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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Political Residency, Aden, 1854-1932 Digitised Content Yes (available)

1. IOR/L/PS/10/89

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/89
Title:
File 379/1906 'Railways: Aden; railway construction in Aden hinterland; Aden-Lahej Railway'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, and notes, relating to proposals for the construction of a steam railway between Aden and its hinterland from 1904. The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and li...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Aug 1904-3 Apr 1922
Extent:
1 volume (150 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/135

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/135
Title:
File 758/1908 'Arabia: Travellers - Mr G W Bury'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, notes and press cuttings relating to the movements of the explorer and naturalist, George Wyman Bury. The majority of the correspondence is between Bury himself, the India Office, the Government of India, the Government of Bombay, and the Political Residency at ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903-1915
Extent:
1 volume (229 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/2125

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2125
Title:
Coll 6/58 'Asir: Relations between Saudi Arabia and the Yemen.'
Scope & Content:
This volume concerns relations between Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Most of the correspondence is focussed on British policy in response to the Saudi-Yemeni conflict. Related matters that feature in the correspondence include the following: Reports in March 1934 that peace negotiations between Saud...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Jun 1914-31 May 1934
Extent:
1 volume (449 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2962

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2962
Title:
Coll 20/10 'Muscat: S. W. Boundary of (Muscat-Aden): Spheres of Responsibility of the Air Authorities in Iraq and Aden'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, minutes, and notes concerning the south-western boundary of the Sultan of Muscat's sovereignty. The question of the exact demarcation of the boundary was raised because of a need to set the administrative boundary between the Political Agent in Muscat and the Po...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1930-27 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 file (98 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2963

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2963
Title:
Coll 20/11 'Muscat: Channel of communication between foreign governments and the Sultan; Visits of foreign naval vessels to Muscat'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, minutes, and notes concerning visits to Muscat by French and Italian vessels and the discussion of the correct channels foreign states should go through to seek permission for such visits. The file covers the following visits: French warships Mondement and Alert...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
11 Feb 1926-9 Nov 1946
Extent:
1 file (121 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/560

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/560
Title:
File 61/6 VI (D 70) Nejd affairs (Bin Saud General File) Final Payments to Bin Saud in Lieu of Subsidy
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, administrative reports, memoranda, and hand-written notes concerning the affairs of Ibn Sa'ud and the Najd. The correspondence is between the Political Residency in Bushire, the Political Agencies in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jeddah, the High Commissioner in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Jun 1923-19 Jan 1931
Extent:
1 volume (267 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/565

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/565
Title:
File 61/11 II (D 42) Relations between Nejd and Hejaz
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to the situation in the Hejaz at the time, with Ali entrenched in Jeddah and Ibn Sa'ud's Ikhwan in Mecca. The majority of the correspondence is between Reader Bullard, the British Agent in Jeddah, the Political Residency in Bushir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
7 Nov 1924-10 Jul 1925
Extent:
1 volume (307 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/569

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/569
Title:
File 61/11 VI (D 102) Hejaz-Nejd Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The volume contains two original files bound together. The first file (folios 1A-207) has the original reference 61/11 VI (D 102) and covers the period 7 November 1933 to 30 August 1934 and relates to Hejaz-Najd affairs. The second file (folios 208-243) has the original reference 61/6 VII (D 95)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1931-30 Aug 1934
Extent:
1 volume (259 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/570

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/570
Title:
File 61/11 VII (D 122) Hejaz-Nejd Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Most of the correspondence is between the British Legation in Jeddah, the Foreign Office in London, the Political Residencies in Bushire and Aden, the Political Agencies in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Muscat,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1934-30 Apr 1936
Extent:
1 volume (223 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/575

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/575
Title:
File 61/13 I (D 133) Wahabis and Pilgrimage to Hedjaz
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, memoranda, and reports relating to the Hajj pilgrimage to the Holy Cities of Mecca and Medina. The majority of the correspondence is between the British Agency (later British Legation) in Jeddah, the Foreign Office, Colonial Office, and Indian Office in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 May 1923-2 Mar 1937
Extent:
1 volume (213 folios)