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1. IOR/L/PS/10/844

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/844
Title:
File 4326/1919 'Persia: the Shah's visit to Europe 1919-20'
Scope & Content:
This volume comprises: correspondence; deciphered telegrams; India Office Political Department Minute and Draft papers containing draft letters, draft telegrams and internal notes; covering letters of the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India (wit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
20 Jul 1919-28 Aug 1924
Extent:
1 volume (262 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/1155

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1155
Title:
File 3666/1925 'ARABIA: PRINTED CORRESPONDENCE 1924-28'
Scope & Content:
This volume mainly relates to British policy in Arabia, and specifically concerns British relations with Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, also referred to in the correspondence as Bin Saud]. The papers cover the Hejaz-Nejd War of 1924-25 and political affairs in Ib...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
27 Dec 1924-28 Oct 1929
Extent:

1 volume (388 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/1260

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1260
Title:
File 1592/1928 'Muscat: Visit of the Sultan to Europe'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence concerning a visit made to Europe by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Taymūr bin Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd. The correspondence is primarily between the Political Agency in Muscat, the Political Residency in Bushire, the India Office, the Government Hospitalit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1928-1929
Extent:
1 volume (235 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/1490

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1490
Title:
Coll 1/52 'Aden. Visit of the King of Italy'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding a visit by the King of Italy (Victor Emmanuel III) to Aden and Italian Somaliland [present-day north eastern, central and southern Somalia], during October to November 1934. The King arrived on board the Savoia, escorted by the cruiser Gorizia. The majority o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Oct 1934-19 Sep 1935
Extent:
1 file (124 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2124

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2124
Title:
Coll 6/57 'U.S.A.: Saudi Relations with U.S.A.'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns relations between Saudi Arabia and the United States, and features the following principal correspondents: His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires to Jedda (Albert Spencer Calvert); His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires to Washington (Ronald Ian Campbell); His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1931-15 Jan 1947
Extent:
1 file (64 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3746

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3746
Title:
Coll 30/32 'Persian Gulf, Bahrein: Visits to London of Sheikh's Brother. Visit to America of Sheikh's Brother'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning two foreign trips made by Shaikh Muhammad bin Isa al-Khalifa, a brother of Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the Ruler of Bahrain. The two trips discussed are a visit that Shaikh Muhammad made to the United States of America...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1932-21 Jul 1937
Extent:
1 file (46 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3884

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3884
Title:
Coll 30/149 'Bahrain: Saudi Relations with Bahrain. Proposed visit of Emir Saud to Bahrain.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns visits to Bahrain by members of the royal family of Saudi Arabia; in particular the visit of Emir Saud [Sa‘ūd bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd], son of Ibn Saud [Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], in December 1937; and the visit of Ibn Saud himself in March 1939. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1937-2 Dec 1941
Extent:
1 file (60 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/440

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/440
Title:
Muscat, Sultan's visit to Europe, 1928
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discusses the visit of Sultan Taimur bin Faisal [Taymūr bin Fayṣal] to Europe where he intended to visit England and France. The visit was primarily for medical reasons for the treatment of chronic appendicitis, detailed in medical reports contained in the file. He desired to be a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1928-16 Nov 1928
Extent:
1 volume (95 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/463

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/463
Title:
Sultan of Muscat's world tour (1937-1938)
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the Sultan of Muscat's [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr] world tour in 1938. The Sultan of Muscat had arranged a world tour including visits to Japan, United States of America and Europe without consulting British officials. As the Sultan was 'an independent sovereign in treaty relat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1937-31 May 1938
Extent:
1 volume (193 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/504

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/504
Title:
File 53/32 III (D 53) Kowait - Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to a number of different matters all of which concern Kuwait. Of particular interest are the following: Correspondence between Sir Percy Zachariah Cox, the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and Paul Wilberforce Harrison of the American Missi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Sep 1912-4 Jun 1928
Extent:
1 volume (240 folios)