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Name Persian Gulf Political Residency, 1822-1971 Place Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Asia

1. IOR/L/PS/12/2129

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2129
Title:
Coll 6/62 'Saudi-Arabia: National and provincial boundaries of –'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns a request, made by the Army Headquarters, India, to the British Embassy at Baghdad, for a map of Arabia showing the national and provincial boundaries of Saudi Arabia. The correspondence discusses the difficulties associated with marking out the various boundaries, owing to th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1916-14 Dec 1934
Extent:
1 file (59 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/3728

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3728
Title:
Coll 30/18(1) 'Persian Gulf: Bahrein, Customs dues on goods in transit; attitude of Ibn Saud'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence between British officials regarding complications around the payment of transit fees to Bahrain (sometimes written as Bahrein in the file) by Saudi Arabia and its precursor states, the Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz (1926-1932) and the Sultanate of Nejd (1921-27). ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1920-31 Oct 1934
Extent:
1 volume (576 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3729

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3729
Title:
Coll 30/18(2) 'Persian Gulf: Bahrain, Transit Dues: Attitude of Ibn Saud'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding complications around the payment of transit fees to Bahrain (sometimes written as Bahrein in the file) by Saudi Arabia. The correspondence also discusses relations between the two countries generally and the role of Britain. A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1934-24 Jun 1937
Extent:
1 file (388 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3732

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3732
Title:
Coll 30/21 'Persian Gulf: Koweit. Blockade by Ibn Saud. Koweit-Nejd Relations'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence between British officials regarding a trade blockade that was imposed on Kuwait by the King of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]. In addition to this specific topic, the correspondence also contains lengthy discussi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Mar 1932-13 May 1935
Extent:
1 file (562 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/3861

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3861
Title:
Coll 30/127 'Persian Gulf. Koweit. Relations between Ibn Saud and the Sheikh of Kuwait'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials, primarily at the Political Residency and the Political Agency in Kuwait, concerning relations between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. The correspondence in the file focuses on a visit made to Kuwait by the King of Saudi Arabia, 'Abd al'-Azi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1936-8 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (81 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/4099

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4099
Title:
Coll 34/12 'Slavery and Slave Trading: Measures to prevent slavery on the Trucial Coast'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and minute papers concerning the slave trade in Saudi Arabia and the Trucial Coast. The papers consist of intelligence reports, parliamentary notices, memoranda, letters, and telegrams. Matters covered by the file include: Concern over a lack of application of anti-slavery legisla...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1936-20 Dec 1945
Extent:
1 file (235 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/4109

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4109
Title:
Coll 35/6 'Arabia: Hejaz-Nejd; wireless stations; postal and telegraph communications with the outside world'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns postal communications in the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd and, later, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The file covers: Desire of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] to establish wireless stations in Hejaz and Nejd, 1926-29 Proposed wireless communicati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Sep 1925-17 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (514 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/4146

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4146
Title:
Coll 35/38 'Saudi Arabia: Saudi-Kuwait postal arrangements'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the Saudi proposal that mails from Riyadh to Bushire should be sent via Kuwait. The file contains correspondence between the British Legation at Jedda, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Saudi Arabia, and the Govern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1939-8 Dec 1939
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/4148

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4148
Title:
Coll 35/41 'Persian Gulf: radio telephone communication between Bahrain, and the mainland of Saudi Arabia (Dhahran) for the use of Californian Standard Oil Company'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns private use of radio wireless communications between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain for oil companies. The file contains: applications for permission to institute wireless communication between California Arabian Standard Oil Company in Bahrain and its representatives in Hasa [Saudi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Nov 1938-7 Dec 1946
Extent:
1 file (487 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/538

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/538
Title:
File 14/3 Foreign Interests - American (General)
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to American influence and activities in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence is mostly between the Political Agency at Bahrain, the Political Residency at Bushire (later at Bahrain), and the India Office. The file opens with a copy (folio 3) of correspo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 May 1944-17 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (13 folios)