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IOR/R/15/2/628
- Record Id:
- 040-000228917
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000015
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/628
- Title:
- File 23/2 Major Head:- Intelligence. Subject:- Saudi Arabia
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains intelligence reports relating to Bin Saud [Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, submitted by Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo [Yūsuf bin Aḥmad Kanoo], Bahrein [Bahrain] to the Political Agent, Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch). The file also contains notes and memoranda on Kanoo's reports written by the Political Agent, Bahrain; telegrams from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent, Kuwait; copies of telegrams from Bin Saud; and extracts from Arabic language newspapers.
The reports cover: political information concerning Bin Saud; customs dues; taxes; military operations (particularly operations against Imam Yahya [Yahyá Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn] of Yemen); movements of tribes; the activities of geologists in Saudi Arabia; the presence of European and Japanese travellers in the region; the movements of oil company personnel; taxes; boundary negotiations; loans; crime; oil; forts; pearl diving; motor cars; and dates.
The Arabic language content of the file consists of some of the reports from Kanoo, with English translations (although most of the reports are written in English); letterheads on Kanoo's correspondence; copies of telegrams from Bin Saud (with English translations); and Arabic language newspaper extracts (with English translations).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000228401
038-000228915
040-000228917 - 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/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/139-916 : Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/627-629 : File 23 Intelligence
IOR/R/15/2/628 : File 23/2 Major Head:- Intelligence. Subject:- Saudi Arabia - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0026]/038-000228915[0002]/040-000228917
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (147 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1933
- End Date:
- 1934
- Date Range:
- 24 Nov 1933-22 Oct 1934
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 149; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-147; these numbers are written in a combination of blue crayon and pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
Condition: part of the right edge of the newspaper cutting on folio 29 has been torn away, involving minor loss of text.
- Former External References:
- Confidential files, 1932-50: 23/2
- Arrangement:
- The correspondence is filed in approximate chronological order from the front to the back of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Imam of Yemen, 897-1962
Kanoo, Yusuf bin Ahmed, businessman, 1868-1945
King of Saudi Arabia, 1932- - Subjects:
- Political information
- Places:
- Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Asia