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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Āl Qu‘ayṭī Sultan of Shihr and Mukalla, 1858-1967

1. IOR/L/PS/10/551

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/551
Title:
File 1740/1915 Pt 1-2 'Arabia: Policy in Hadramaut, Yemen'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence and other papers relating to British policy in connection with the Hadramaut (also written Hadhramut and Hadhramaut). The correspondence covers internal affairs, relations with tribal leaders, activities of the Turks and the Imam of Yemen, boundary questions,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
10 May 1915-18 Jul 1919
Extent:

1 volume (419 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/552

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/552
Title:
File 1740/1915 Pt 3 'Arabia: Loan to Sultan of Shehr and Mokalla'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence and other papers concerning loans and other assistance given to the Sultan of Shehr [Al Shihr] and Mokalla [Al Mukalla] in the Hadhramaut. The papers cover: the 1917 loan of 400,000 rupees and a gift of arms and ammunition; the responsibility for the cost of t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Oct 1917-15 Jan 1931
Extent:
1 volume (195 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/1499

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1499
Title:
Coll 1/61 'Aden. Policy of His Majesty's Government in the Hadhramaut; succession of the Sultanate of Mukalla'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers regarding Government policy in the Aden Hadhramaut [Hadramawt], and related topics. The file consists of extensive correspondence, reports and minutes regarding: a proposal by the Aden Chief Commissioner (later Governor) that a more 'forward' policy should be adopted i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1935-21 Oct 1938
Extent:
1 volume (628 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/1502

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1502
Title:
Coll 1/64 'Aden. The Hadhramaut: trust fund of the Sheikh of Shehr and Mukalla'
Scope & Content:
Papers regarding the attempted disposal of the Sultan of Shehr and Mukalla Trust Fund by the Government of Bombay, and later by the Government of Aden. The file primarily consists of correspondence between the India Office Political Department, the Colonial Office, and the Government of India P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Aug 1935-6 Oct 1944
Extent:
1 file (151 folios)

5. 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)