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032-000538283 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name IOR/R/15/5/66

1. IOR/L/PS/18/B334

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B334
Title:
Note on Central Arabia
Scope & Content:
This note gives a very short history of Central Arabia in thirteen paragraphs. Details are given concerning the history of Nejd [Najd], the rise and spread of the Wahhabi movement, and the Āl Sa‘ūd family and their relations with their neighbours, including the Āl Rashīd family, the Hashemite rul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1919
Extent:

1 folio

2. IOR/L/PS/18/B127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B127
Title:
Koweit
Scope & Content:
Memorandum, written by Colin George Campbell, 31 December 1900, about Koweit [Kuwait], including a brief historical introduction and detailed information for the years 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, and 1900. Topics discussed include Mubarak al-Sabah [Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ] having murdered his fat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1900
Extent:

6 folios

3. IOR/L/PS/18/B248

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B248
Title:
A ruler of the desert
Scope & Content:
This document was written by Gertrude Bell, Liasion Officer and Correspondent to Cairo, and briefly details the visit of 'Abd al-' Aziz ibn Sa‘ūd to Basrah on November 27 1916 as part of the Mesopotamian campaign. Bell also describes the following: how Ibn Sa‘ūd came to power and his influence i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/18/B395

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B395
Title:
'Koweit, 1908-1928'
Scope & Content:
Document outlining the administration and history of Koweit [Kuwait] from 1908-1928. Covering: 'Administration' – rulers succession history; Koweit's status as an independent Arab state; internal administration conducted by the Shaikh and Council of Advisors; control by the Government of India;...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Oct 1928
Extent:

1 file (7 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/18/B164

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B164
Title:
British relations with the Wahabees
Scope & Content:
Printed report communicated by the India Office and printed for the use of the Foreign Office. The report concerns British relations with the Wahabees [Wahhabi] emirs, from 1904 to 1907, the growing influence of Ibn Sa‘ūd [Āl Sa‘ūd, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal] and the British pro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1908
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/18/B308

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B308
Title:
Arabia: The Nejd-Hejaz Feud
Scope & Content:
This is a note by John Evelyn Shuckburgh of the Political Department, India Office, dated 7 January 1919, concerning relations between Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] of Nejd [Najd] and King Hussain [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī] of the Hejaz [al-Ḥijāz], specificall...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1919
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/18/B349

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B349
Title:
Arabia. Political Situation in Nejd
Scope & Content:
This printed report contains a memorandum by Major Harold Richard Patrick Dickson, Political Agent, Bahrein [Bahrain], dated 12 August 1920, concerning the political situation in Nejd [Najd] and Central Arabia at the end of July 1920, gathered from conversations with Abdul Aziz Al Qusaibi [‘Abd ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1920
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/18/B288

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B288
Title:
'Relations with Bin Saud'
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum, marked 'Secret', is a note by John Evelyn Suckburgh, Political Department of the India Office, dated 22 September 1918, concerning British relations with ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud). In light of a large number of telegrams on this subj...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1918
Extent:

2 folios

9. IOR/L/PS/18/B309

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B309
Title:
Interview with Sherif Feisal
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum, authored by John Evelyn Shuckburgh, dated 30 December 1918, concerns a meeting at the India Office, London, between Sir Edwin Samuel Montagu, Secretary of State, and Shaikh Feisal [Fayṣal bin Ḥusayn al-Hāshimī], accompanied by Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence ac...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1918
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/18/B340

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B340
Title:
Notes on the "Akhwan" Movement
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is entitled 'Notes on the "Akhwan" [Ikhwān] Movement' by Major Harold Richard Patrick Dickson, which he compiled following his 1920 visit to ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud) at al-Hasa (al-Aḥsā’). The note contains the following sections: ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1920
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)