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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Boundaries Name Foreign Office, 1782-1968

1. IOR/L/PS/10/262

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/262
Title:
File 1247/1912 Pts 1-2 'KOWEIT & MOHAMMERAH ANGLO-TURKISH AGREEMENT'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises two parts discussing the Anglo-Turkish Agreement of 1913 and especially the negotiations with the Shaikh of Koweit [Kuwait] and Shaikh of Mahommera [Khorramshahr] with respect to their boundaries with Turkey. The volume comprises parts 1 and 2 of 2. Each part includes a div...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Oct 1896-25 Sep 1913
Extent:
1 volume (210 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/430

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/430
Title:
File 4880/1913 Pt 1-2 'Turco-Persian Frontier Commission'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, reports and maps concerning the Turco-Persian Frontier Commission of 1913. Part 1 concerns arrangements for an Anglo-Russian loan to the Persian Commission, to provide for the cost of erecting boundary pillars. Part 2 concerns negotiations over and arrangements for the Turco-Pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1913-1915
Extent:

1 volume (314 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/1033

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1033
Title:
File 450/1922 Pt 1 'Arabia: Nejd-Trans-Jordan dispute: Activities of Ibn Saud's followers; Proposed conference at Koweit'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, minutes, draft papers, and memoranda relating to the delineation of the boundary between the Kingdom of Nejd and Transjordan. The papers deal with matters such as the status of the Jauf [al-Jawf] region, the idea for a Baghdad-Haifa railway, numerous raids and counter raids along...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1922-1923
Extent:
1 volume (420 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/1461

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1461
Title:
Coll 1/25 'Aden Protectorate boundaries; inclusion of the Hadhramaut'
Scope & Content:
Papers and correspondence regarding the boundaries of the Aden Protectorate, and the inclusion of the Hadramawt in its definition. Hadramawt is spelt variously as Hadramut, Hadhramaut and Hadramaut throughout the file. The principal correspondents are the Aden Resident; the Foreign Office; the C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Oct 1932-8 Jun 1933
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2128

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2128
Title:
Coll 6/61 'The Yemen: Relations between H.M.G. and the Imam.'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns Anglo-Yemeni relations. Consisting largely of copies of Colonial Office and Foreign Office correspondence, it documents negotiations leading up to the conclusion of the Treaty of Sana'a between Britain and Yemen (signed on 11 February 1934 and ratified on 4 September 1934), an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
30 Jan 1934-4 May 1942
Extent:
1 file (251 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/2129

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2129
Title:
Coll 6/62 'Saudi-Arabia: National and provincial boundaries of –'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns a request, made by the Army Headquarters, India, to the British Embassy at Baghdad, for a map of Arabia showing the national and provincial boundaries of Saudi Arabia. The correspondence discusses the difficulties associated with marking out the various boundaries, owing to th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1916-14 Dec 1934
Extent:
1 file (59 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/2130

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2130
Title:
Coll 6/63 'SOUTH EASTERN ARABIA AND QATAR BOUNDARIES.'
Scope & Content:
This volume relates to the eastern boundary of Saudi Arabia and the southern boundary of Qatar. Much of the correspondence discusses the legal and international position of what is referred to as the 'blue line' (the frontier which marked the Ottoman Government's renunciation of its claims to B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
19 Jan 1923-12 Jun 1934
Extent:
1 volume (374 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/2131

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2131
Title:
Coll 6/64 'South-Eastern Boundaries in [Arabia] – Anglo-Turkish Convention of 1913. Attitude of U.S.A.'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to boundaries in eastern Arabia (specifically Saudi Arabia and Qatar). It concerns British policy regarding what is referred to as the 'blue line' (the frontier which marked the Ottoman Government's renunciation of its claims to Bahrain and Qatar, as laid down in the non-ratifi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
29 Jul 1913-27 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 file (90 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/2134

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2134
Title:
Coll 6/67(1) 'Boundaries of South-Eastern Arabia and Qatar.'
Scope & Content:
This volume primarily concerns British policy regarding the south-eastern boundaries of Saudi Arabia. It includes interdepartmental discussion regarding the approach that the British Government should take in reaching a settlement with King Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Jun 1934-13 Dec 1934
Extent:
1 volume (392 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/2135

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2135
Title:
Coll 6/67(2) 'Boundaries of South-Eastern Arabia and Qatar.'
Scope & Content:
This volume concerns British policy regarding the south-eastern boundaries of Saudi Arabia. It documents preparations for negotiations with the Saudi Government, and includes interdepartmental discussion regarding the approach that the British Government should take in reaching a settlement wi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1934-1 May 1935
Extent:
1 volume (363 folios)