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Collection Area India Office Records and Private Papers Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Peacemaking

1. IOR/L/PS/10/68

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/68
Title:
File 57/1905 ‘Arabia: - Situation in Yemen (1905-11). Arab revolt against Turks. Imam of Sanaa’s letter to the King. Fighting in Yemen 1911. Agreement between the Turks & the Imam’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters and other papers, mainly by British Consular officials, reporting on the political situation in Yemen between 1905 and 1911. Their correspondence contains numerous military reports about Turkish troop and transport movements, the progress of the conflict between Turkis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1905-1912
Extent:
1 volume (342 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/18/B356

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B356
Title:
Treaty of Peace with Turkey. Signed at Sévres, August 10, 1920. [With Maps.]
Scope & Content:
A treaty of peace signed by the members of the League of Nations and Turkey. The treaty is divided into a preamble followed by 13 parts. Part 1 constitutes the Covenant of the League of Nations; further parts are entitled: 'Frontiers of Turkey'. 'Political Clauses'. 'Protection of Minorities'. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920
Extent:

1 file (51 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/620

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/620
Title:
File 22/12 Situation at Diba
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, mainly between 1941 and 1944 and starts with reports of the building of a fortified tower at the town of Diba [Dibba] (also spelt Dhibah, Daba) by the minority Qawasim [Āl Qawāsim] (also spelt Jawasim) inhabitants, subjects of the Regent of Kalba [Kalbā'], for p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1940-19 Feb 1945
Extent:
1 file (90 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/621

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/621
Title:
‘File 22/22 Trucial Coast – Kalba Succession’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about the succession to the Trucial Coast shaikhdom of Kalba, following the death of its Ruler Shaikh Said bin Hamad [Sa‘īd bin Ḥamad] on 30 April 1937, leaving a seven-year-old son, the minor Shaikh Hamad bin Said [Ḥamad bin Sa‘īd], as heir. Discussion focuses o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Sep 1931-23 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (152 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/622

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/622
Title:
‘File 22/22 – VOL.II K_A_L_B_A’
Scope & Content:
The file begins with a letter in March 1948, from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in London, requesting British recognition of Shaikh Saqr bin Muhammad bin Salim [Shaikh Ṣaqr bin Muḥammad bin Sālim al-Qāsimī] as the new Ruler of Ras al Kha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1922-19 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (112 folios)