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21. IOR/L/PS/20/C91/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C91/1
Title:
Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915
Scope & Content:
Theses two volumes make up Volume I, Part IA and Part IB (Historical) (pages i-778 and 779-1624) of the Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, ’Omān and Central Arabia (Government of India: 1915), compiled by John Gordon Lorimer and completed for press by Captain L Birdwood. Part 1A contains an 'Introd...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:

2 volumes (1624 pages)

22. IOR/L/PS/20/C169

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C169
Title:
Southern Nejd: Journey to Kharj, Aflaj, Sulaiyyil, and Wadi Dawasir in 1918.
Scope & Content:
Harry St John Bridger Philby's account of his journey in the southern regions of the Najd, published for the Arab Bureau by the Government Press in Cairo, 1919. The journey was taken in May to June 1918 while the author was in Riyadh for the purpose of maintaining relations with Ibn Sa‘ud [‘Abd...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 volume (46 folios)

23. IOR/L/PS/20/C244

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C244
Title:
Précis of Mekran Affairs
Scope & Content:
The volume, stamped ‘Secret’ on the front cover and frontispiece, is a précis of affairs relating to Makrān (spelt Mekran throughout) coast in the south of Sindh and Baluchistan. It was prepared by Judge Jerome Antony Saldanha of the Bombay Provincial Civil Service, and published in 1905 by the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905
Extent:

1 volume (67 folios)

24. 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)

25. IOR/R/15/2/168

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/168
Title:
File 1/A/47 Khaksar Movement
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the presence in Bahrain of members of the Khaksar Movement, an Islamic movement originating in India, which had a distinctive ideology, and whose members wore uniform, and were distinguished by the emblem of a spade. The main correspondents are the Political Agent, Bahrain (Hu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1939-28 Jul 1940
Extent:
1 file (50 folios)

26. 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)

27. IOR/R/15/2/629

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/629
Title:
File 23/2 A Saudi-Yemen Situation Reports issued by Minister, Jeddah.
Scope & Content:
The file consists of situation reports from His Majesty's Minister at Jedda [Jeddah] (Sir Andrew Ryan) on the progress of hostilities between Saudi Arabia and Yemen, between March and July 1934. The reports are in the form of copies of telegrams (including one from the Political Agent, Kuwait) to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Mar 1934-7 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 file (44 folios)

28. IOR/R/15/5/14-15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/14-15
Title:
File 6: Maps and Books
Scope & Content:
Two files consisting of various memoranda, letters, receipts and lists of maps, books, and military reports.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904-1929
Extent:
2 files (401 folios)