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1. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 454-500

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 454-500
Title:
Turkish Expedition to Nejd
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 31 October 1871. The papers cover: the aims of the Ottoman military expedition against Nejd [Najd]; correspondence with Midhut Pasha, Governor General of Baghdad; British support for Bahrein [Bahrain]; the movements of British wars...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 May 1871-6 Dec 1871
Extent:
1 item (47 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/271

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/271
Title:
‘Letters from India (Secret Dept)’, Vol. 13
Scope & Content:
Government of India Foreign Department letters marked ‘Secret’, ‘General’, or ‘Political’ and sent to His Grace the Duke of Argyll, Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for India, with enclosures. The papers are reporting on the state of affairs in a number of regions including: the Khanate of Khiva...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, Persian, and Russian
Date Range:
19 Jan 1871-27 Dec 1872
Extent:
1 volume (983 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/50/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/50/3
Title:
File 1855/1904 Pt 8 'Koweit:- Arabia Chiefs' attitude towards tribes of the interior (Nejd etc.)'
Scope & Content:
The papers concern the attitudes of Shaikh Mubarak [Mubārak bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] of Koweit [Kuwait] and rulers of other Persian Gulf coast states toward the political activities of Bin Saood (also referred to as Ibn Saood) [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, (Ibn Sa‘ūd)] in Nej...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Feb 1904-30 Jan 1908
Extent:

170 folios

4. IOR/L/PS/10/302/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/302/2
Title:
File 3877/1912 Pt 4 ‘Turkey in Asia: oil concessions’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers relating to claims for exploratory oil licenses in Ottoman Turkey (including the vilayets of Baghdad, Mosul and Basra in Mesopotamia [Iraq], and Syria and Nejd). Principal correspondents include: the solicitors Treherne, Higgins and Company, who represent the oil explor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 Apr 1914-15 Sep 1914
Extent:

1 part (87 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/384

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/384
Title:
File 2182/1913 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf Situation in El Katr Policy towards Bin Saud'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains part 1 of the subject 'Persia Gulf'. It concerns Britain's relations with Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] following the latter's occupation of Ottoman-ruled El Hassa [Al Hasa] and Nejd [Najd]. Much of the correspondence is concerned with how B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
13 May 1913-15 Dec 1913
Extent:
1 volume (155 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/635

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/635
Title:
File 4931/1916 'Arabia [Nejd]: Bin Saud's subsidy. Payment of subsidy authorised on 1 Jan. 1917. Question of incidence. Payments made without Treasury authority'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers, mostly correspondence and India Office Minute Papers and Reference Papers, mainly relating to the subsidy paid to Ibn Saud, Emir of Nejd [Najd]. It includes papers relating to the following: The proposal to pay Ibn Saud a monthly subsidy of £5,000 per month, the cost ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Oct 1916-5 Apr 1922
Extent:

1 volume (202 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/937

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/937
Title:
File 7251/1920 Pt 2-3 'Arabia: Nejd-Iraq and Nejd-Kuwait Boundaries: Situation & Policy'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, memoranda, and other papers relating to British policy in the Arabian Peninsula. The papers deal with relations between the countries and territories in the region, including Nejd [Najd], the Hejaz, Transjordan [Jordan], Kuwait, Iraq, Yemen, and the Idrisi sta...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1920-2 Jul 1923
Extent:
1 volume (316 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/938/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/938/1
Title:
File 7251/1920 Pt 4 'Arabia: [Nejd] Question of channel of communication between H. M. Govt & Ibn Saud'
Scope & Content:
This part contains correspondence between British officials regarding diplomatic relations between Ibn Saud [Ibn Sa‘ūd or ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and the British Government, specifically the protocol for communication between the two parties and whether or not a per...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1922-1927
Extent:
1 volume (204 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/1033

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1033
Title:
File 450/1922 Pt 1 'Arabia: Nejd-Trans-Jordan dispute: Activities of Ibn Saud's followers; Proposed conference at Koweit'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, minutes, draft papers, and memoranda relating to the delineation of the boundary between the Kingdom of Nejd and Transjordan. The papers deal with matters such as the status of the Jauf [al-Jawf] region, the idea for a Baghdad-Haifa railway, numerous raids and counter raids along...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1922-1923
Extent:
1 volume (420 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/1034/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1034/1
Title:
File 450/1922 Pt 2 'Arabia: Nejd-Trans-Jordan dispute: Koweit [Kuwait] Conference: Breakdown of Conference; Hostile activites of Nejd tribes'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, minute papers, and memoranda relating to proceedings at the 1923-1924 Kuwait Conference. The papers discuss matters dealt with at the conference, such as boundary delineation between Trans-Jordan and the Kingdom of Nejd, compensation for raids, the return of refugee tribesmen, an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923-1924
Extent:

473 folios