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131. IOR/L/PS/12/2106

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2106
Title:
Coll 6/39 'Kuria Muria Islands: Administration and Status of'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the status and administration of the Kuria Muria Islands [Jazā’ir Khurīyā Murīyā, Oman]. It features the following principal correspondents: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Political Resident, Aden; the Governor of Aden; the Secretary of State for India; the Vi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Swedish
Date Range:
2 Feb 1929-27 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (146 folios)

132. IOR/L/PS/12/2108

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2108
Title:
Coll 6/41 'Yemen: Proposed establishment of a British representative at Sanaa, on conclusion of treaty with Imam.'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to a proposal made by the Political Resident at Aden (Bernard Rawdon Reilly) that, following the conclusion of treaty negotiations with Yemen, the British Government should seek the consent of the Imam of Yemen [Yaḥyá Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn] for the reception of a permanent Brit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1932-22 Dec 1932
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

133. IOR/L/PS/12/2109

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2109
Title:
Coll 6/42 'Channels of Communication with Ibn Saud. Communication Arrangements between Bushire and British Authorities other than the Govt. of India.'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to arrangements of communication. A large part of the correspondence discusses the drafting and redrafting of a Foreign Office memorandum of instructions, which is intended to revise existing Foreign Office instructions regarding the channels of communication used by British au...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1929-25 Jun 1931
Extent:
1 file (94 folios)

134. IOR/L/PS/12/2110

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2110
Title:
Coll 6/43 'Pan Arab Congress 1933. Attitude of H.M.G. to a Pan Arab Movement'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the British Government's response to the Pan-Arab movement during the 1930s and 1940s. Much of the correspondence refers to the prospect of an Arab federation, although the use of the word 'federation' is noted in some of the correspondence as being a mistranslation of the ori...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
21 Dec 1932-5 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (570 folios)

135. IOR/L/PS/12/2113

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2113
Title:
Coll 6/46 'Salutes in Hejaz Nejd.'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns personal salutes given by British naval ships to dignitaries in the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia). The correspondence, largely between officials of the Admiralty and the Foreign Office, begins with discussion about the number of gun salutes that should be...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1928-5 Apr 1934
Extent:
1 file (74 folios)

136. IOR/L/PS/12/2114

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2114
Title:
Coll 6/47 'Yemen: Relations between Italy and the Imam of the Yemen.'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns relations between Italy and Yemen. It largely consists of copies of Foreign Office and Colonial Office correspondence discussing the following: Reports in 1936 that the Treaty of Friendship (1926) between Italy and Yemen has been extended until November 1937. Details of negoti...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Sep 1926-22 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (91 folios)

137. IOR/L/PS/12/2119

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2119
Title:
Coll 6/52 'Saudi Arabia: Anti-Saudi activities of Sayed Mohamed Tahir al Dabbagh'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence discussing the reported activities of Sayed Mohamed Tahir al Dabbagh [Sayyid Muḥammad Ṭāhir al-Dabbagh, former Hashimite finance minister in the Hejaz] and other persons referred to as 'anti-Saudi consipirators'. It documents their movements in political exil...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1932-6 Jul 1936
Extent:
1 file (159 folios)

138. IOR/L/PS/12/2120

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2120
Title:
Coll 6/53 'Red Sea: The Hanish Islands.'
Scope & Content:
This file primarily concerns the sovereignty status of the Hanish Islands, as well as that of other islands in the Lower Red Sea. It documents concerns held by the British Government that the Italian Government is in the process of attempting to establish some kind of informal control over certa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
2 Oct 1928-12 Dec 1935
Extent:
1 file (208 folios)

139. IOR/L/PS/12/2123

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2123
Title:
Coll 6/56 'Saudi-Arabia: Prevention of use of Bahrein and Kuwait as bases for activities against Nejd (Ibn Hithlain)'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to an Ajman chief named Khalid ibn Hithlain [Khālid bin Muḥammad bin Ḥithlayn, also transliterated as Khalid bin Hathlain in the file], who is suspected of planning anti-Saudi activities. The correspondence documents the efforts of the British authorities – at the Saudi Governm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1933-31 Jul 1936
Extent:
1 file (30 folios)

140. IOR/L/PS/12/2125

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2125
Title:
Coll 6/58 'Asir: Relations between Saudi Arabia and the Yemen.'
Scope & Content:
This volume concerns relations between Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Most of the correspondence is focussed on British policy in response to the Saudi-Yemeni conflict. Related matters that feature in the correspondence include the following: Reports in March 1934 that peace negotiations between Saud...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Jun 1914-31 May 1934
Extent:
1 volume (449 folios)