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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Place Mecca, Arabian Peninsula, Asia

21. IOR/L/PS/10/740

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/740
Title:
File 1647/1918 Pts1-2 'HEDJAZ: MECCA HOSTEL; BRITISH REPRESENTATIVE AT MECCA'
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of two parts, Part 1 (IOR/L/PS/10/740/1) and Part 2 (IOR/L/PS/10/740/2), both of which contain papers relating to the planned establishment of a hostel at Mecca to house pilgrims from the British Empire, and the appointment of a British Muslim Representative at Mecca to look...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Apr 1918-14 Aug 1923
Extent:
1 volume (341 folios)

22. IOR/L/PS/10/1115

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1115
Title:
File 1707/1924 ‘Arabia:- Jeddah Situation Reports. (1924-1930)’
Scope & Content:
The volume mostly contains printed copies of despatches from HM Agent and Consul, Jeddah, to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, enclosing reports on the situation in the Hejaz (also spelled Hedjaz in the file) [now a region of Saudi Arabia], from January 1924 to December 1930, and relat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Mar 1924-18 Mar 1931
Extent:

1 volume (445 folios)

23. IOR/L/PS/10/1124

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1124
Title:
File 3665/1924 Pt 1 ‘Arabia:- Situation 1924; Wahabi attack on Hedjaz. Capture of Taif & defeat of Hedjaz Army. Abdication of King Hussein.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers concerning the invasion of the Hedjaz [Hejaz] by Wahabi [Wahhabi] forces associated with the Sultan of Najd, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], and the subsequent abdication of the King of Hedjaz, Amir Hussein [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāsh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
19 Aug 1924-6 Jan 1925
Extent:

1 volume (419 folios)

24. 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)

25. IOR/L/PS/12/60

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/60
Title:
PZ 6249/32 Arabia: Theft of Relics from the Holy Cube at Mecca
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the theft of holy relics from the Holy Cube in Mecca and the confession, sentencing and execution of the culprit. The file also mentions the ceremonial returning of the relics to the Holy Cube by Ibn Saud. The primary correspondent is Cecil Gervase Hope ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Sep 1932-18 Oct 1932
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

26. IOR/L/PS/12/72

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/72
Title:
PZ 2791/33 'Arabia: Wakf properties in Saudi-Arabia for the use of Indian pilgrims'
Scope & Content:
The discussion in the file relates to the use of wakf properties [waqf] (property donated by Islamic rulers for pious uses) in Jeddah and Mecca intended for Indian pilgrims. The British had information which led them to believe such properties were being used as private property but that they co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1933-26 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 file (40 folios)

27. IOR/L/PS/12/128

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/128
Title:
PZ 704/1935 Arabia: Request for Financial Assistance for the ex-Amir of Mecca
Scope & Content:
The file mainly consists of correspondence between the India Office and the Foreign Office, and enclosed copies of Foreign Office correspondence, relating to the former Amir [Emir] of Mecca, Sherif Ali Haider. It includes a letter from Kenneth Johnstone, Foreign Office, to John Gilbert Laithwa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1935-25 Apr 1935
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

28. IOR/L/PS/12/895

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/895
Title:
Ext 338/44 'Ill treatment of Persian pilgrims at Mecca'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the execution without trial of a Persian pilgrim, accused of defiling the Great Mosque of Mecca, and ensuing agitation amongst Persian and other Shiah Muslims. The primary correspondents are: British Legation, Tehran; British Legation, Baghdad; British L...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1944-6 Oct 1944
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

29. IOR/L/PS/12/901

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/901
Title:
Ext 691/44 'Destitute Chinese Nationals in Mecca'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding destitute Chinese citizens in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and potential British assistance in repatriating them via India. The primary correspondents are: British Legation, Jeddah; Foreign Office; Government of India; British Embassy, Chungking [Chongqing].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Feb 1944-Jul 1944
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

30. IOR/L/PS/12/1169

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1169
Title:
Ext 6299/46 'Travel facilities for pilgrims'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to travel arrangements for residents of the Persian Gulf on the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, particularly regarding fees and repatriation responsibilities. The main correspondents are as follows the Government of India, Department of Communications; the Se...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Sep 1946-8 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)