Map issued as Annex no. 5A to the Anglo-Ottoman Convention of 29 July 1913, with roads and overland and submarine telegraph lines shown. A blue line runs from Jazirat az Zakhnūnīyah to the centre of Ruba'-al-Khaila [Rubʻ al Khālī]. The map contains notations concerning topographic features. The...
Coll 6/65 'Relations between Saudi-Arabia and the Yemen.'
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This file concerns Saudi-Yemeni relations, beginning with the final weeks of hostilities between the two countries before going on to cover peace negotiations and the reoccupation of Hodeidah (also transliterated as Hodeida) by the Yemeni authorities, following the gradual withdrawal of Saudi tr...
This file primarily concerns British policy on the question of the Saudi-Transjordan frontier, specifically the frontier between Transjordan and Nejd, as initially outlined in the Hadda Agreement of 1925. The correspondence includes discussion of the following: The reported disaffection of cer...
Sketch map of Jebel Tubaik [Jabal aţ Ţubayq, Saudi Arabia], with three coloured lines depicting routes around the eastern edge of the mountain range. The lines begin north-west of Ma'aizila [Al Mu‘ayzīlah] and descend south, ending just to the west of Nuqra al Hamra [Nuqrat al Ḩamrā’]. The map pr...
Coll 6/67(1) 'Boundaries of South-Eastern Arabia and Qatar.'
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This volume primarily concerns British policy regarding the south-eastern boundaries of Saudi Arabia. It includes interdepartmental discussion regarding the approach that the British Government should take in reaching a settlement with King Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal...
APPENDIX C. MAP SHOWING THE EXTENT OF WAHABI AND OF MUSCAT POWER, 1865.
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Map enclosed as an appendix to an India Office memorandum entitled 'Historical Memorandum on the Relations of the Wahabi Amirs and Ibn Saud with Eastern Arabia and the British Government, 1800-1934', dated 26 September 1934. The map depicts the south-eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula, with t...
Coll 6/67(2) 'Boundaries of South-Eastern Arabia and Qatar.'
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This volume concerns British policy regarding the south-eastern boundaries of Saudi Arabia. It documents preparations for negotiations with the Saudi Government, and includes interdepartmental discussion regarding the approach that the British Government should take in reaching a settlement wi...
Map depicting the eastern Arabian Peninsula. The map, which was prepared in anticipation of frontier negotiations with the Saudi Arabian Government, shows possible lines for the south-eastern Saudi Arabian border, as proposed by the Foreign Office. A blue line, drawn in blue crayon and descendi...
Coll 6/67(3) 'Boundaries of South Eastern Arabia and Qatar.'
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This volume primarily concerns British policy regarding the south-eastern boundaries of Saudi Arabia, specifically those bordering Qatar, the Trucial Shaikhdoms, Muscat, the Hadramaut and the Aden Protectorate. It includes interdepartmental discussion regarding the approach that the British Go...