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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R Language English Name Āl Sa‘ūd, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal, King of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Sa‘ūd, 1876-1953

1. IOR/R/15/1/331

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/331
Title:
File 19/126 II (C 29) Bahrain Customs
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the administration of the Customs House in Bahrain from 1914 until 1929. The earlier correspondence relates to a disagreement between Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa and Bin Saud regarding tariff charges on goods entering and leaving Bahrain from the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 May 1914-18 Jun 1929
Extent:
1 volume (287 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/333

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/333
Title:
File 19/139 I (C 60) Steamer for Bahrain and neighbouring ports
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence that discusses the details of a proposal by the British India Steam Navigation Company to run a steamer service between the ports of Bahrain, Qatif, Oqair and Qatar. The file also includes correspondence regarding Ibn Saud’s desire to establish a port on the P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1914-22 Oct 1930
Extent:
1 file (73 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/334

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/334
Title:
File 19/163 I (C 33) Bin Saud's relations with Shaikh of Bahrain. Nejdi Agent's activities in Bahrain
Scope & Content:
This file contains documents regarding relations between the British, Bin Saud and Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa between 1923 and 1931. The documents discuss the Persian-Nejdi violence that occurred in Bahrain in 1923, the activities and expulsion of Bin Saud's agent in Bahrain (Abdullah Al ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1923-31 Jul 1931
Extent:
1 volume (201 folios)

4. 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)

5. 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)

6. IOR/R/15/1/615

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/615
Title:
File 73/7 V (D 38) Status of Kuwait, Anglo-Turkish Convention
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, telegrams, maps, and newspaper cuttings relating to Anglo-Turkish negotiations over the Baghdad Railway, status of Kuwait, and other Persian Gulf matters. The correspondence is between Lionel Haworth, British Consul for Arabistan, Percy Cox, Political Resident at Bus...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
3 Jan 1914-16 Jul 1919
Extent:
1 volume (104 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/618

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/618
Title:
File 82/1 [I] (F 52) A.P.O.C. and Oil Concessions Arab Coast
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Department and the Under Secretary of State at the India Office in London, Sir Winston Churchill (Secretary of State for the Colonies at the time), the Political Resident at Bushire, the Political Agent at Kuwait, the Vice-Cons...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1921-30 Apr 1923
Extent:
1 file (151 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/619

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/619
Title:
File 82/1 II (F 53) A.P.O.C., and Oil Concession - Arab Coast
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Department, the Colonial Office and the Secretary of State at the India Office in London, the Political Resident at Bushire, the Political Agents at Kuwait and Muscat, local rulers, Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC) and Easter...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 May 1923-9 Jan 1924
Extent:
1 volume (286 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/628

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/628
Title:
File 82/27 III (F 84) APOC: Qatar Oil
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and notes of meetings between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Political Resident at Bushire, the India Office in London and ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, Shaikh of Qatar, the Foreign Office, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) and H.M.'s Ministry at Jed...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Feb 1934-30 Apr 1934
Extent:
1 volume (319 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/629

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/629
Title:
F.85 File 82/27-IV Qatar Oil
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Political Resident at Bushire, the India Office in London, the Shaikh of Qatar, ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, and the Foreign Office in regard to the southern borders of Qatar, the Qatar oil concession and the rela...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 May 1934-1 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 volume (207 folios)