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41. IOR/R/15/1/596

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/596
Title:
'File 61/18 I (D 74) Bin Saud: discussion of Persian Gulf questions with'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence pertaining to attempts to address issues between Ibn Sa'ud and Britain's Persian Gulf interests and responsibilities. The main correspondents are James More (later Harold Dickson), Political Agent in Kuwait, Cyril Barrett (acting, then later Hugh Biscoe), Polit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1929-4 May 1931
Extent:

1 Volume (262 folios)

42. IOR/R/15/1/597

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/597
Title:
File 61/18 [II] (D 125) Bin Saud
Scope & Content:
The file relates to the development of formal communications between Najd and Bahrain, and the wider Gulf and Indian region. The first of two items in the file is a letter (dated 28 January 1932) from the Special Secretary to ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd) King ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Jan 1932-19 Feb 1932
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

43. IOR/R/15/1/598

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/598
Title:
File 61/19 I (D 68) Bin Saud. Supply of personnel and aircraft
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the institution and maintenance of a Hejaz Air Force by British Government officials based in the Gulf region and in London. In late 1929 the British Government authorised the sale of four Wapati planes, 1000 twenty-pound bombs and other equipment t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1929-30 Jun 1930
Extent:
1 volume (216 folios)

44. IOR/R/15/1/599

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/599
Title:
File 61/20 I (D 75) Meeting between Kings of Iraq and Nejd
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to a meeting between King Faisal of Iraq and King Ibn Sa‘ud of Najd and Hejaz, overseen by the British. The main correspondents are Sidney Webb, Secretary of State for the Colonies, Francis Humphrys, High Commissioner of Iraq, Harold Dickson, Political...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
7 Jan 1930-28 Nov 1930
Extent:
1 volume (208 folios)

45. IOR/R/15/1/600

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/600
Title:
File 61/22 I (D 116) Bahra Agreement: meeting of tribunal under the ---, 1930. Also bound with this file is 61/23:- treaty between Nejd & Kuwait
Scope & Content:
The volume contains two separate but related subject files: on the Bahra Tribunal (folios 1-80) and on a proposed treaty between Kuwait and the Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz (folios 81-198). Both parts consist of correspondence relating to their subjects. The correspondents in both parts include Fr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1920-12 Aug 1931
Extent:
1 volume (209 folios)

46. IOR/R/15/1/601

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/601
Title:
File 61/26 I (D 84) Exemption from transit duty at Bahrain on foodstuffs, etc., imported by the Hejaz government
Scope & Content:
The correspondence in the volume relates to a request by the Hejaz Government to import 32,000 sacks of rice from Karachi via Bahrain, for use by the Hejaz army and government. Most of the items in the volume are telegrams sent between the British minister in Jeddah, the Political Agent in Bahrai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1930-10 Oct 1930
Extent:
1 volume (14 folios)

47. IOR/R/15/1/602

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/602
Title:
File 61/28 (D 85) Hejaz-Nejd Mission to Europe
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and other papers related to the tour by a diplomatic mission from the Kingdom of Hejaz-Najd (including Emir Faisal) to Europe in 1932. The tour included a week-long trip to London in May, where Emir Faisal [Fayṣal] met King George V, and representatives of the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1932-5 Aug 1932
Extent:
1 volume (44 folios)

48. IOR/R/15/1/603

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/603
Title:
‘File 61/31 I (D 104) British-Saudi negotiations’
Scope & Content:
The volume’s letters, memoranda and other papers relate to negotiations between the British Government and Saudi Arabia over the extent of the latter’s eastern borders, and the position of these borders in relation to the Arab coast shaikhdoms (under British protection) and Oman. The chief autho...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Jul 1934-28 Nov 1934
Extent:
1 volume (220 folios)

49. IOR/R/15/1/604

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/604
Title:
‘File 61/31 II (D 110) Anglo-Saudi negotiations 1934’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, memoranda and other papers relating to negotiations that took place in early 1935 between the British and Saudi Arabian Governments, which sought to define the eastern limits of Saudi territory, and their proximity to the British protectorates of Qatar, Bahrai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1934-13 Mar 1935
Extent:
1 volume (261 folios)

50. IOR/R/15/1/605

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/605
Title:
‘File 61/31 III (D 118) Anglo-Saudi frontier negotiations’
Scope & Content:
The volume’s letters, telegrams and memoranda relate to ongoing negotiations between the British Government and the Government of Saudi Arabia over the latter’s territorial borders. The chief correspondents in the file are Andrew Ryan, British Minister at Jeddah, George Rendell, Eastern Departme...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1935-26 Sep 1935
Extent:
1 volume (247 folios)