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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Place Hail, Arabian Peninsula, Asia Level [40] File

1. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/63

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/63
Title:
Report on the operations carried out in the southern desert in connection with the Iraq-Najd borders, June 1928-May 1929.
Scope & Content:
A printed report on air and motorcar operations carried out along the Iraq-Najd border following several cross-border raids. The report was produced and issued by the Air Ministry and printed in London in July 1930. The volume is divided into three sections: the report; appendices; and maps. Th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1930
Extent:

1 volume (15 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/765

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/765
Title:
File 4929/1918 ‘Arabia: relations with Bin Rashid’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers mostly concerning relations between HM Government and Bin Rashid [Sa`ud (II) ibn Abdul Aziz al Rashid], Emir of Hail [Jabal Shammar], in the Nejd region of Arabia. It includes correspondence regarding: the desire of Bin Rashid for friendly relations with HM Governmen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Nov 1918-30 Sep 1920
Extent:

1 volume (229 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/559

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/559
Title:
File 61/6 Vol. V. (D 39) Bin Saud, Nejd affairs
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, telegrams, memoranda, reports, and a newspaper cutting concerning the affairs of Ibn Sa'ud and the Najd. The correspondence is mostly between Percy Cox, the High Commissioner of Iraq; Arthur P. Trevor and then Stuart G. Knox, who were respectively, Political Resident...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Nov 1921-23 Jun 1923
Extent:
1 volume (254 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/5/101

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/101
Title:
File 8/C Philby's Mission to Ibn Sa`ud; Friction between Najd and Kuwait because of British Blockade of Land Trade
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, for the period April 1918 to August 1918 relating to the main topics: Harry St John Bridger Philby's Mission to Ibn Sa`ud. Friction between Najd and Kuwait because of the British blockade of land trade. The volume...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Apr 1918-2 Aug 1918
Extent:
1 volume (191 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/5/103

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/103
Title:
File 12/C(2) Najd Mission: operation of blockade
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the mission of Harry St John Bridger Philby to Ibn Sa'ud in Najd. Correspondence discusses the operation of the blockade of all land trade to Kuwait. Correspondence includes Philby's handwritten notes...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1918-17 Sep 1918
Extent:
1 volume (187 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/5/104

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/104
Title:
[Un-numbered file] 'Diary of Colonel Hamilton's Visit to Nejd 1918'
Scope & Content:
The file includes a printed copy (folios 16-41) of the diary of Colonel Robert Edward Hamilton's (Political Agent at Kuwait) visit to Najd in 1918 on a mission to Ibn Sa'ud. The file also includes the original typed copy (folios 43-102) of the diary. The diary describes his trip from Kuwait to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Sep 1917-28 Dec 1918
Extent:
1 volume (102 folios)