Sketch map drawn on India Office minute paper, depicting South-West Haycock Island, the Hanish Islands, Jebel Zukur Island [Jazīrat Jabal Zuqar], and other islands in the Lower Red Sea. The coasts of Eritrea and Yemen are shown on the west and east side of the Red Sea respectively. South-West Ha...
Sketch map depicting islands in the Lower Red Sea, including the Farsan Islands [Jazā’ir Farasān] towards the north and the Hanish Islands towards the south. The map also shows the surrounding region, including Eritrea in the west and Asir and Yemen in the east. Author unknown.
Coll 6/54 'Saudi-Arabia: Limits of Saudi Arabian territorial waters.'
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This file concerns the delimitation of Saudi Arabia's territorial waters. It documents reservations held by the British regarding the Saudi Government's claim that its territorial waters extend as far as four miles from the shore (as opposed to the three-mile limit favoured by the British). The ...
Coll 6/55 'Treaty of Friendship between the Yemen and the Netherlands.'
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This file primarily concerns the Treaty of Friendship between Yemen and the Netherlands, which was signed on 12 March 1933 and ratified on 4 February 1934. It comprises the following: A copy of a political intelligence summary, dated 7 March 1933 and received by the Secretary of State for the C...
Coll 6/56 'Saudi-Arabia: Prevention of use of Bahrein and Kuwait as bases for activities against Nejd (Ibn Hithlain)'
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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...
This file concerns relations between Saudi Arabia and the United States, and features the following principal correspondents: His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires to Jedda (Albert Spencer Calvert); His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires to Washington (Ronald Ian Campbell); His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (S...
Coll 6/58 'Asir: Relations between Saudi Arabia and the Yemen.'
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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...
Sketch map depicting the Arabian Peninsula, with the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf on either side. The map indicates boundaries, settlements, and hydrology, and provides some indication of relief. The map, which is attributed to the War Office, is dated June 1914 but has a number of annotations ...
Coll 6/59 'Saudi-Arabia: Alleged execution of the State Prisoners handed over after Akhwan rebellion in 1929 (Naif ibn Hithlain, Sultan ibn Hamaid and Ibn Lami)'
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This file concerns rumours that prisoners handed over by His Majesty's Government following the Akhwan rebellion of 1929/1930 have been executed by the Saudi authorities, in spite of promises reportedly made by King Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] to the British G...
Coll 6/60 'Saudi Arabia: Oil Concessions in Asir and the Farsan Islands.'
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This file concerns prospective Saudi oil concessions for Asir and the Farsan Islands. In a telegram to the Foreign Office, dated 4 June 1933, His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan) reports that the recent Hasa concession, which was granted by the Saudi Government to the California Ar...