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032-000538283 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia, 1930-

1. IOR/L/PS/12/3733

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3733
Title:
Coll 30/21(2) 'Persian Gulf: Koweit - Blockade by Ibn Saud'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence related to a trade blockade that was imposed on Kuwait by the Ruler of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and more generally concerning relations between Britain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. The correspondence in the v...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 May 1935-27 Sep 1937
Extent:
1 volume (501 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2079

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2079
Title:
Coll 6/13 'Hejaz: Procedure for deportations to and from'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the procedure for the deportation of persons to and from the Hejaz, particularly British subjects and British-protected persons. The file includes copies of Foreign Office correspondence, as well as copies of Government of India correspondence. Correspondents include the fol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1929-12 May 1932
Extent:
1 file (54 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/1969

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1969
Title:
Coll 5/23 ‘Alleged violation of the Saudi Arabian frontier by British aircraft’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to incidents involving British aircraft in, or in the vicinity of, Saudi Arabia – Hejaz and Nejd prior to 1932; the incidents predominantly take the form of forced landings by aircraft of either the Royal Air Force (RAF) or of Imperial Airways. The corre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1930-29 Oct 1936
Extent:
1 file (276 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2121

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2121
Title:
Coll 6/54 'Saudi-Arabia: Limits of Saudi Arabian territorial waters.'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the delimitation of Saudi Arabia's territorial waters. It documents reservations held by the British regarding the Saudi Government's claim that its territorial waters extend as far as four miles from the shore (as opposed to the three-mile limit favoured by the British). The ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1932-8 Aug 1935
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2148

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2148
Title:
Coll 6/75 'Institutions in Arabia receiving financial support from H.E.H. the Nizam of Hyderabad.'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to institutions in the Hejaz (later Saudi Arabia) that have received or have been offered financial support from the Government of the Nizam of Hyderabad. The file features the following principal correspondents: the Resident at Hyderabad, the Foreign Secretary to the Governme...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1931-5 Dec 1938
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/4107

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4107
Title:
Coll 35/4 'Arabia: postal communication between Kamaran and Jizan; wireless communication between Aden and Jizan'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns arrangements for the transmission of post between Jizan (Saudi Arabia) and Kamaran (Yemen), and covers the establishment of wireless telecommunications between Jizan and Aden. The file is composed of correspondence between: the Foreign Office; the India Office; the Political R...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1931-9 Sep 1937
Extent:
1 file (60 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/34

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/34
Title:
PZ 4971/31 'Sahib Mankari Abdul Rahman Khan: medical diploma; q[uestio]n of practising of Indian doctors in Arabia'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the validity in Saudi Arabia of certain medical qualifications obtained in India. The primary correspondents are: Sir Andrew Ryan, British Legation to Saudi Arabia; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia; Francis Verner Wylie, Government of India, Fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jun 1931-9 Aug 1934
Extent:
1 file (22 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/2078

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2078
Title:
Coll 6/12 'Railways: Hejaz Railway: Reconditioning of.'
Scope & Content:
This volume largely consists of copies of Colonial Office and Foreign Office and correspondence. The correspondence concerns the possibility of the Hejaz railway being reconditioned and extended. A large part of the correspondence discusses the issue of ownership regarding the Hejaz railway. Muc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1931-10 Jan 1939
Extent:
1 file (515 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/36

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/36
Title:
PZ 5377/31 'Hejaz-Nejd: alleged desecration of tombs at Jannatul Baki [Jannat al-Baqi]; treatment of Shiahs in the Hejaz'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the disadvantageous treatment of Shia pilgrims in Saudi Arabia, particularly excess charges for transportation, and the destruction of shrines at Jannatul Baki [Jannat al-Baqi] cemetery in Medina by Ibn Saud in 1926. The primary correspondents are: Cecil...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1931-4 Oct 1932
Extent:
1 file (39 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/2107

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2107
Title:
Coll 6/40 'Hejaz-Nejd. Changes in Government Appointments.'
Scope & Content:
This file, which largely consists of copies of Foreign Office correspondence, discusses details of appointments in the Government of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia). Also included are profiles of prominent figures in the Hejazi and Nejdi kingdom. Related matters of discussion include the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1928-30 Nov 1935
Extent:
1 file (73 folios)