Search

032-000209245 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name British Legation to Saudi Arabia, 1930-1947

1. IOR/R/15/2/295

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/295
Title:
File 8/7 I Jidda Intelligence Reports
Scope & Content:
The file contains intelligence reports on the Kingdom of Hejaz, Najd and its Dependencies (after September 1932, Saudi Arabia) written by the British Legation at Jeddah. Between July 1931 and December 1932 the reports are issued every two months, with the exception of the January-March 1932 and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1931-Dec 1934
Extent:
1 file (266 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/6/163

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/163
Title:
File 6/27 Foreign Interests: Sa'udi-Yemen Dispute
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the Saudi-Yemen War of 1934 covering its outbreak, key developments and its cessation with the Taif Treaty. The majority of this correspondence consists of updates on the war that were sent from the British Legation in Jeddah to Britain's various Polit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1934-26 Nov 1934
Extent:
1 file (85 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/523

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/523
Title:
‘File 13/15 Air base at Dhahran’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the construction by the United States of an airfield at Dhahran in Saudi Arabia. The majority of the correspondence in the file was received by rather than sent from the Political Agency in Bahrain. Correspondence comes from the Political Residency, o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1944-5 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (45 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/6/390

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/390
Title:
File 11/40 Sa'udi Arabian Negotiations with H.M. Government
Scope & Content:
This file contains copies of correspondence exchanged between the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in London and HM Minister in Jedda [Jeddah] regarding negotiations between the governments of Britain and Saudi Arabia. These negotiations related to a number of different issues including ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1935-23 Jan 1935
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/567

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/567
Title:
File 61/11 IV (D 77) Hejaz-Nejd, Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to Hejaz affairs. Most of the correspondence is between the British Legation in Jeddah, the Political Residency in Bushire, the Political Agencies in Bahrain and Kuwait, the Foreign and Colonial Offices in London, and the Government ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1930-4 Apr 1932
Extent:
1 volume (182 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/483

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/483
Title:
'ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN SAUDI ARABIA'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns economic developments in Saudi Arabia, including extracts from 'Saudi Arabia Monthly Economic Report. January/February 1948' (f 2) and March 1948 (f 7); extracts from 'Review of Middle East Press' dated 1 May 1948 (folio 3) and 28 May 1948 (folios 4-6); and a copy of an extract...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1948-4 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/469

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/469
Title:
'11/7 SAUDI ARMS REGULATIONS'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns new arms regulations concerning the prohibition of the import, sale, carrying and possession of arms in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which were issued by Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] in October 1935. The correspondence in the file is between ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1936-15 Apr 1936
Extent:
1 file (34 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/475

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/475
Title:
'DAMMAM DHAHRAN PROJECT'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns Aramco construction projects at Dammam [Dammām] and Dhahran [al-Ẓahrān], Saudi Arabia, including a proposal for a seven mile pier (folio 3) and 330 mile-long railway running from Dammām to Riyadh (folio 4). The file also includes 'Notes on visit to Dhahran - 26th/27th November,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Nov 1946-23 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/461

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/461
Title:
11/1 TREATMENT OF BAHARNA IN HASA AND QATIF
Scope & Content:
This file contains two letters listed in the file notes at the rear of the file. The first, on folio 4, dated 30 March 1933, is from Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, Political Agent at Bahrain, to Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven Fowle, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, concern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Nov 1914-5 Mar 1950
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/464

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/464
Title:
'11/4 ANTI-SAUDI ACTIVITIES'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns possible anti-Saudi activities in the Persian Gulf. It contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, the Political Agent at Bahrain, and Charles Dalrymple Belgrave. In addition, there are copies of correspondence with Sir Andrew Ryan, A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jul 1933-01 May 1939
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)