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IOR/R/15/1/609
- Record Id:
- 040-000228068
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000246
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023549868.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- 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 erecting beacons along the company’s concession boundary. The file includes a map of the Qatar peninsula, showing the concession boundary (folio 6), and the Resident’s (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior) response to the enquiry (folios 8-9); and b) correspondence from 1944 relating to the establishment of the Muscat-Saudi border, and the purpose of the ‘Blue Line’ boundary, intended to protect the Trucial Coast shaikhdoms from Ibn Sa‘ūd’s territorial ambitions (folios 10-11).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000227427
037-000227638
038-000228014
040-000228068 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1 : Political Residency, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/199-703 : Political Residency, Bushire: subject files
IOR/R/15/1/556-609 : File 61: Najd
IOR/R/15/1/609 : ‘File 61/31 VII Anglo-Saudi frontier negotiations’ - Contains:
- IOR/R/15/1/609, f 6 : Map of the Qatar peninsula showing the concession boundary
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/R/15/1/609 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0003]/037-000227638[0019]/038-000228014[0054]/040-000228068
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (12 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000246
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1941
- End Date:
- 1944
- Date Range:
- 22 Dec 1941-29 Jun 1944
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: There is an incomplete foliation sequence and a complete foliation sequence. The complete sequence, which should be used for referencing, is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 12.
- Former External References:
- A Series: File 61/31 VII
- Arrangement:
- The contents of the file are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest items at the front to the latest at the rear.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)