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1. IOR/L/PS/12/245

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/245
Title:
PZ 1115/1938 'Col. Dickson's visit to Riyadh and conversations with Ibn Saud.'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence and other papers mainly relating to the private visit of Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and his three private conversations with King Ibn Saud. It includes correspondence between John Charles Walton, India Office, and Dickson...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Aug 1937-26 Feb 1938
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/1663

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1663
Title:
File 20/1- Vol: III Ceremonial and Celebrations: New Year's and King's Birthday's Celebrations.
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding the celebration of the King's Birthday and Christmas and New Year’s Day between 1935-1939. Christmas and New Year’s Day were announced as an official holiday at the Agency in Bahrain. The King's Birthday was celebrated in June each year, but was not an official...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
31 Oct 1935-4 Jun 1939
Extent:
1 file (283 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1664

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1664
Title:
File 20/1- IV Ceremonials and Celebrations: New Year's a King's Birthday's Celebrations.
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding the celebration of the King’s Birthday and New Year’s Day between 1939 and 1945 at the Agency in Bahrain. Due to the War, the arrangements for the King’s Birthday celebrations at the Agency were cancelled between the years 1940 and 1944, and invitations were on...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 May 1939-24 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 file (218 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1665

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1665
Title:
File 20/1 V Ceremonials and Celebrations. Celebrations in connection with Christmas New Year, H. M. The King's Birthday etc
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding the occasions of the King’s Birthday and Christmas and New Year's Day between 1944 and 1950. The King’s Birthday was celebrated in June each year, and was sometimes announced as an official holiday at the Political Agency in Bahrain. For the King’s Birthday, a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1944-23 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (228 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/5/44

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/44
Title:
File 11/7 Death of King Edward VII and Accession of George V & Misc: Court Mourning
Scope & Content:
The file contains notifications from the Government of India, and correspondence between the Ruler of Kuwait, Mubarak us Subah (Shaikh Mubarak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ); the British Residency in the Persian Gulf; and Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, Political Agency in Kuwait; informing of the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Hindustani
Date Range:
7 May 1910-6 Aug 1923
Extent:
1 file (51 folios)