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032-000538283 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name King of Saudi Arabia, 1932-

1. IOR/L/PS/12/3964

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3964
Title:
Coll 30/220 'Kuwait: General Relations with'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns Kuwait affairs. The papers include a report dated 9 May 1944, by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Geoffrey Prior, on a visit to Kuwait. The report includes details of conversations between Prior and the Shaikh of Kuwait [Aḥmad al-Jābir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1944-13 Jan 1945
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2170

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2170
Title:
Coll 6/96 'World Islamic Conference 1949'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of one letter, dated 19 July 1949 and addressed by the British Legation in Amman to the Foreign Office's Eastern Department. The letter relays reports of 'unknown reliability' that King Ibn Saoud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] proposes to hold a World I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jul 1949-11 Aug 1949
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3841

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3841
Title:
Coll 30/112 'Koweit: Saudi-Koweit Frontier Incidents.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns an incursion into the territory of Koweit [Kuwait] by an armed party of Saudi Arabian subjects in May 1935, their return to Saudi Arabia by the Kuwait authorities, and subsequent diplomatic contacts over the incident between the British Government and the Government of Saudi Ar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 May 1935-5 Dec 1935
Extent:
1 file (72 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/996

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/996
Title:
Ext 2197/45 'Viceroy's visit to Ibn Saud'
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to the visit of the Viceroy (Viscount Wavell) to Riyadh and his meeting with Ibn Saud in 1945. Most of the papers relate to the costs of the trip, but some are brief overviews of the meeting of the two leaders in Riyadh. The letters are primarily exchanges betwe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 May 1945-24 Sep 1945
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/1447

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1447
Title:
Coll 1/8 'Intelligence Summaries 1931-Jul 1934'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains the following Political Intelligence Summaries, compiled by the Aden Protectorate Secretary and sent to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and the Foreign Office: 1931, intelligence summary numbers 208-254, under correspondence references P.Z. 559-8047; 1932, intelligen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1931-15 Aug 1934
Extent:
1 file (506 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3814

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3814
Title:
Coll 30/94 'Bahrain: Extradition Treaty between Bahrain & Saudi Arabia.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the possibility of an extradition treaty between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, earlier referred to as Nejd [Najd], The file includes a letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle), dated 26 September 1932, in which he ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1932-19 Jan 1933
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/376

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/376
Title:
PZ 2540/40 'Censorship: connivance at use of cypher in messages to and from Ibn Saud and the two Amirs'
Scope & Content:
This file contains two telegrams about the use of cypher in messages between Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Political Resident, Bushire.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1940-16 Apr 1940
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

8. 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)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/3897

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3897
Title:
Coll 30/160(2) 'Measures to influence minor Powers & Arab States in time of War. Deputation of British Officer to RIYADH. (Capt G. S. de Gaury).'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the appointment of Captain Gerald Simpson Hillairet Rutland Vere de Gaury (formerly, the Political Agent, Kuwait) as Political Officer at Riyadh (1939-40). The appointment of a Political Officer, under the orders of HM Minister, Jedda, was proposed in 1939 as a special measure ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1939-21 Nov 1941
Extent:
1 file (139 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/1488

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1488
Title:
Coll 1/50(2) 'Aden. Intelligence summaries January-October 1938'
Scope & Content:
The file contains Political Intelligence Summaries compiled by the Aden Political Secretary and sent to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. It contains the Summaries for the year 1938, numbers 1-38. In addition to the Western Aden Protectorate, the reports periodically contain sections repo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1938-21 Sep 1938
Extent:
1 file (130 folios)