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1. IOR/L/PS/12/2071

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2071
Title:
Coll 6/8(1) 'Printed Series: 1929 to 1938.'
Scope & Content:
This volume compiles printed copies of letters, telegrams, memoranda and newspaper extracts relating to Britain's involvement across the Arabian Peninsula during the period 1929-1938. Whilst the correspondence encompasses all matters concerning British interests in the region, much of it relates...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
6 Jan 1929-15 Jan 1938
Extent:
1 volume (527 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2102

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2102
Title:
Coll 6/36(1) 'Transjordan-Nejd Frontier Affairs.'
Scope & Content:
This volume, which largely consists of copies of Foreign Office and Colonial Office correspondence, concerns affairs on the Nejd-Transjordan frontier and relations between Hejaz-Nejd (later Saudi Arabia) and Transjordan generally. The beginning of the volume's correspondence follows on from IO...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
9 Jul 1932-15 Nov 1932
Extent:
1 volume (462 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/2130

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2130
Title:
Coll 6/63 'SOUTH EASTERN ARABIA AND QATAR BOUNDARIES.'
Scope & Content:
This volume relates to the eastern boundary of Saudi Arabia and the southern boundary of Qatar. Much of the correspondence discusses the legal and international position of what is referred to as the 'blue line' (the frontier which marked the Ottoman Government's renunciation of its claims to B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
19 Jan 1923-12 Jun 1934
Extent:
1 volume (374 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2131

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2131
Title:
Coll 6/64 'South-Eastern Boundaries in [Arabia] – Anglo-Turkish Convention of 1913. Attitude of U.S.A.'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to boundaries in eastern Arabia (specifically Saudi Arabia and Qatar). It concerns British policy regarding what is referred to as the 'blue line' (the frontier which marked the Ottoman Government's renunciation of its claims to Bahrain and Qatar, as laid down in the non-ratifi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
29 Jul 1913-27 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 file (90 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/4090

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4090
Title:
Coll 34/3 'Slavery and Slave Trade: Red Sea and Arabia: Attitude of Ibn Saud'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and notes relating to slavery and slave traffic in the Red Sea and Arabian Peninsula. Principal correspondents include officials at the India Office, Foreign Office, Colonial Office, Treasury, and Admiralty. Further correspondence, included as enclosures, come...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
6 Feb 1922-27 Dec 1934
Extent:
1 file (444 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/471-549

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/471-549
Title:
File 53: Kuwait
Scope & Content:
The Kuwait subject files cover a comprehensive range of topics related to Kuwait and the surrounding area. The files contain correspondence regarding the nature and development of the British Government's involvement in Kuwait, Kuwait's foreign relations (notably with the Ottoman Empire, Najd/Sa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Turkish
Date Range:
1896-1939
Extent:
79 files and volumes (16,694 folios)

7. 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)