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032-000538283 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name HM Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1930-

1. IOR/L/PS/12/230

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/230
Title:
PZ 2934/37 'The Caliphate (of Islam)'
Scope & Content:
The file contains mainly despatches received by the Foreign Office, reporting on the Egyptian proposal to establish a modern Islamic Caliphate under King Farouk. The main correspondents are Sir Miles Lampson, British Ambassador to Egypt, and Sir Reader William Bullard, Minister at the British Le...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
10 May 1930-8 Mar 1939
Extent:
1 file (65 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/1426

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1426
Title:
Pol Ext 8501/49 'Smallpox cases among pilgrims in Saudi Arabia'
Scope & Content:
This file contains British Government correspondence regarding unconfirmed information, provided by the Saudi Arabian Quarantine Administration, of an outbreak of smallpox in local hospitals, following the end of pilgrimage [Hajj].The correspondents are the Commonwealth Relations Office and Briti...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1949-31 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3888

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3888
Title:
Coll 30/153 'Visit of Sheikh of Bahrain to Mecca.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the visit of the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Sir Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], to Mecca in order to undertake the Hajj (January 1938). The papers include: the decision to allow Shaikh Hamad to travel to Saudi Arabia aboard a Royal Navy ship (HMS Londonde...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1937-29 Jul 1938
Extent:
1 file (45 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2073

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2073
Title:
Coll 6/9 'Jeddah Reports Jany 1931–'
Scope & Content:
This file consists almost entirely of copies (forwarded by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India) of printed reports sent either by the His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, succeeded by Sir Reader William Bullard), or, in the Mini...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1931-31 Mar 1938
Extent:
1 file (399 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/39

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/39
Title:
PZ 5615/31 'Hejaz-Nejd: Hejazi representation at The Hague & in Batavia'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the diplomatic representation of the Kingdom of Hejaz and Najd at The Hague and in Batavia. The file includes a letter from HBM Minister, Jedda (Cecil Gervase Hope Gill) to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, with background information on t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Sep 1931-7 Sep 1931
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3909

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3909
Title:
Coll 30/172 'Attitude of Ibn Saud (Saudi Arabia) towards Arab rulers in Persian Gulf and P. Gulf affairs.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence from British officials concerning the attitude of the Government of Saudi Arabia (specifically that of its king, Ibn Saud [Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]) toward the rulers of other Gulf states. The correspondents include HM Minister, Jedda...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Dec 1938-2 May 1939
Extent:
1 file (32 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/2156

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2156
Title:
Coll 6/83 'Saudi Arabia: Exemption of Saudi nationals from Koshan tax.'
Scope & Content:
This file documents the British response to a recent Saudi royal command exempting Saudi nationals from paying a tax known as koshan (a tax levied on journeys from Jedda to Mecca or Medina) during the off-season, i.e. the four-month period of the year when pilgrims are not travelling to or retur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jun 1937-12 May 1939
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3876

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3876
Title:
Coll 30/141 'Proposed development of the port of Ras Tannurah.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the proposed development of the port of Ras Tanurah (also spelled Ras Tannurah) in Saudi Arabia to service the oil industry in Hasa. The British Government did not want to encourage the development of a Saudi Arabian port (folio 73), because of the adverse economic impact it wo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1936-18 May 1945
Extent:
1 file (76 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/2159

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2159
Title:
Coll 6/86 'Saudi Arabia and Yemen: Relations with Japan.'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns Saudi-Japanese relations. (Yemen is mentioned in the file's original title, but no reference to Yemen is made in the surviving correspondence.) It includes discussion of the following: Reports in 1938 of a Saudi Government representative having suggested to his Japanese count...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 May 1938-10 Mar 1941
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/2072

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2072
Title:
Coll 6/8(2) 'Printed Series. 1938–'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of printed copies of correspondence received by the Foreign Office, which have been compiled by the India Office's External Affairs Department. Most of the correspondence is addressed to the Foreign Office by the British Minister at Jedda, Sir Reader William Bullard. Other rec...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1937-20 Aug 1938
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)