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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name HM Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1930-

61. IOR/L/PS/12/2125

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2125
Title:
Coll 6/58 'Asir: Relations between Saudi Arabia and the Yemen.'
Scope & Content:
This volume concerns relations between Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Most of the correspondence is focussed on British policy in response to the Saudi-Yemeni conflict. Related matters that feature in the correspondence include the following: Reports in March 1934 that peace negotiations between Saud...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Jun 1914-31 May 1934
Extent:
1 volume (449 folios)

62. IOR/L/PS/12/2126

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2126
Title:
Coll 6/59 'Saudi-Arabia: Alleged execution of the State Prisoners handed over after Akhwan rebellion in 1929 (Naif ibn Hithlain, Sultan ibn Hamaid and Ibn Lami)'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns rumours that prisoners handed over by His Majesty's Government following the Akhwan rebellion of 1929/1930 have been executed by the Saudi authorities, in spite of promises reportedly made by King Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] to the British G...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1933-30 Nov 1935
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

63. IOR/L/PS/12/2127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2127
Title:
Coll 6/60 'Saudi Arabia: Oil Concessions in Asir and the Farsan Islands.'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns prospective Saudi oil concessions for Asir and the Farsan Islands. In a telegram to the Foreign Office, dated 4 June 1933, His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan) reports that the recent Hasa concession, which was granted by the Saudi Government to the California Ar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 May 1933-6 Dec 1934
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

64. 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)

65. 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)

66. 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)

67. IOR/L/PS/12/2132

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2132
Title:
Coll 6/65 'Relations between Saudi-Arabia and the Yemen.'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns Saudi-Yemeni relations, beginning with the final weeks of hostilities between the two countries before going on to cover peace negotiations and the reoccupation of Hodeidah (also transliterated as Hodeida) by the Yemeni authorities, following the gradual withdrawal of Saudi tr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
30 Apr 1934-27 Jan 1938
Extent:
1 file (457 folios)

68. IOR/L/PS/12/2133

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2133
Title:
Coll 6/66 'Saudi-Arabia: Saudi-Transjordan Frontier'
Scope & Content:
This file primarily concerns British policy on the question of the Saudi-Transjordan frontier, specifically the frontier between Transjordan and Nejd, as initially outlined in the Hadda Agreement of 1925. The correspondence includes discussion of the following: The reported disaffection of cer...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Apr 1934-6 Mar 1940
Extent:
1 file (212 folios)

69. 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)

70. 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)