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1. IOR/R/15/1/556-609

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/556-609
Title:
File 61: Najd
Scope & Content:
These files and volumes contain correspondence, reports, and other documents relating to the Najd region, in present-day Saudi Arabia, and its ruler, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd, commonly known as Ibn Sa‘ūd. The papers cover the period from Ibn Sa‘ūd's rise to prominence after taking Riyadh in 1902, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1905-1944
Extent:
54 files and volumes (12,432 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/605

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/605
Title:
‘File 61/31 III (D 118) Anglo-Saudi frontier negotiations’
Scope & Content:
The volume’s letters, telegrams and memoranda relate to ongoing negotiations between the British Government and the Government of Saudi Arabia over the latter’s territorial borders. The chief correspondents in the file are Andrew Ryan, British Minister at Jeddah, George Rendell, Eastern Departme...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1935-26 Sep 1935
Extent:
1 volume (247 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/603

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/603
Title:
‘File 61/31 I (D 104) British-Saudi negotiations’
Scope & Content:
The volume’s letters, memoranda and other papers relate to negotiations between the British Government and Saudi Arabia over the extent of the latter’s eastern borders, and the position of these borders in relation to the Arab coast shaikhdoms (under British protection) and Oman. The chief autho...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Jul 1934-28 Nov 1934
Extent:
1 volume (220 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/598

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/598
Title:
File 61/19 I (D 68) Bin Saud. Supply of personnel and aircraft
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the institution and maintenance of a Hejaz Air Force by British Government officials based in the Gulf region and in London. In late 1929 the British Government authorised the sale of four Wapati planes, 1000 twenty-pound bombs and other equipment t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1929-30 Jun 1930
Extent:
1 volume (216 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/562

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/562
Title:
File 61/9 (D 109) Nejd passports
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters (in English and Arabic), telegrams, memoranda, handwritten notes, a draft of a Najdi passport and a copy of an official Najdi passport. The majority of the correspondence is between the Political Resident in Bushire (Arthur Trevor, later Stuart Knox); the Political...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Dec 1922-12 Sep 1924
Extent:
1 volume (109 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/597

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/597
Title:
File 61/18 [II] (D 125) Bin Saud
Scope & Content:
The file relates to the development of formal communications between Najd and Bahrain, and the wider Gulf and Indian region. The first of two items in the file is a letter (dated 28 January 1932) from the Special Secretary to ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd) King ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Jan 1932-19 Feb 1932
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/578

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/578
Title:
File 61/14 II (D 46) Relations between Nejd and 'Iraq
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to affairs between the British Mandate of Iraq and the Kingdom of Najd and the Hejaz, ruled by Ibn Sa'ud. Most of the correspondence is between the Political Residency in Bushire, the Political Agencies in Bahrain and Kuwait, the Hig...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1927-31 Dec 1927
Extent:
1 volume (231 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/561

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/561
Title:
File 61/7 (D 65) Bin Saud's relations with the Sheikh of Kuwait
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters (in English and Arabic), telegrams, and memoranda, the majority of which concern Najd-Kuwait relations. The correspondence is mostly between Ibn Sa'ud, Sheikh Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah of Kuwait, the High Commissioner of Iraq, the Political Residency in Bushire, the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1922-27 Jul 1929
Extent:
1 volume (200 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/560

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/560
Title:
File 61/6 VI (D 70) Nejd affairs (Bin Saud General File) Final Payments to Bin Saud in Lieu of Subsidy
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, administrative reports, memoranda, and hand-written notes concerning the affairs of Ibn Sa'ud and the Najd. The correspondence is between the Political Residency in Bushire, the Political Agencies in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jeddah, the High Commissioner in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Jun 1923-19 Jan 1931
Extent:
1 volume (267 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/558

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/558
Title:
File 61/6 vol.4 (D 34) Bin Saud and Akwan Movement
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, memoranda, reports, and notes relating to Ibn Sa'ud and the affairs of Najd. The correspondence is mostly between: Harold Dickson, the Political Agent in Bahrain; Percy Cox, the High Commissioner in Baghdad; Ibn Sa'ud; King Hussein of the Hijaz; the Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Sep 1920-8 Nov 1921
Extent:
1 volume (280 folios)