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51. IOR/L/PS/12/2145

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2145
Title:
Coll 6/72 'Saudi Arabia: Relations with the Yemen. Delimitation of the Saudi-Yemeni Frontier.'
Scope & Content:
This file primarily concerns the delimitation of the Saudi-Yemeni frontier, following the conclusion of the Treaty of Taif in 1934. It includes discussion of the following: the geographical position of the Beni Malik [Bani Malik], Abadil [ʿAbādil] and Ahl Faifa [Ahl Fayfa] tribes; amendments to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1934-15 Apr 1936
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

52. IOR/L/PS/12/2152

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2152
Title:
Coll 6/79 'Oil: Oil concessions in South East Arabia (Rub'al Khali).'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to oil concessions in south-eastern Saudi Arabia. Much of the correspondence discusses British concerns regarding the possibility of oil being discovered in the Ruba' al Khali [Rubʻ al Khālī], and the bearing that such a discovery might have on the question of the eastern and s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1936-19 Mar 1937
Extent:
1 file (38 folios)

53. IOR/L/PS/12/2153

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2153
Title:
Coll 6/80 'South and South-Western boundaries of Saudi-Arabia'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the disputed south and south-western boundaries of Saudi Arabia. It primarily concerns an expedition to southern Saudi Arabia that was undertaken by Harry St John Bridger Philby in 1936, during which Philby was reported to have entered Yemeni and British territory. Much of t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Oct 1936-1 Mar 1937
Extent:
1 file (68 folios)

54. IOR/L/PS/12/2883

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2883
Title:
Coll 17/22(1) ‘Iraq: Iraq-Koweit Relations. Iraqi incursions into Koweiti territory’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to alleged incidents occurring on or near the border between Iraq and Kuwait (Koweit). It mostly concerns alleged incidents of Iraqi police in armed cars making incursions into Kuwait territory, and alleged incidents of violation of Kuwaiti territorial waters by...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 May 1934-31 Aug 1937
Extent:
1 file (585 folios)

55. IOR/L/PS/12/2884

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2884
Title:
Coll 17/22(2) 'Iraq. Iraq - Koweit Relations. Iraqi incursions into Koweiti territory.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mainly correspondence, relating to relations between Iraq and Kuwait (Koweit), mostly concerning alleged instances of incursions into Kuwaiti territory by Iraqi police in pursuit of smugglers, and proposals for the demarcation of the frontier between Iraq and Kuwait. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1937-23 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (365 folios)

56. IOR/L/PS/12/2892

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2892
Title:
Coll 17/30(1) ‘Iraq. Proposed additional outlet to the sea, in or near Koweit territory. Development of port at Um Qasr.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the proposed construction of a port in Kuwait (Koweit) Bay, and the construction of a port in Um Qasr Creek. The papers mostly concern the following: The attitude of HM Government towards the proposal of the Government of Iraq for the extension of the Iraqi ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1938-19 Aug 1942
Extent:
1 file (530 folios)

57. IOR/L/PS/12/2893

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2893
Title:
Coll 17/30(2) 'Proposed additional outlet to the sea in or near Kuwait territory. Development of port at Um Qasr.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers mainly relating to the port at Um Qasr (Umm Qasr). These papers mostly concern a notification of the schedule of dues and charges to be imposed by the Government of Iraq on vessels navigating to Um Qasr port (printed in the Iraq Government Gazette No. 24 of 14 June 1942)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Sep 1942-21 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (141 folios)

58. IOR/L/PS/12/2897

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2897
Title:
Coll 17/35 ‘Iraq. Iraq – Saudi Relations. Demarcation of Frontier.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers mainly relating to the proposed demarcation of the frontier between Iraq and Saudi Arabia, including the issue of the western termination point of the Saudi-Iraq frontier, at the meeting-point of Saudi, Iraqi and Transjordan territory. The papers largely consist of cor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 May 1937-5 Oct 1940
Extent:
1 file (53 folios)

59. IOR/L/PS/12/3425

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3425
Title:
Coll 28/28 ‘Persia. Perso-Baluchistan Frontier. Demarcation near Mirjawa.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, memoranda, maps and other papers relating to the establishment of a precise position of the frontier between Persia [Iran], British Baluchistan [in present-day Pakistan], and Afghanistan, arising in response to the proposed transfer to Persian ownership of the Mirjawa [Mīrjāveh] ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
14 Apr 1924-20 Nov 1935
Extent:
1 volume (323 folios)

60. IOR/L/PS/12/3425A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3425A
Title:
Coll 28/28A ‘Persia: Perso-Baluchistan frontier; demarcation near Mirjawa [mostly copies of papers on 28/28]’
Scope & Content:
Photographic reproductions of letters, memoranda, printed copies of correspondence and maps, relating to the demarcation of the border between Persia [Iran] and British Baluchistan (in present-day Pakistan) around the town of Mirjawa [Mīrjāveh]. The majority of the file’s papers are duplicates o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Apr 1924-12 Sep 1935
Extent:
1 file (285 folios)