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1. IOR/L/PS/18/B334

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B334
Title:
Note on Central Arabia
Scope & Content:
This note gives a very short history of Central Arabia in thirteen paragraphs. Details are given concerning the history of Nejd [Najd], the rise and spread of the Wahhabi movement, and the Āl Sa‘ūd family and their relations with their neighbours, including the Āl Rashīd family, the Hashemite rul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1919
Extent:

1 folio

2. IOR/L/PS/18/B340

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B340
Title:
Notes on the "Akhwan" Movement
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is entitled 'Notes on the "Akhwan" [Ikhwān] Movement' by Major Harold Richard Patrick Dickson, which he compiled following his 1920 visit to ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud) at al-Hasa (al-Aḥsā’). The note contains the following sections: ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1920
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/20/C240

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C240
Title:
Persian Gulf Gazetteer. Part I. Historical and Political Materials. Précis of Nejd Affairs, 1804-1904
Scope & Content:
The volume, stamped ‘Secret’ on the front cover and frontispiece, is part 1 (historical and political materials) of a précis of Najd (spelt Nejd throughout) affairs for the years 1896-1904. It was prepared by Jerome Antony Saldanha of the Bombay Provincial Civil Service, and published in 1904 by...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904
Extent:

1 volume (34 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/37

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/37
Title:
Vol 43: Letters Inward
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a few letters sent to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, by William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Bombay Government. The subject is the status of the diplomatic relationship between the British Government and Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd, the Imam...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1826-11 Feb 1826
Extent:
1 volume, 4 items (31 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/575

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/575
Title:
File 61/13 I (D 133) Wahabis and Pilgrimage to Hedjaz
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, memoranda, and reports relating to the Hajj pilgrimage to the Holy Cities of Mecca and Medina. The majority of the correspondence is between the British Agency (later British Legation) in Jeddah, the Foreign Office, Colonial Office, and Indian Office in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 May 1923-2 Mar 1937
Extent:
1 volume (213 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/590

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/590
Title:
File 61/14 XIV (D 61) Relations between Najd and Iraq
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, memoranda, and reports concerning relations between Najd, Iraq, and Kuwait. The majority of the correspondence is between Hugh Briscoe, Political Resident at Bushire, Harold Dickson, Political Agent at Kuwait, Ibn Sa'ud, Sheikh Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah of Kuwait, Fran...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Nov 1929-31 Dec 1929
Extent:
1 volume (271 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/78

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/78
Title:
File 1/3 Major Head:- Political. Subject:- Relations of Akhwan with Neighbouring States.
Scope & Content:
The file relates to Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] (also referred to Ibn Sa'ud), Sultan of Najd (also referred to as Nejd), particularly in terms of relations between Najd (also referred to as the Akhwan [Ikhwān] and Wahabis [Wahhabis]) and neighbouring states. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
14 Feb 1924-21 Oct 1926
Extent:
1 volume (269 folios)