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Subject Kings and rulers--Succession Digitised Content Platform Qatar Digital Library Level [40] File

1. IOR/L/PS/12/1448

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1448
Title:
Coll 1/9 'Aden Protectorate: tribal successions; approval by Resident'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding the election of Shaikhs within the Aden Protectorate, and regarding the transfer of the authority to formally recognise elections and authorise stipends from the Government of India to the Colonial Office, and thence to the Resident, Aden. It consists of corres...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Aug 1924-31 May 1933
Extent:
1 file (71 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/1458

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1458
Title:
Coll 1/22 'Payments to Tribal Chiefs'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the stipends and pensions paid to tribal chiefs in the Aden Protectorate. The majority of the payments were established by treaty, and were paid to maintain trade routes. Government funding for Darbar presents is also discussed. The following agreemen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1927-21 Oct 1941
Extent:
1 file (98 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/1464

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1464
Title:
Coll 1/28 'Aden Protectorate, Lahej; conspiracy against the Sultan of Lahej and question of recognition of his eldest son as his successor'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the attempted assassination of Sultan Fadhl bin Abdul Karim, in response to his being named heir apparent to the Sultanate of Lahej by his father, Sultan 'Abd al Karim II ibn Al Fadhl Al 'Abdali. The file consists of copies of Political Intelligence Summari...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Apr 1933-10 Aug 1937
Extent:
1 file (37 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2082

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2082
Title:
Coll 6/16 'Future of: Royal Family. Probable happenings on the death of Ibn Saud.'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and the future of Arabia in the event of his death. The file largely consists of copies of Foreign Office correspondence, which have been forwarded by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Und...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1931-7 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (218 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2142

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2142
Title:
Coll 6/69 'Affairs in the Yemen.'
Scope & Content:
This file mainly consists of copies of received Colonial Office correspondence relating to political and domestic affairs in the Yemen. Of particular note are copies of two memoranda, forwarded to the Secretary of State for the Colonies by the Governor of Aden (Bernard Rawdon Reilly) and writt...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Aug 1935-14 Oct 1937
Extent:
1 file (37 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/2992

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2992
Title:
Coll 20/32 'Muscat: Question of succession to Sultanate'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the question of a successor for the Sultan of Muscat, Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. The principal correspondents are officials at the Political Agency in Muscat, Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, and the Government of India (External Affairs Dep...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1939-17 May 1946
Extent:
1 file (30 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3430

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3430
Title:
Coll 28/33 ‘Persia., Internal. Probable happenings on the death of the Shah.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and notes relating to the law of succession in Persia [Iran], and possible events in Persia, in the event of the death of the Shah, Reza Shah Pahlavi. The file includes: Correspondence from the British Embassy in Paris, dated 1 March 1930, informing Government of the death in Fran...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
15 Jan 1926-30 Nov 1931
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3752

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3752
Title:
Coll 30/39 'Persian Gulf, Bahrain: Succession; Attitude to be Adopted by Political Agent in the Event of Need to Choose a Successor'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the issue of succession in Bahrain. Specifically, this correspondence discusses the death of Shaikh Isa bin Ali al-Khalifa and the formal succession of his son, Shaikh Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa in 1932 and the subsequent death ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1932-16 Dec 1942
Extent:
1 file (148 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/3830

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3830
Title:
Coll 30/107 'Koweit: Rules of succession in Koweit.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the rules of succession for the rulers of Kuwait (also referred to as Koweit). The papers cover: correspondence dated 1935 between the India Office and Charles Harry Clinton Pirie-Gordon of The Times concerning the article on Kuwait for the new edition of the Statesman's Year ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jan 1935-19 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (59 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/3882

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3882
Title:
Coll 30/147 'Trucial Coast: Kalba Affairs & Succession'
Scope & Content:
The file contains India Office minutes, and correspondence from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Foreign Office concerning the affairs of the shaikhdom of Kalba. The papers include: correspondence concerning the 1936 agreement between the British Government and Shaikh Said bin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Aug 1936-19 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (84 folios)