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1. IOR/L/PS/12/1488

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1488
Title:
Coll 1/50(2) 'Aden. Intelligence summaries January-October 1938'
Scope & Content:
The file contains Political Intelligence Summaries compiled by the Aden Political Secretary and sent to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. It contains the Summaries for the year 1938, numbers 1-38. In addition to the Western Aden Protectorate, the reports periodically contain sections repo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1938-21 Sep 1938
Extent:
1 file (130 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/4340

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4340
Title:
Coll 37/106 ‘Travellers Arabia, etc:- Earl & Countess of Athlone in 1938’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the arrangements made for the private visit of Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, and Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, to Ibn Saud [Ibn Sa‘ūd] and the Sheikh [Shaikh] of Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein in the file) and his family. It also cont...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jan 1938-17 May 1939
Extent:
1 file (51 folios)

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. 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)

6. IOR/R/15/2/461-483

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/461-483
Title:
File 11 Saudi Arabia
Scope & Content:
The Bahrain Political Agency confidential files on Saudi Arabia chiefly concern the relationship that Saudi Arabia and its Ruler ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (also known as Ibn Sa‘ūd) had with British-administered Bahrain, Qatar and the Trucial shaikhdoms. The British Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1932-1950
Extent:
23 files and volumes (714 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/543-550

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/543-550
Title:
File 15 Miscellaneous Reports
Scope & Content:
The files in this sub-sub series are categorised as miscellaneous reports; they cover diverse topics such as the ownership of islands in the Gulf as well as the leading personalities and tribes of Abu Dhabi, Buraimi and British Somaliland. The files include discussion of: the geographical charac...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1930-1949
Extent:
8 files (566 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/628

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/628
Title:
File 23/2 Major Head:- Intelligence. Subject:- Saudi Arabia
Scope & Content:
The file contains intelligence reports relating to Bin Saud [Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, submitted by Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo [Yūsuf bin Aḥmad Kanoo], Bahrein [Bahrain] to the Political Agent, Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch)....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1933-22 Oct 1934
Extent:
1 file (147 folios)