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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/2061-2170 Subject Foreigners

1. IOR/L/PS/12/2101

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2101
Title:
Coll 6/35 'Hejaz-Nejd. Ownership of property by foreigners.'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the ownership of property in the Hejaz (later Saudi Arabia) by foreigners. The early correspondence in the file (1930-1931) relates to the estates of deceased British Indian citizens (and one Chinese national). The remainder of the file's correspondence is chiefly concerned ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1930-17 Jun 1935
Extent:
1 file (128 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2105

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2105
Title:
Coll 6/38 'Saudi-Arabia: Position and National Status of British subjects and protected persons.'
Scope & Content:
This file, which largely consists of copies of Foreign Office and Colonial Office correspondence, relates to the position and national status of British subjects and protected persons residing in the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia). The correspondence includes discussion of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1931-13 Feb 1934
Extent:
1 file (85 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/2156

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2156
Title:
Coll 6/83 'Saudi Arabia: Exemption of Saudi nationals from Koshan tax.'
Scope & Content:
This file documents the British response to a recent Saudi royal command exempting Saudi nationals from paying a tax known as koshan (a tax levied on journeys from Jedda to Mecca or Medina) during the off-season, i.e. the four-month period of the year when pilgrims are not travelling to or retur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jun 1937-12 May 1939
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)