‘File 28/1 B 1. Gift of £30,000 of Shaikh of Bahrain to the British Government; 2. Purchase of fighter aircraft; 3. Persian Gulf Fighter Fund’
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The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to a financial gift made to the British Government by the Ruler of Bahrain, and a fund set up for the purchase of fighter plans for the Persian Gulf: correspondence relating to the receipt and cashing of a gift of £30,000 made by the Ruler of ...
File [10/4] British relations with Ibn Sa`ud: aid given to rebels by King Faisal; removal of Al Duwish from Kuwait territory
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This file contains correspondence related to the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]. Specifically, the correspondence concerns the evacuation of the Ikhwan leader, Faisal al-Duwaish [Faysal al-Duwaysh] and his followers from ...
File 10/11 Ibn Sa`ud and the Hijaz: cession of `Aqaba; conquest of `Asir; abdication of Amir `Ali; fall of Medina; fall of Jidda; establishment of Ibn Sa`ud's administration in Jidda
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This file contains correspondence related to the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]. The correspondence primarily relates to the military capabilities of the Government of Hejaz, the conquest of the cities of Medina and Jedda...
This file concerns the movements of Wilfred Thesiger at the end of his second crossing of the Empty Quarter [al-Rub‘ al-Khālī]. Correspondence in the file is between the Political Officer, Sharjah; the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Political Resident, Bahrain; the Political Agent, Muscat; the Re...
The file comprises copies of four separate communications from the British Legation at Jedda, enclosing translated summaries and copies of the Treaty of Taif, agreed between the Saudi ruler ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd), and the Yemeni ruler Yaḥyā Muḥammad Ḥamī...
Fortnightly reports (as opposed to weekly reports, as stated on its cover) from the Political Agency in Kuwait. The reports are signed by the Political Agent (Major James Carmichael More; Major Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett; Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson), or, in his absence,...
Correspondence, reports and other papers relating to efforts, undertaken by representatives of the Middle East Anti-Locust Unit (MEALU), to control desert locusts (first reported in western India in August 1942 (f 3)) along the Arab coast between Bahrain and Oman. The principal correspondents in...
The file contains correspondence related to the purchase of books by the Political Agency at Bahrain, subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals. The documents in the file are advertisements, orders for books and periodicals, cheques, and receipts of payment. The principal correspondents are: ...
File 18/143 I (D 87) Service of Iraqi judicial documents in Kuwait
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The papers are mainly dated April 1930 - September 1931, with a few papers at the rear of the file dated January-February 1935. The file relates to the custom of serving summonses and other legal documents emanating from the Iraq courts on individuals residing in Kuwait (whether Iraqi subjects or...
File 1/A/38 IV Negotiations with Bin Saud re: Eastern Boundary of Saudi Arabia.
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The volume concerns negotiations between the British and Saudi Arabian governments over the settlement of the eastern and south-eastern frontiers of Saudi Arabia, the importance of which was enhanced by the presence of oil in the areas concerned. The principal correspondents are: HM Minister, J...
