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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name British Agent and Consul General, Jeddah, 1919-1930 Digitised Content Yes (available)

1. IOR/L/PS/10/391/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/391/1
Title:
File 2182/1913 Pt 11 'Arabia: relations with BIN SAUD Hedjaz-Nejd Dispute'
Scope & Content:
Part 11 concerns British policy regarding the dispute between Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, also referred to in the correspondence as Ibn Saud] and King Hussein of Hejaz [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, King of Hejaz] over Khurma and Tarabah [Turabah]. Much of the c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Oct 1919-28 May 1920
Extent:

1 item (336 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/740/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/740/2
Title:
File 1647/1918 Pt 2 'Arabia: Hedjaz; Hostel for pilgrims at Mecca; British Representative at Mecca'
Scope & Content:
The item contains correspondence and other papers regarding events after the postponement of plans for a hostel at Mecca to house pilgrims from the British Empire and a British Muslim Representative at Mecca to look after the interests of such pilgrims. The papers are primarily concerned with th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1920-14 Aug 1923
Extent:
1 item (77 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/881

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/881
Title:
File 488/1920 Pt 3 ‘Hedjaz:- Relations between H.M. Govt & King Hussein. Question of subsidy. Negotiations for conclusion of a treaty.’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers concerning relations between the British Government and the King of Hedjaz [Hejaz or Al-Hijaz]. Most of the papers relate to negotiations between the British Government and King Hussein ibn Ali al-Hashimi over the terms of an Anglo-Hashimite treaty, and revisions to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
25 May 1921-25 Aug 1925
Extent:

1 volume (466 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/1115

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1115
Title:
File 1707/1924 ‘Arabia:- Jeddah Situation Reports. (1924-1930)’
Scope & Content:
The volume mostly contains printed copies of despatches from HM Agent and Consul, Jeddah, to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, enclosing reports on the situation in the Hejaz (also spelled Hedjaz in the file) [now a region of Saudi Arabia], from January 1924 to December 1930, and relat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Mar 1924-18 Mar 1931
Extent:

1 volume (445 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/1124

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1124
Title:
File 3665/1924 Pt 1 ‘Arabia:- Situation 1924; Wahabi attack on Hedjaz. Capture of Taif & defeat of Hedjaz Army. Abdication of King Hussein.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers concerning the invasion of the Hedjaz [Hejaz] by Wahabi [Wahhabi] forces associated with the Sultan of Najd, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], and the subsequent abdication of the King of Hedjaz, Amir Hussein [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāsh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
19 Aug 1924-6 Jan 1925
Extent:

1 volume (419 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/1125/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1125/1
Title:
File 3665/1924 Pt 2 ‘Arabia:- situation 1924. H.M.Govt’s policy of complete neutrality regarding the future of the Holy Cities. Question of the recruitment of troops in the Aden Protectorate on behalf of the Emir Ali.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the British Government’s policy of neutrality in response to the invasion of the Hejaz by Wahabi [Wahhabi] troops under the rule of the Sultan of Najd, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]. The correspondence covers: responses to the invasion ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1924-26 May 1925
Extent:

1 item (57 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/1125/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1125/3
Title:
File 3665/1924 Pt 4 ‘Arabia:- Nejd-Hedjaz Situation. Attitude of Moslem world. Hedjaz deputation to India. Nejd deputation to India.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to a proposal by the Ruler of Iraq, King Feisal [Fayṣal al-Awwal ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī al-Hāshimī], to organise a conference of rulers from the Islamic world, in order to settle the future administration of Islam’s holy cities. The proposal was in response to the invasio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1924-1926
Extent:

1 item (89 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/1126

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1126
Title:
File 3665/1924 Pt 5 ‘Arabia:- Situation 1925; Hedjaz-Nejd hostilities’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to the invasion of the Hejaz region of Arabia by Wahabi [Wahhabi] troops under the Sultan of Najd, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]. The papers cover: the Wahabi attack on Jeddah, and a blockade of the coast to the south of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1925
Extent:

1 volume (400 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/1144

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1144
Title:
File 1166/1925 'Arabia: Nejd; negotiations with Ibn Saud regarding Iraq-Nejd question and Trans-Jordan boundary; Sir G Clayton's mission; Bahra agreement, 2nd November, 1925'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence, reports, telegrams, a memorandum and minutes between Sultan of Nejd Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and the British Representative regarding the negotiations of the Transjordan boundary after the First World War. Related matter...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1925-28 Jul 1927
Extent:
1 volume (378 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/1155

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1155
Title:
File 3666/1925 'ARABIA: PRINTED CORRESPONDENCE 1924-28'
Scope & Content:
This volume mainly relates to British policy in Arabia, and specifically concerns British relations with Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, also referred to in the correspondence as Bin Saud]. The papers cover the Hejaz-Nejd War of 1924-25 and political affairs in Ib...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
27 Dec 1924-28 Oct 1929
Extent:

1 volume (388 folios)