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Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/18 Name IOR/R/15/5/66

1. IOR/L/PS/18/B127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B127
Title:
Koweit
Scope & Content:
Memorandum, written by Colin George Campbell, 31 December 1900, about Koweit [Kuwait], including a brief historical introduction and detailed information for the years 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, and 1900. Topics discussed include Mubarak al-Sabah [Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ] having murdered his fat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1900
Extent:

6 folios

2. IOR/L/PS/18/B164

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B164
Title:
British relations with the Wahabees
Scope & Content:
Printed report communicated by the India Office and printed for the use of the Foreign Office. The report concerns British relations with the Wahabees [Wahhabi] emirs, from 1904 to 1907, the growing influence of Ibn Sa‘ūd [Āl Sa‘ūd, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal] and the British pro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1908
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/18/B248

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B248
Title:
A ruler of the desert
Scope & Content:
This document was written by Gertrude Bell, Liasion Officer and Correspondent to Cairo, and briefly details the visit of 'Abd al-' Aziz ibn Sa‘ūd to Basrah on November 27 1916 as part of the Mesopotamian campaign. Bell also describes the following: how Ibn Sa‘ūd came to power and his influence i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/18/B251

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B251
Title:
Relations with Ibn Sa'ud: note prepared by Arab Bureau, Irak Section
Scope & Content:
This note was written by the Arab Bureau, Iraq Section, in Basra in January 1917. It reviews the rise of Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], his fight against Ibn Rashid and the role of Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, Political Agent, Kuwait, in this confli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1917
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/18/B279

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B279
Title:
Middle East Committee. Note Prepared for Meeting of 12 January 1918. Policy in regard to Bin Saud
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a note, dated 10 January 1918, prepared by John Evelyn Shuckburgh, Political Department of the India Office, for a meeting of the Middle East Committee on 12 January 1918, concerning British policy towards Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1918
Extent:

3 folios

6. IOR/L/PS/18/B286

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B286
Title:
'Ibn Sa'ud. Notes by Colonel Hamilton, Political Agent, Koweit, based on conversations at Riyadh in November 1917'
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a report by Colonel Robert Edward Hamilton, Political Agent at Kuwait, received through the Arab Bureau, Iraq Section, concerning ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd. The report, based on conversations the author had in Riyadh in November 1917, is split...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1918
Extent:

3 folios

7. IOR/L/PS/18/B287

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B287
Title:
Summary of the Hejaz Revolt
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a report prepared by the General Staff, War Office, dated 31 Aug 1918. It is a summary of the Hejaz [al-Ḥijāz] Revolt (commonly referred to as the Arabic Revolt) in the context of the First World War, covering the period June 1916 to December 1918. The memorandum is ma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1918
Extent:

15 folios

8. IOR/L/PS/18/B288

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B288
Title:
'Relations with Bin Saud'
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum, marked 'Secret', is a note by John Evelyn Suckburgh, Political Department of the India Office, dated 22 September 1918, concerning British relations with ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud). In light of a large number of telegrams on this subj...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1918
Extent:

2 folios

9. IOR/L/PS/18/B295

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B295
Title:
Memorandum on British Commitments to Bin Saud
Scope & Content:
This is a printed memorandum by the Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office concerning British commitments to Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud)] in the context of the First World War. The memorandum gives an overview of British and Turkish r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918
Extent:

8 folios

10. IOR/L/PS/18/B298

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B298
Title:
'Settlement of Turkey and Arabian Peninsula. Note by India Office on Foreign Office memorandum'.
Scope & Content:
The note was written by Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel for the India Office, 30 Nov 1918, and consists of remarks on three points drawn out from the Foreign Office memorandum: The Trucial System - disputing the assumptions made in the original memo that Great Britain effectively kept the peace over...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1918
Extent:

2 folios