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1. IOR/R/15/1/556-609

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/556-609
Title:
File 61: Najd
Scope & Content:
These files and volumes contain correspondence, reports, and other documents relating to the Najd region, in present-day Saudi Arabia, and its ruler, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd, commonly known as Ibn Sa‘ūd. The papers cover the period from Ibn Sa‘ūd's rise to prominence after taking Riyadh in 1902, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1905-1944
Extent:
54 files and volumes (12,432 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/608

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/608
Title:
‘File 61/31 VI (D 139) Anglo-Saudi frontier’
Scope & Content:
The volume’s contents relate to Anglo-Saudi negotiations over the extent of Saudi Arabia’s borders, and are a continuation of the contents of file IOR/R/15/1/607. The chief correspondents are a range of British Government officials, including Lawrence Dundas, Secretary of State for India, Reader...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 May 1937-10 Sep 1938
Extent:
1 volume (207 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/609

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/609
Title:
‘File 61/31 VII Anglo-Saudi frontier negotiations’
Scope & Content:
The contents of the file relate to: a) an enquiry made by a manager of Petroleum Concessions Limited, Bahrain, dated 22 December 1941 (folio 4) to the Political Agent in Bahrain (Major Reginald Alban) regarding the current status of the Saudi-Qatar border, and enquiring after the possibility of e...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1941-29 Jun 1944
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/602

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/602
Title:
File 61/28 (D 85) Hejaz-Nejd Mission to Europe
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and other papers related to the tour by a diplomatic mission from the Kingdom of Hejaz-Najd (including Emir Faisal) to Europe in 1932. The tour included a week-long trip to London in May, where Emir Faisal [Fayṣal] met King George V, and representatives of the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1932-5 Aug 1932
Extent:
1 volume (44 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/604

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/604
Title:
‘File 61/31 II (D 110) Anglo-Saudi negotiations 1934’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, memoranda and other papers relating to negotiations that took place in early 1935 between the British and Saudi Arabian Governments, which sought to define the eastern limits of Saudi territory, and their proximity to the British protectorates of Qatar, Bahrai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1934-13 Mar 1935
Extent:
1 volume (261 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/606

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/606
Title:
‘File 61/31 IV (D 120) Anglo-Saudi frontier negotiations’
Scope & Content:
The volume’s contents relate to ongoing negotiations between the British and Saudi Governments over the formal establishment of Saudi Arabia’s southern and eastern borders. The volume, which is a continuation of correspondence found in IOR/R/15/1/605, focuses on land which is covered by the Qata...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1935-24 Mar 1936
Extent:
1 volume (255 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/607

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/607
Title:
‘File 61/31 V (D 130) Anglo-Saudi frontier negotiations’
Scope & Content:
The volume’s contents relate to Anglo-Saudi negotiations over the extent of Saudi Arabia’s boundaries, and are a continuation of the contents of file IOR/R/15/1/606. The chief correspondents in the file are Andrew Ryan, British Minister at Jeddah, George Rendell, Eastern Department of the Foreig...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Apr 1936-29 May 1937
Extent:
1 volume (197 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/605

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/605
Title:
‘File 61/31 III (D 118) Anglo-Saudi frontier negotiations’
Scope & Content:
The volume’s letters, telegrams and memoranda relate to ongoing negotiations between the British Government and the Government of Saudi Arabia over the latter’s territorial borders. The chief correspondents in the file are Andrew Ryan, British Minister at Jeddah, George Rendell, Eastern Departme...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1935-26 Sep 1935
Extent:
1 volume (247 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/603

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/603
Title:
‘File 61/31 I (D 104) British-Saudi negotiations’
Scope & Content:
The volume’s letters, memoranda and other papers relate to negotiations between the British Government and Saudi Arabia over the extent of the latter’s eastern borders, and the position of these borders in relation to the Arab coast shaikhdoms (under British protection) and Oman. The chief autho...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Jul 1934-28 Nov 1934
Extent:
1 volume (220 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/601

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/601
Title:
File 61/26 I (D 84) Exemption from transit duty at Bahrain on foodstuffs, etc., imported by the Hejaz government
Scope & Content:
The correspondence in the volume relates to a request by the Hejaz Government to import 32,000 sacks of rice from Karachi via Bahrain, for use by the Hejaz army and government. Most of the items in the volume are telegrams sent between the British minister in Jeddah, the Political Agent in Bahrai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1930-10 Oct 1930
Extent:
1 volume (14 folios)