION 1913.'
the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
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PZ 5749/39(1) 'Propaganda: Articles forwarded to Persian Gulf, Kabul & Katmandu for dissemination'
Orhan Conker and Emile Witmeur
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File 161/1908 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf:- Abu Musa Oxide.'
the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. ]
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'Articles in Press on Gulf Affairs'
L'Orient Arabe press agency An office of the East India Company and
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'File 53/6 (D 2) Kuwait [Kuwait] Affairs, 1898-1899'
a Russian named Count Kapnist
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'File 61/20 I (D 75) Meeting between Kings of Iraq and Nejd'
the British. The main correspondents are Sidney Webb
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'File 19/109 I (C 12) Bahrein Chief's relations with British Govt. and other Powers'
an agent. in Bahrain and the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and
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'File W/4 Hostilities in Persia: Tangistan Blockade; Confiscation of Tea for Tangistan'
Ra’īs ‘Alī Dalvārī under the influence of Wilhelm Wassmuss
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'Letters from Harford Jones Esquire British Resident at Bagdat to The Right Honourable Henry Dundas, One of His Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, from July 1798 to May 1801, with an Appendix'
an Act of Parliament in 1784 to supervise the activities of the East India Company.
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Letters and Enclosures on Persia received from Bassora, 1799-1811
Whahabee [ Wahhābī A follower of the Islamic reform movement known as Wahhabism
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File 37/1905 Pt 4 'Aden Frontier Delimitation'
Major-General P. J. Maitland
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'Letters and Enclosures from Sir Harford Jones (Envoy to Persia) to Mr Dundas (President of the India Board), Dated 11th January 1809 to 28th July 1810, Vol: 3.'
Britain to Persia as part of the treaty agreements Jones's response to charges against his conduct made by the Governor-General of the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company
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'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 88
the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to
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'Muscat Tariff Treaty'
Watts
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‘File 29/18i I Food Supplies – TEA & COFFEE’
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. sheikhdoms
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Vol 166: 1850 Persia
Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell
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'Air Agreements'
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'Muscat Tariff'
Watts
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'File 73/7 IV (D 25) Anglo-Turkish Negotiations'
the British and the Ottoman Turks. Included is correspondence relating to Percy Cox's attempts to obtain Sheikh Khaz‘al's and Sheikh Mubarak's agreement to the draft agreement
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'File 5/1 III Kuwait Oil Company'
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File 1355/1917 Pt 2, 4-5 'Arms Traffic Convention.'
the League of Nations. The Convention covers the following subheadings: Export of Arms and Ammunition
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'File 18/3 Application of Indian Arms Act to Bahrain'
the issue of a proclamation
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'14/164, 14/166 B 22, CLAIM OF HASSAN SAMAIAH FOR LOST PROPERTY ON ABU MUSA. 1910'
Shaikh Sagar bin Khalid of Sharjah against Hassan bin Samaiyah for the loss of horses on Abu Musa. Correspondents include the Residency An office of the East India Company and
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'File 31/2 [17/6 III] Books and Periodicals, Supply of'
the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and
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'File 1/A/24 I Persian Subjects in Bahrain and Registration of Foreigners in Bahrain with proposals for institution of Bahrain Nationality and Property Laws.'
the Iranian Government over the treatment of Persian citizens in Bahrain
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‘File 13/4 I Facilities for foreign air companies to use Arabian Air Route’
KLM to the British Government to fly aircraft on their Amsterdam to Batavia [Jakarta] route over Bahrain
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File 4640/1928 Pt 4 ‘Muscat: Future policy in. Tariffs. (April 1932- )’
the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. It includes papers concerning: The decision of the British Government that
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'File VIII/6 Death of Shaikh Jabir and Accession of Shaikh Salim'
the Secretary to the ruler of Kuwait
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Vol 10 Letters Outward
William Bruce
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Persian Expeditionary Force
the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to
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File 488/1920 Pt 3 ‘Hedjaz:- Relations between H.M. Govt & King Hussein. Question of subsidy. Negotiations for conclusion of a treaty.’
the British Government to remain in Mecca in the event of his abdication The Foreign Office’s request for the views of the Secretary of State for India
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Coll 35/12 'Kuwait: post and telegraph office; participation of Iraq in Empire Air Mail Scheme'
the Iraq Government
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File 13/4 II 'American Mission in Arabia (Includes Acquisition of Land)'
an agent.
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'File XXXVI/1 CEREMONIALS, HONOURS & REWARDS. - SALUTES. 1887-1926.-'
a high-ranking British colonial representative
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File 18/2 'Koweit Customs'
the Kuwait Customs authorities. The Arabic correspondence in the file consists mainly of an exchange of letters between the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
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'Description of Arabia according to observations and research carried out in the country itself'
Carsten Niebuhr
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Letter from Harford Jones, Resident at Bagdad, to Henry Dundas, President of the Board of Control
an Act of Parliament in 1784 to supervise the activities of the East India Company. . The letters contain intelligence
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'File 6/5A Miscellaneous correspondence with the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain'
an agent. in Bahrain
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'Assurances, Undertakings and Agreements, Etc., Made by Certain Chiefs and Khans of Southern Persia with the British Government and Certain British Trading Companies'
the Government of India Press
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'File 4/13 III Kuwait Education'
Wakelin are contained in the file. Topics discussed include the hiring of teachers from Egypt
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'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations'
the Baghdad Railway and particularly the extension to Basra. Correspondents include: Percy Cox
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File 37/1905 Pt 5 'Aden Delimitation'
year. This divider is placed at the front of the volume.
