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1251. 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)

1252. IOR/R/15/1/565

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/565
Title:
File 61/11 II (D 42) Relations between Nejd and Hejaz
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to the situation in the Hejaz at the time, with Ali entrenched in Jeddah and Ibn Sa'ud's Ikhwan in Mecca. The majority of the correspondence is between Reader Bullard, the British Agent in Jeddah, the Political Residency in Bushir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
7 Nov 1924-10 Jul 1925
Extent:
1 volume (307 folios)

1253. IOR/R/15/1/568

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/568
Title:
File 61/11 V (D 95) Hejaz - Nejd, Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to the Hejaz and Najd. Much of the correspondence is from the British Legation in Jeddah, with regular reports on the situation in that region sent to Sir John Simon, the Foreign Secretary in London. The rest of the correspondence...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
12 May 1932-28 Dec 1933
Extent:
1 volume (261 folios)

1254. IOR/R/15/1/571

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/571
Title:
File 61/11 VIII (D 148) Nejd-Hejaz: Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, reports, and newspaper cuttings relating to Saudi Arabia. Much of the correspondence is made up of regular reports sent from the British Legation in Jeddah to the Foreign Office in London. The remaining correspondence is between the two aforementioned p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
15 Apr 1936-26 Apr 1939
Extent:
1 volume (198 folios)

1255. IOR/R/15/1/599

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/599
Title:
File 61/20 I (D 75) Meeting between Kings of Iraq and Nejd
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to a meeting between King Faisal of Iraq and King Ibn Sa‘ud of Najd and Hejaz, overseen by the British. The main correspondents are Sidney Webb, Secretary of State for the Colonies, Francis Humphrys, High Commissioner of Iraq, Harold Dickson, Political...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
7 Jan 1930-28 Nov 1930
Extent:
1 volume (208 folios)

1256. IOR/R/15/1/610

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/610
Title:
File 73/7 I (D 19) Status of Kuwait & Baghdad Railway, and Anglo-Turkish negotiations 1911
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, memorandums, and newspaper cuttings relating to a proposed Baghdad to Basra railway, an extension of the German Berlin to Baghdad Railway. Much of the correspondence has been forwarded to the Residency by the Foreign Department of the Government of India and i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Jan 1911-19 Jan 1912
Extent:
2 volumes (334 folios)

1257. IOR/R/15/1/610-615

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/610-615
Title:
File 73: Routes and Railways in Persia and Arabia
Scope & Content:
These files and volumes contain correspondence, maps, newspaper cuttings, and other documents relating to the planning and building of the Baghdad Railway and its extension to Basra. Questions addressed within the files are those of ownership and control (contested between Germany, Britain, the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1911-1919
Extent:

6 files and volumes (1107 folios)

1258. IOR/R/15/1/611

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/611
Title:
'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, telegrams, and memorandums pertaining to Anglo-Turkish negotiations brought on by the Baghdad Railway and particularly the extension to Basra. Correspondents include: Percy Cox, Political Resident at Bushire, William Shakespear, Political Agent at Kuwait, Edward Grey...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
24 Oct 1911-26 Dec 1912
Extent:
1 volume (268 folios)

1259. IOR/R/15/1/613

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/613
Title:
File 73/7 III (D 24) Status of Kuwait & Anglo-Turkish negotiations
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, memorandums, maps and newspaper cuttings relating to a proposed Baghdad to Basra railway, an extension of the German Berlin to Baghdad Railway. Correspondents include: Percy Cox, Political Resident at Bushire, William Shakespear, Political Agent at Kuwait, Edw...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
23 Nov 1912-2 Jul 1913
Extent:
1 volume (355 folios)

1260. IOR/R/15/1/614

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/614
Title:
File 73/7 IV (D 25) Anglo-Turkish Negotiations
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters, telegrams, memorandums, and maps relating to Anglo-Turkish negotiations over the Baghdad Railway, the status of Kuwait, and other Persian Gulf matters. The correspondence is between Percy Cox, Political Resident at Bushire, William Shakespear, Political Agent at Kuwait...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
3 Aug 1913-30 Nov 1913
Extent:
1 file (42 folios)

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