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1. IOR/R/15/2/461-483

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/461-483
Title:
File 11 Saudi Arabia
Scope & Content:
The Bahrain Political Agency confidential files on Saudi Arabia chiefly concern the relationship that Saudi Arabia and its Ruler ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (also known as Ibn Sa‘ūd) had with British-administered Bahrain, Qatar and the Trucial shaikhdoms. The British Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1932-1950
Extent:
23 files and volumes (714 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/480

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/480
Title:
'SAUDI ARABIAN TRADE AGENT IN BAHRAIN'
Scope & Content:
The file reports the death of Salim An Nadir [Salīm al-Nādir?], on 4 October 1947, wrongly identified in the Bahrain Intelligence Report, dated 28 October 1947, as the Saudi Arabian Trade Agent. He was in fact the unofficial buyer of supplies for the Saudi Government. Correspondents include: the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1947-6 Nov 1947
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/476

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/476
Title:
'Indian Vice-consul at Dhahran'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the possible appointment of a vice-consul at Dhahran [al-Ẓahrān] by the Government of India. Correspondents in the file include Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain; Cornelius James Pelly, the Political Agent at Bahrain; and L...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1947-27 Apr 1947
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/479

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/479
Title:
'Visits by foreigners to Saudi Arabia'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the request by Reverend Father Gabriel [Fleming?], a Roman Catholic priest at Bahrain, to visit Dhahran [al-Ẓahrān] for religious services within the premises of the Arabian American Oil Company (Aramco). The request is subsequently refused by the Saudi Government Representativ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1944-10 Jan 1945
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/482

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/482
Title:
'BAHRAIN - SAUDI ARABIA RELATIONS'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the sale of an International Emergency Food Council (IEFC) quota of wheat by Kuwait to Saudi Arabian merchants. The file consists of one telegram, forwarded by the Political Resident at Bahrain to the Political Agencies at Bahrain and Kuwait, from Alan Charles Trott, His Majest...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/466

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/466
Title:
'Negotiations with Ibn Saud regarding Boundaries of Saudi Arabia'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns Saudi Arabian boundary negotiations between 1949 and 1950 and specifically concerns boundaries with Qatar (folios 2-3 and 6-12), Buraimi [al-Buraymī] (folios 4-5 and 16-19) and the Trucial Coast (folios 14-15). The file contains correspondence between Herbert George Jakins, Cor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Sep 1949-23 Aug 1950
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/483

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/483
Title:
'ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN SAUDI ARABIA'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns economic developments in Saudi Arabia, including extracts from 'Saudi Arabia Monthly Economic Report. January/February 1948' (f 2) and March 1948 (f 7); extracts from 'Review of Middle East Press' dated 1 May 1948 (folio 3) and 28 May 1948 (folios 4-6); and a copy of an extract...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1948-4 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/469

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/469
Title:
'11/7 SAUDI ARMS REGULATIONS'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns new arms regulations concerning the prohibition of the import, sale, carrying and possession of arms in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which were issued by Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] in October 1935. The correspondence in the file is between ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1936-15 Apr 1936
Extent:
1 file (34 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/471

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/471
Title:
'11/9 AMIR OF DHAHRAN'
Scope & Content:
This files concerns relations between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Amir of Dhahran [al-Ẓahrān] on the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia. The correspondents in the file include Khalid Sidairi [Khālid al-Suayrī], Amir of al-Ẓahrān; the Political Agent at Bahrain; and the Political Resident i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 May 1945-15 Apr 1946
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/475

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/475
Title:
'DAMMAM DHAHRAN PROJECT'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns Aramco construction projects at Dammam [Dammām] and Dhahran [al-Ẓahrān], Saudi Arabia, including a proposal for a seven mile pier (folio 3) and 330 mile-long railway running from Dammām to Riyadh (folio 4). The file also includes 'Notes on visit to Dhahran - 26th/27th November,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Nov 1946-23 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)