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31. IOR/L/PS/12/901

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/901
Title:
Ext 691/44 'Destitute Chinese Nationals in Mecca'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding destitute Chinese citizens in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and potential British assistance in repatriating them via India. The primary correspondents are: British Legation, Jeddah; Foreign Office; Government of India; British Embassy, Chungking [Chongqing].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Feb 1944-Jul 1944
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

32. IOR/L/PS/12/1169

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1169
Title:
Ext 6299/46 'Travel facilities for pilgrims'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to travel arrangements for residents of the Persian Gulf on the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, particularly regarding fees and repatriation responsibilities. The main correspondents are as follows the Government of India, Department of Communications; the Se...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Sep 1946-8 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

33. IOR/L/PS/12/2116

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2116
Title:
Coll 6/49 'Railways and Communications: Proposed Jedda-Mecca Railway. Motor Transport Arrangements.'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the progress of schemes relating to the improvement of transport and communications in Saudi Arabia. The file largely consists of copies of correspondence received by the Foreign Office from His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, succeeded by Sir Reader William Bul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Aug 1932-17 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 file (109 folios)

34. 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)

35. IOR/L/PS/18/B222

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B222
Title:
Correspondence with the Grand Sherif of Mecca
Scope & Content:
This secret file is a collection of printed correspondence. It contains telegrams between Joshua Milne Crompton Cheetham, Acting High Commissioner at Cairo, and the Foreign Office, letters from and correspondence between Shaikh Abdalla Ibn Hosayn [Abd Allāh ibn al-Husayn] and his father, Hussein...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1914-10 Mar 1916
Extent:

1 file (8 folios)

36. IOR/L/PS/18/B446

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B446
Title:
The Seven Independent Arabian States [Yemen, ‘Asir, Hijaz, Najd, Kuwait, Jabal Shammar and al-Jawf]
Scope & Content:
This confidential memorandum, printed by the Foreign Office in May 1935 is a report by William John Childs concerning the seven independent Arabian states or autonomous areas. The report contains an introduction that states that the 'purpose of the paper is to give a brief outline each of the se...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1935
Extent:

1 file (10 folios)

37. IOR/R/15/1/557

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/557
Title:
'File 61/6 (D 33) Volume III Bin Sa'ud and Akhwan Movement etc., Shereef (King Hussain) of Mecca (Hedjaz), Murder of Bin Rashid'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, memoranda, reports, and intelligence reports concerning Ibn Sa'ud and Najd affairs. The bulk of the correspondence is between: Harold Dickson, the Political Agent in Bahrain; Arnold Wilson, the Civil Commissioner in Baghdad; Ibn Sa'ud; King Hussein of t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1920-25 Sep 1920
Extent:
1 volume (369 folios)

38. IOR/R/15/1/558

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/558
Title:
File 61/6 vol.4 (D 34) Bin Saud and Akwan Movement
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, memoranda, reports, and notes relating to Ibn Sa'ud and the affairs of Najd. The correspondence is mostly between: Harold Dickson, the Political Agent in Bahrain; Percy Cox, the High Commissioner in Baghdad; Ibn Sa'ud; King Hussein of the Hijaz; the Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Sep 1920-8 Nov 1921
Extent:
1 volume (280 folios)

39. 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)

40. IOR/R/15/1/568

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/568
Title:
File 61/11 V (D 95) Hejaz - Nejd, Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to the Hejaz and Najd. Much of the correspondence is from the British Legation in Jeddah, with regular reports on the situation in that region sent to Sir John Simon, the Foreign Secretary in London. The rest of the correspondence...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
12 May 1932-28 Dec 1933
Extent:
1 volume (261 folios)