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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R Place Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Asia

1. IOR/R/15/1/471-549

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/471-549
Title:
File 53: Kuwait
Scope & Content:
The Kuwait subject files cover a comprehensive range of topics related to Kuwait and the surrounding area. The files contain correspondence regarding the nature and development of the British Government's involvement in Kuwait, Kuwait's foreign relations (notably with the Ottoman Empire, Najd/Sa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Turkish
Date Range:
1896-1939
Extent:
79 files and volumes (16,694 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/556-609

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/556-609
Title:
File 61: Najd
Scope & Content:
These files and volumes contain correspondence, reports, and other documents relating to the Najd region, in present-day Saudi Arabia, and its ruler, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd, commonly known as Ibn Sa‘ūd. The papers cover the period from Ibn Sa‘ūd's rise to prominence after taking Riyadh in 1902, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1905-1944
Extent:
54 files and volumes (12,432 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/606, f 145

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/606, f 145
Title:
RAF sketch map of the Qatar Peninsula
Scope & Content:
Imprint: A.H.Q. [Air Headquarters] Drawing Office Iraq. Drawn by Aprim Bet-Benjamin, Nov. 1935. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Map showing the Qatar Peninsula and central part of the Eastern Province Saudi Arabia. Numerous notations concerning terrain features cover the fa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 map

4. IOR/R/15/1/642

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/642
Title:
File 86/1 VI (D 97) Kuwait Oil
Scope & Content:
The correspondence in the volume relates to three main areas of discussion: The Kuwait Oil Company's negotiations with the Shaikh of Kuwait, Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, for the granting of an oil concession in Kuwait. Included within the volume are copies of both the draft concession agreement, in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1934-30 Apr 1934
Extent:
1 volume (242 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/643

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/643
Title:
File 86/1 VII (D 101) Kuwait Oil
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Kuwait (Harold Richard Dickson); Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle); His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan); Officials in the India and Foreign Offices (including Sir Louis Kershaw, John Gil...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1934-30 Jun 1934
Extent:
1 volume (249 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/667

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/667
Title:
'Confidential D 107 86/5-I Eastern and General Syndicate Ltd. - Saudi Arabia'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence to and from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle, Percy Gordon Loch), Political Agent at Bahrain (Percy Gordon Loch), and Political Agent at Kuwait (Harold Richard Patrick Dickson) regarding matters in Saudi Arabia and their affect...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1933-30 Jan 1935
Extent:
1 volume (213 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/668

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/668
Title:
'Vol D.144. Confidential 86/5-ii HASA OIL'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Resident (Trenchard Craven Fowle; Percy Gordon Loch); the Political Agent at Bahrain (Percy Gordon Loch; Tom Hickinbotham; Hugh Weightman); the British Minister and Legation at Jedda (Sir Reader Bullard; Andrew Spencer Calvert); the Secret...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Dec 1934-9 Jan 1939
Extent:
1 volume (216 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/140

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/140
Title:
File 1/A/4 SAUDI ARABIA.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains miscellaneous political intelligence concerning the affairs of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, King of Saudi Arabia] (also referred to Bin Saud) and the Government of Saudi Arabia. The main correspondents are the Political Agent, Bahrain; HM M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1932-28 Aug 1943
Extent:
1 volume (336 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/157

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/157
Title:
File 1/A/38 I Negotiations with Bin Saud re:- Eastern boundary of Saudi Arabia with Qatar & Trucial Oman.
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the Eastern boundary of Saudi Arabia with Qatar and Trucial Oman (also referred to as the Trucial Coast), and negotiations over the boundary between British officials and Ibn Saud (referred to also as Bin Saud) [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, King of Sa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1934-24 Feb 1935
Extent:
1 volume (219 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/158

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/158
Title:
File 1/A/38 II Negotiations with Bin Saud re: Eastern boundary of Saudi Arabia with Qatar & Trucial Oman.
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the definition of the eastern boundary of Saudi Arabia with Qatar and Trucial Oman, and negotiations over the boundary between British officials and Ibn Saud (also referred to as Bin Saud) [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, King of Saudi Arabia]. The pri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Feb 1935-13 Oct 1935
Extent:
1 volume (232 folios)