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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Saudi Arabia--Mecca

1. IOR/F/4/2238/112356

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2238/112356
Title:
‘Persian Gulf. State of affairs of Bushire-’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 13 November 1847. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2238/112322, alongside details of furthe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Sep 1847-Nov 1847
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/1115

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1115
Title:
File 1707/1924 ‘Arabia:- Jeddah Situation Reports. (1924-1930)’
Scope & Content:
The volume mostly contains printed copies of despatches from HM Agent and Consul, Jeddah, to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, enclosing reports on the situation in the Hejaz (also spelled Hedjaz in the file) [now a region of Saudi Arabia], from January 1924 to December 1930, and relat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Mar 1924-18 Mar 1931
Extent:

1 volume (445 folios)

3. 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)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/1426

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1426
Title:
Pol Ext 8501/49 'Smallpox cases among pilgrims in Saudi Arabia'
Scope & Content:
This file contains British Government correspondence regarding unconfirmed information, provided by the Saudi Arabian Quarantine Administration, of an outbreak of smallpox in local hospitals, following the end of pilgrimage [Hajj].The correspondents are the Commonwealth Relations Office and Briti...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1949-31 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)