This file contains correspondence between officials at the British Consulate in Muscat, the Political Residency in Bahrain and the Foreign Office regarding the delineation of the border between Saudi Arabia and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.
This file consists of three copies of the following document: 'A summary of evidence available from the files of the Political Residency, Bahrain, in support of the claims of Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Muscat to the areas on their side of the boundary lines with Saudi Arabia as defined by His Majesty...
File 6/29 Foreign Interests: Relations between Najd and Transjordania
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This file consists of a copy of an extract from a letter that was composed by the British Legation in Jeddah regarding relations between Nejd [Saudi Arabia] and Trans-Jordania [the Emirate of Trans-Jordan].
File 6/30 Foreign Interests: Sa'udi Arabian Affairs
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This file consists of a copy of an extract of a letter composed by the British Legation in Jeddah regarding the importation of large numbers of rupees from India into Saudi Arabia through the port of Jedda [Jeddah].
File 6/30 Foreign Interests: Saudi Arabian Affairs
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This file contains a copy of the Saudi Arabian Nationality Regulation No. 3, 1938 (folios 3-6) and a report on the pilgrimage to the Holy Places of the Hejaz (Mecca and Medina) compiled by the British Consulate in Jeddah in 1944 (folios 9-20).
This file contains a copy of a letter that was sent from the Foreign Office to various diplomatic posts around the Middle East regarding the proposed recognition of Seif el-Islam Ahmed [Saif al-Islam Ahmad] as the King of Yemen. It is accompanied with a cover note forwarding the letter from the P...
This file contains correspondence between British officials as to whether or not the Gulf states should be compelled to partake in a League of Nations boycott of Italian goods.
This file contains a translation of a letter sent from the Italian Legation in Baghdad to the Sultan of Muscat inviting him to attend an exhibition that was proposed to take place in Rome in 1942, and a letter that was drafted by him in response to this invitation. The file also contains a bi-l...
File 6/34 Foreign Interests: American Interests in the Persian Gulf
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This file contains correspondence concerning visits made to the Gulf by American officials. The majority of the correspondence in the file relates to a visit to Muscat made by the US Army Survey Mission in 1945.
File 6/36 Foreign Interests: Iraq Minister's Proposed Visit to Muscat
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This file consists of correspondence between British officials regarding a proposed visit to Kuwait, Bahrain and Muscat by the Iraqi politician, Nuri Pasha [Nūrī al-Sa‘īd].