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037-000228401 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/15/2/523

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)

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. 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)

6. 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)

7. 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)

8. IOR/R/15/2/477

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/477
Title:
'PERMISSION FOR HINDU TRADERS TO VISIT QATIF'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the ability of Hindu traders to access the ports of Qatif [al-Qaṭīf] and Jubail [al-Jubayl] on the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia. Correspondents include: Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Agent at Bahrain; Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe, Political Resident in th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1932-1 Jul 1932
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/481

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/481
Title:
Activities of Foreign Agents in Saudi Arabia
Scope & Content:
This file concerns suspicions of foreign agent activity in Saudi Arabia. Folios 2-5 and 8 concern suspicions held by C S Freebury of Gray Mackenzie and Company Limited at Ras Tanura, with regards to Mr Jean de Kuharski and Mr Pixton (Polish and English citizens respectively, who are said to be ma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1947-3 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/877

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/877
Title:
File 39/6 (10/8) Oil concessions in W Arabia & Asir
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the British Agent at Sharjah, the British Legation at Jedda, the Foreign Office and the Political Resident at Bahrain. The correspondence discusses the possibility of an oil concession in Asir and Western Arabia by the Eastern and General Syndicate and Cal...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 May 1934-13 Jun 1938
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)