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

1. IOR/L/PS/12/2089

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2089
Title:
Coll 6/22 'Yemen: Relations with France. Claim to Sheikh Said.'
Scope & Content:
This file, which consists of copies of Foreign Office and Colonial Office correspondence, concerns relations between France and the Imam of Yemen [Yaḥyá Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn], and French claims to Sheikh Said [Ra’s Shaykh Sa‘īd]. Matters discussed in the correspondence include the following: T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4 Mar 1930-9 Oct 1940
Extent:
1 file (70 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2139

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2139
Title:
Coll 6/67(6) 'Boundaries of South-Eastern Arabia and Qatar: Trucial Coast Oil Concessions'
Scope & Content:
This volume concerns British policy regarding the south-eastern boundaries of Saudi Arabia, specifically its border with Qatar. The correspondence and memoranda near the beginning of the volume discuss from a British perspective the origins and recent history of the boundary dispute, which is d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1940-30 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (195 folios)

3. 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)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2154

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2154
Title:
Coll 6/81 'Syria: Status of Alexandretta and Antioch.'
Scope & Content:
This file documents the British response to developments regarding the status of the Sanjak [administrative district, referred to in Arabic as Liwa] of Alexandretta, including the cities of Alexandretta [İskenderun, Turkey] and Antioch [Antakya, Turkey]. The file features the following principa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Sep 1936-31 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (286 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2158

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2158
Title:
Coll 6/85 'Arabia. Boundaries in: Interpretation of Rome Understanding of 1927.'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to boundaries in the Arabian Peninsula. The file begins with a Foreign Office memorandum (and an enclosed map) dated 30 April 1934, which provides a brief recent history of disputes and agreements regarding the eastern and south-eastern boundaries of modern-day Saudi Arabia. T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Apr 1934-27 Nov 1937
Extent:
1 file (38 folios)