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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Boundaries Name King of Saudi Arabia, 1932-

1. 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)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/1499

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1499
Title:
Coll 1/61 'Aden. Policy of His Majesty's Government in the Hadhramaut; succession of the Sultanate of Mukalla'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers regarding Government policy in the Aden Hadhramaut [Hadramawt], and related topics. The file consists of extensive correspondence, reports and minutes regarding: a proposal by the Aden Chief Commissioner (later Governor) that a more 'forward' policy should be adopted i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1935-21 Oct 1938
Extent:
1 volume (628 folios)

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. 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)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/2136

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2136
Title:
Coll 6/67(3) 'Boundaries of South Eastern Arabia and Qatar.'
Scope & Content:
This volume primarily concerns British policy regarding the south-eastern boundaries of Saudi Arabia, specifically those bordering Qatar, the Trucial Shaikhdoms, Muscat, the Hadramaut and the Aden Protectorate. It includes interdepartmental discussion regarding the approach that the British Go...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1935-20 Dec 1935
Extent:
1 volume (411 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/2137

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2137
Title:
Coll 6/67(4) 'Boundaries of South Eastern Arabia and Qatar.'
Scope & Content:
This file primarily concerns British policy regarding the eastern and south-eastern boundaries of Saudi Arabia, specifically those bordering Qatar, Abu Dhabi, and Muscat (i.e. the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman). Much of the correspondence relates to British concerns that the boundaries should be...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1935-27 Sep 1937
Extent:
1 file (420 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/2138

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2138
Title:
Coll 6/67(5) 'Boundaries of South Eastern Arabia and Qatar (Khor al Odeid)'
Scope & Content:
This volume primarily concerns British policy regarding the eastern and south-eastern boundaries of Saudi Arabia, specifically those bordering Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Muscat (i.e. the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman). Much of the correspondence relates to British concerns that oil companies operating ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1937-11 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 volume in 2 parts (391 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/2139

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2139
Title:
Coll 6/67(6) 'Boundaries of South-Eastern Arabia and Qatar: Trucial Coast Oil Concessions'
Scope & Content:
This volume concerns British policy regarding the south-eastern boundaries of Saudi Arabia, specifically its border with Qatar. The correspondence and memoranda near the beginning of the volume discuss from a British perspective the origins and recent history of the boundary dispute, which is d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1940-30 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (195 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/687

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/687
Title:
'D.178 86/13-III KUWAIT NEUTRAL ZONE'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (William Rupert Hay); the Political Agent at Kuwait (Gordon Noel Jackson, Maurice O’Connor Tandy); the India Office (later the Commonwealth Relations Office, Eion Pelly Donaldson, Adrian Harbottle Reed, Ralph Ing...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1946-3 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (300 folios)