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032-000538283 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Place Mecca, Arabian Peninsula, Asia

1. IOR/L/PS/10/586

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/586
Title:
File 705/1916 Pt 1-2 Arab Revolt
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers that pertain to various military and intelligence fields of operation during 1916, specifically relating to the First World War in the region of Hejaz and the broader Arabian peninsula. The bulk of the file is comprised of reports on various military, intelligence, and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1917
Extent:
1 file (473 folios)

2. 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)

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/740

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/740
Title:
File 1647/1918 Pts1-2 'HEDJAZ: MECCA HOSTEL; BRITISH REPRESENTATIVE AT MECCA'
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of two parts, Part 1 (IOR/L/PS/10/740/1) and Part 2 (IOR/L/PS/10/740/2), both of which contain papers relating to the planned establishment of a hostel at Mecca to house pilgrims from the British Empire, and the appointment of a British Muslim Representative at Mecca to look...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Apr 1918-14 Aug 1923
Extent:
1 volume (341 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/72

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/72
Title:
PZ 2791/33 'Arabia: Wakf properties in Saudi-Arabia for the use of Indian pilgrims'
Scope & Content:
The discussion in the file relates to the use of wakf properties [waqf] (property donated by Islamic rulers for pious uses) in Jeddah and Mecca intended for Indian pilgrims. The British had information which led them to believe such properties were being used as private property but that they co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1933-26 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 file (40 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/60

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/60
Title:
PZ 6249/32 Arabia: Theft of Relics from the Holy Cube at Mecca
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the theft of holy relics from the Holy Cube in Mecca and the confession, sentencing and execution of the culprit. The file also mentions the ceremonial returning of the relics to the Holy Cube by Ibn Saud. The primary correspondent is Cecil Gervase Hope ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Sep 1932-18 Oct 1932
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

8. 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)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/648

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/648
Title:
File 287/1917 ''Arabia: Deportation of undesirable Indians''
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mostly India Office minute papers and correspondence, relating to the deportation from the Hejaz of certain Indians for alleged anti-British and pro-Turkish activities (as part of the silk letters movement), and their internment in Malta. The file includes corresponde...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
12 Dec 1916-14 Jun 1920
Extent:

1 volume (155 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/9/76/130

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/130
Title:
Letter from John Blankett to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Rear-Admiral John Blankett, Commander of the British naval squadron in the Red Sea, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from HMS Leopard at Jedda [Jeddah] and dated 30 June 1800. The letter introduces Lieutenant Richard Tanvarine, whom Blankett has sent ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)