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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Civil Commissioner, Mesopotamia, 1917-1920

81. IOR/R/15/5/63

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/63
Title:
XXII/8 Baghdad Railway
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, and press cuttings relating to the construction of the Baghdad railway. Topics discussed include: the visit of engineers to survey German alignment; Baghdad Railway (1911) Command Paper 5635 (ff 10-48); the draft Anglo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1910-21 Jun 1918
Extent:
1 volume (97 folios)

82. IOR/R/15/5/94

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/94
Title:
'File 1/C Volume I. Miscellaneous'.
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, receipts and notes on various topics concerning the Kuwait Political Agency, January 1921 to August 1921. An index of topics contained in the volume is listed on folio 6. Topics discussed in the volume include: The presentat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1919-30 Aug 1921
Extent:
1 volume (230 folios)

83. IOR/R/15/5/101

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/101
Title:
File 8/C Philby's Mission to Ibn Sa`ud; Friction between Najd and Kuwait because of British Blockade of Land Trade
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, for the period April 1918 to August 1918 relating to the main topics: Harry St John Bridger Philby's Mission to Ibn Sa`ud. Friction between Najd and Kuwait because of the British blockade of land trade. The volume...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Apr 1918-2 Aug 1918
Extent:
1 volume (191 folios)

84. IOR/R/15/5/102

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/102
Title:
File 12/C I
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the following main topics: Dissatisfaction with Shaikh Salim [Shaikh Sālim al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ], Ruler of Kuwait, 1918. A proposal to establish British detachment in Kuwait, 1918. A note (ff 34-38) on ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Mar 1918-7 Apr 1920
Extent:
1 volume (46 folios)

85. IOR/R/15/5/103

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/103
Title:
File 12/C(2) Najd Mission: operation of blockade
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the mission of Harry St John Bridger Philby to Ibn Sa'ud in Najd. Correspondence discusses the operation of the blockade of all land trade to Kuwait. Correspondence includes Philby's handwritten notes...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1918-17 Sep 1918
Extent:
1 volume (187 folios)

86. IOR/R/15/5/104

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/104
Title:
[Un-numbered file] 'Diary of Colonel Hamilton's Visit to Nejd 1918'
Scope & Content:
The file includes a printed copy (folios 16-41) of the diary of Colonel Robert Edward Hamilton's (Political Agent at Kuwait) visit to Najd in 1918 on a mission to Ibn Sa'ud. The file also includes the original typed copy (folios 43-102) of the diary. The diary describes his trip from Kuwait to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Sep 1917-28 Dec 1918
Extent:
1 volume (102 folios)

87. IOR/R/15/5/105

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/105
Title:
[Un-numbered file] Dispute between Ibn Sa`ud and Shaikh of Kuwait: British Government's Proposals to Settle Kuwait-Najd Boundary Dispute by Arbitration; Defeat of Shaikh Salim at Jahra; Ikhwan Withdrawal; Truce Terminated by Ikhwan
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to: A dispute between Ibn Sa`ud and the Shaikh of Kuwait. British government's proposals to settle Kuwait-Najd boundary dispute by arbitration. Defeat of Shaikh Salim [Shaikh Sālim al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ] at ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Aug 1920
Extent:
1 volume (170 folios)

88. IOR/R/15/5/398

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/398
Title:
Correspondence Relating to Ibn Saud Circulated to Kuwait by Other Gulf Posts
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, also written as Bin Saud in the file], Amir of Nejd [Emir of Najd], forwarded to the Political Agency, Kuwait, by other British officials in the Gulf region. The correspondence primarily c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 May 1919-14 Sep 1922
Extent:
1 file (202 folios)

89. IOR/R/15/6/33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/33
Title:
File XXV/6 Arabian Affairs (including Mesopotamia). Mesopotamian Affairs 1920
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence (both letters and telegrams) between British officials in Mesopotamia [Iraq] and the Political Agency in Muscat. The correspondence discusses political and military updates concerning Britain's military occupation of the country and local armed resistance to it....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1920-Dec 1920
Extent:
1 file (43 folios)

90. IOR/R/15/6/34

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/34
Title:
File XXV/7 Arabian Politics (including Iraq). Bin Saud, Akhwan, the Hejaz, 1920-1928
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence and several documents concerning a number of topics related to the Arabian Peninsula as follows: 'Note on the Khurma Dispute by Captain Garland with Sketch Map (with Appendix Dated 10th June 1919)' (folios 5-10) 'Notes on the "AKHWAN" Movement' by Harold Richa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1919-1 Mar 1928
Extent:

1 volume (239 folios)