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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Place Hijaz, Arabian Peninsula, Asia Digitised Content Platform Qatar Digital Library

1. IOR/L/PS/10/12 (i)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/12 (i)
Title:
Map of the route of the Hijaz Railway
Scope & Content:
A printed map showing the route of the Hijaz railway including details of branches of the track that had been constructed to date and those that remained under construction. The map is accompanied by a list of the stations on the line, all shown with their kilometric distance from Damascus and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906
Extent:
1 map

2. IOR/L/PS/10/597

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/597
Title:
File 2100/1916 Pt 1 'German War - Turkey. Arab revolt'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, parliamentary notices and notes, relating to the progress of the First World War (1914-18) and the development of the Arab revolt against Ottoman rule in the Arabian Peninsula. Further discussion surrounds trade with Jeddah a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 volume (201 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/598

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/598
Title:
File 2100/1916 Pt 2 'German War - Turkey. Arab revolt'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to measures to support the Arab revolt (1916-18)against the Ottoman Turks. The file contains: correspondence between the Political Resident, Aden (Brigadier-General William Crawford Walton) and Idrīsī Imā...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 volume (219 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/599

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/599
Title:
File 2100/1916 Pt 3-4 'German War. Arab Revolt. Moslem feeling etc'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to the British-backed revolt of the Sherif of Mecca against Turkish rule during the course of the First World War (1914-1918). The papers cover the British response to the situation, including the discussion over the military and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 volume (498 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/600

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/600
Title:
P 2100/1916 Pt 5 'German War: Arab Revolt'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, memoranda and printed reports relating to the Arab revolt against Ottoman rule in the Hejaz region of the Arabian Peninsula during the First World War (1914-1918). The papers tell of the British response to the situation, covering the following matters:...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 volume (220 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/601

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/601
Title:
P 2100/1916 Pt 6 'German War - Arab revolt'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to the rebellion by the Arab tribes in the Hejaz region of the Arabian Peninsula. The papers tell of the British response to the situation, covering the following matters: Turkish and German plans for a campaign in the Hejaz the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 volume (386 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/602

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/602
Title:
P 2100/1916 Pt 7 'German War. Arab revolt'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the Arab revolt against Ottoman rule. The papers cover the British response to the situation, covering the following matters: defective information regarding Turkish military movements the report by Ron...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 volume (301 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/120

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/120
Title:
PZ 6888/34 History of British Representation in Jedda
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the personal enquiry of Sir Andrew Ryan, Foreign Office, to John Gilbert Laithwaite, India Office, about the history of British representation in Jedda [Jeddah]. The correspondence consists of: a letter to Laithwaite from Ryan, referring to Ryan’s prev...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1934-7 Nov 1934
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/18/B215

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B215
Title:
Sherif of Mecca.
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a confidential printed report entitled 'Sherif of Mecca'. The report contains transcriptions of correspondence, a statement by a messenger (described below), and notes relating to Sherif Hosayn, the Sherif [Shereef] of Mecca [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī], particularly in terms of his re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1457

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1457
Title:
‘File 15/15 Rules & Regulations Nationality Laws of Iraq & Saudi Arabia’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a public notice and the following correspondence about Iraqi and Iranian nationality laws: A circular memorandum dated 1927 from the British High Commissioner for Iraq, Baghdad, about the effect of the Iraq Nationality Law upon foreigners born in Iraq, so that the Political Age...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Sep 1926-5 Jan 1943
Extent:
1 file (80 folios)