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032-000538283 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name British Legation to Saudi Arabia, 1930-1947

1. IOR/L/PS/12/3841

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3841
Title:
Coll 30/112 'Koweit: Saudi-Koweit Frontier Incidents.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns an incursion into the territory of Koweit [Kuwait] by an armed party of Saudi Arabian subjects in May 1935, their return to Saudi Arabia by the Kuwait authorities, and subsequent diplomatic contacts over the incident between the British Government and the Government of Saudi Ar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 May 1935-5 Dec 1935
Extent:
1 file (72 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/901

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/901
Title:
Ext 691/44 'Destitute Chinese Nationals in Mecca'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding destitute Chinese citizens in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and potential British assistance in repatriating them via India. The primary correspondents are: British Legation, Jeddah; Foreign Office; Government of India; British Embassy, Chungking [Chongqing].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Feb 1944-Jul 1944
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/15
Title:
PZ 1654/31 'Mr Philby's conversion to Islam'
Scope & Content:
Thefile contains correspondence regarding the conversion to Islam of Harry St JohnBridger Philby, former Colonial Office intelligence officer and advisor to IbnSaud, King of Nejd and Hejaz. The primary correspondents are: British Legation,Jeddah; Foreign Office; India Office; Government of India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Aug 1930-18 Mar 1931
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2846

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2846
Title:
Coll 17/2 'Arabia (Yemen). Relations between Iraq & Yemen. Treaty of Friendship.'
Scope & Content:
Papers regarding relations between Iraq and Yemen, from the Iraqi Mission to Yemen in 1931, the subsequent Treaty of Friendship agreed between the two countries, and the eventual accession of Yemen to the Iraqi-Saudi Treaty of Arab Brotherhood and Alliance. The file includes the following treati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1931-4 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (133 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/752

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/752
Title:
Ext 4986/42 Destitute Yemenis and Hadhramis entering Saudi Arabia
Scope & Content:
The file contains a letter from the British Ministry at Jedda to the Foreign Office, informing them that Ibn Saud had asked for assistance in preventing destitute Yemenis and Hadramis from entering Saudi Arabia, requesting that only subjects with means of subsistence be admitted.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Aug 1942-16 Sep 1942
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/18/B16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B16
Title:
‘Jeddah Consulate.—Captain Beyts’
Scope & Content:
Memorandum dated 23 April 1877, prepared by Adolphus Warburton Moore, Assistant Secretary in the Political and Secret Department of the India Office. The memorandum was prepared in response to Government discussion over the merit of establishing a British consulate at Jeddah that was ‘free from a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1877
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/72

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/72
Title:
PZ 2791/33 'Arabia: Wakf properties in Saudi-Arabia for the use of Indian pilgrims'
Scope & Content:
The discussion in the file relates to the use of wakf properties [waqf] (property donated by Islamic rulers for pious uses) in Jeddah and Mecca intended for Indian pilgrims. The British had information which led them to believe such properties were being used as private property but that they co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1933-26 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 file (40 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/4146

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4146
Title:
Coll 35/38 'Saudi Arabia: Saudi-Kuwait postal arrangements'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the Saudi proposal that mails from Riyadh to Bushire should be sent via Kuwait. The file contains correspondence between the British Legation at Jedda, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Saudi Arabia, and the Govern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1939-8 Dec 1939
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/3748

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3748
Title:
Coll 30/35 'Persian Gulf, Survey of Koweit Neutral Zone. Status & History of the Neutral Zone'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the status and history of the neutral zone between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The correspondence is between officials at the British Legation in Jeddah, the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Political Agency in Kuwait, the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Nov 1932-21 Mar 1935
Extent:
1 file (88 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/895

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/895
Title:
Ext 338/44 'Ill treatment of Persian pilgrims at Mecca'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the execution without trial of a Persian pilgrim, accused of defiling the Great Mosque of Mecca, and ensuing agitation amongst Persian and other Shiah Muslims. The primary correspondents are: British Legation, Tehran; British Legation, Baghdad; British L...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1944-6 Oct 1944
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)