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Coll 28/42 ‘Persia. Motor-car Registration in East Persia. Issue of Driving Licenses and Visas to British & Persian subjects; Indian lorry drivers in Persia.’
the Governments of Persia [Iran] and India. The correspondence includes: reports of social unrest in the border region between Persia and British Baluchistan from 1934 to 1936
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'File 2/32 I II. AVIATION. C. FOREIGN AVIATION. (I) Use Of Gwadur Landing Ground by K.L.M and Air France.’
the Sultan of Muscat and Oman regarding the landing of French and Dutch aeroplanes at Gwadur
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'File 53/7 VI (D 9) Kuwait [Kuwait] affairs - Arab Tribes, 1907-1911'
his uncle Sultan is reported in the file on folio 54 and a detailed account of the killing is contained on folio 103. The subsequent murder of Sultan is also reported in the file on folios 230-232. Throughout the file
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'File 27/12 V TRADE REPORT 1923/24 1924/25 1925/26 1926/27 1927/28'
the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
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Coll 30/78 'Bahrein Nationality Law. Bahrein Property Law: Registration of certain foreigners in Bahrein by the Agency. Ownership of property by foreigners in Bahrein (King's Reg. No. 1 of 1937).'
the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. and King's Regulations
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'File 4/13 II Kuwait Education'
Wakelin are contained in the file. Topics discussed include the hiring of teachers from Egypt
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'File 35/84 II A. 6. Masked ultimatum of Feb 1899'
Lieutenant G Wood Robinson
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File 4011/1923 Pt 1 'PERSIAN GULF NEGOTIATIONS 1928-33. BASIDU.'
the British since the early 1820s. It is stated in the correspondence that the site had been used mainly as a coal depot for British naval vessels until 1913
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'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY' Vol 80
John Pollard Willoughby
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'File 35/85 I A 8. Muscat: French Flag Question'
dhows at Sur and the actions taken by the Sultan of Muscat and the Government of India. Includes a hand drawn map
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Affairs in Persia
the Government of Persia
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'File 9/22 Naval and Shipping: Movements of Other Foreign Warships in the Gulf'
an agent.
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'File No. E/1. Hindu Merchants at Qatif'
the customs farmer at al-Qaṭīf
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File 1/A/1 I Stamps and Postage; Relations with Persia
British officials of whether or not to issue the surcharged stamps in view of the likelihood of protests by the Government of Persia and the impact on treaty negotiations between Britain and Persia
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Coll 6/64 'South-Eastern Boundaries in [Arabia] – Anglo-Turkish Convention of 1913. Attitude of U.S.A.'
the United States Embassy in Angora [Ankara] to its British counterpart
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'File 29/28 British Industrial Fair'
the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and
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'B. 9, 14/115 VI. Abu Musa Oxide, 1910 to 1911: British Memorandum; German Memorandum; Colonel Cox's Notes'
a German company
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Enclosures in Sir Harford Jones's Letter No. 4 to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control
an Act of Parliament in 1784 to supervise the activities of the East India Company.
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'File 53/83 II (D 105) Smuggling Between 'Iraq + Kuwait'
Iraqi Government armoured cars
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'File 53/89 II (D 169) Kuwait Education'
the British Council. The volume contains a number of reports on education in Kuwait authored by F J Wakelin
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'File 73/7 III (D 24) Status of Kuwait & Anglo-Turkish negotiations'
the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to
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‘Letters from India (Secret Dept)’, Vol. 13
the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to
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Coll 28/20 ‘Persia Judicial. Civil, Commercial + Penal Code, and various laws.’
the Government of Persia [Iran]. The materials are either original copies in printed booklet and typewritten form
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‘File 2/42 AIR AGREEMENT BETWEEN U.K. & FRENCH GOVT.'
French aircrafts. The main correspondents in the file are: the Commonwealth Relations Office
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File 1855/1904 Pt 6-8 'Kuwait'
year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence. The date range gives the covering dates of all the documents in the volume
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'File 53/83 VIII (D 153) Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling'
Iraqi Customs and Police Forces
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'14/115 II B. 5. Abu Musa. Abu Musa oxide contracts and concession. Hassan Samaiyeh's dealings with the Germans.'
Shaikh Sagar bin Khaled of Sharjah. Letters reference the Protectorate Treaties 1897 clause that the Protectorate Sheikhs should on "no account
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‘X. PASSPORTS AND PROTECTION. A. PASSPORTS. (1) Persian passports regulations effecting Muscat subjects.’
Muscat subjects whose passports were seized by the Iranian Customs. The main correspondents in the file are the British Residency An office of the East India Company and
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'File V/11 Clearance Papers for Sailing Craft Leaving Bahrain'
an agent. at Bahrain
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‘File 35/87 V (A 35) Muscat reforms, customs, finances, etc.’
a significant fall in the port’s customs revenue
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'Corr. re: Visits of Foreign Warships to Bahrain'
local artists. Arrangements for a visit of a French sloop "d'Iberville" in 1937 calling at Bahrain
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Coll 6/78 'Italian propaganda amongst the Arabs.'
the British to combat reported Italian anti-British propaganda and disseminate pro-British propaganda in the Middle East and beyond. The file's principal correspondents are the following: His Majesty's Ambassador in Rome
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'Books, Periodicals, and Publications'
correspondence from British officials
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Coll 28/39 ‘Persia: Printed Correspondence 1929-1936’
the Persian Government of laws
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'File 13/2 VII Air facilities in Arab shaikhdoms'
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . The main correspondents in the file are the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
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'File 19/191 I (C 27) Bahrain, Persian Claim To'
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Coll 28/23 ‘Relations with H.M.G: Negotiations 1928–31 Withdrawal of I.E.T Dept.’
the Persian Government. The agreement covers: the costs of daily use of the cables
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