These are three volumes containing bilingual copies of ‘Treaties and Undertakings’ between the British Government and Persian Gulf rulers, as well as related correspondence. The first volume, catalogued as IOR/L/PS/20/C158A/1, covers treaties and agreements with the Shaikh of Mohammerah [Khorra...
‘TREATIES AND UNDERTAKINGS IN FORCE BETWEEN THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND THE SHAIKH OF MOHAMMERAH 1899-1919’
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A bilingual publication entitled ‘Treaties and Undertakings in force between the British Government and the Shaikh of Mohammerah 1899-1919’. This publication bears the printing statement ‘CALCUTTA [Kolkata] SUPERINTENDENT GOVERNMENT PRINTING, INDIA 1919’. A stamp on the front cover indicates tha...
‘TREATIES AND UNDERTAKINGS BETWEEN THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND THE SULTANS OF MASKAT AND OMAN, 1845-1914’
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Two copies of a bilingual publication entitled ‘Treaties and Undertakings in force between the British Government and the Sultans of Maskat [Muscat; also spelled Muskat in the publication] and Oman 1845-1919’. No publication information is present. Stamps on the front covers indicate that both c...
Supplementary list of undertakings, etc, of a confidential nature between the Trucial Chiefs of Oman and the British Government, 1911-1912. [English and Arabic versions] [Calcutta: Govt of India Foreign and Political Dept, 1916]
Treaties and undertakings in force between the British Government and the Rulers of Kuwait, 1841-1913. [English and Arabic versions] [Calcutta: Govt of India Foreign and Political Dept, 1916]
Treaties and undertakings, etc, in force between the British Government and the Rulers of Bahrain, 1820-1914. [English and Arabic versions] [Calcutta: Govt of India Foreign and Political Dept, 1916]
Treaties and agreements between the British Government and certain Arab rulers and agreements between the said rulers inter se affecting the British Government. [English and Arabic versions] Calcutta: Govt of India Foreign and Political Dept, 1926
Southern Nejd: Journey to Kharj, Aflaj, Sulaiyyil, and Wadi Dawasir in 1918.
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Harry St John Bridger Philby's account of his journey in the southern regions of the Najd, published for the Arab Bureau by the Government Press in Cairo, 1919. The journey was taken in May to June 1918 while the author was in Riyadh for the purpose of maintaining relations with Ibn Sa‘ud [‘Abd...