Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the mission of Harry St John Bridger Philby to Ibn Sa'ud in Najd. Correspondence discusses the operation of the blockade of all land trade to Kuwait.Correspondence includes Philby's handwritten notes (folios 2-22; 42-46; 51-59; 51-73; 111-13; 131-140; 142-154; 162-165; 173-178; 182; 185-186) where he discusses personalities, events, tribes, policies. The policy to be pursued is also discussed by other high officials. The file also includes a folio (187) with an index listing topics.Included in the volume is a copy (folios 105-107) of the treaty between 'The High British Government ... and Abdul Aziz bin Abdur Rahman bin Faisal Al-Saud, Ruler of Najd, El Hassa, Qatif and Jubail ... 'The principal correspondents in the volume include: Harry St John Bridger Philby; the Political Agent at Kuwait (Percy Gordon Loch); Political Agent at Baghdad; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Percy Zachariah Cox); the Viceroy; the Office of the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; the Political Agent at Basra; Ruler of Najd (Ibn Sa'ud).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 189; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 1-187; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, printed reports, and notes for the period from November 1920 to February 1923 relating to the Kuwait/Najd boundary.The main topics discussed include:The attack on Jahra by the IkhwanBahrain Agency Mission to Ibn Sa`ud, 1920Ikhwan raidsKuwait Mission to Ibn Sa`ud, 1921Death of Shaikh Salim, 1921Boundary settlementThe volume includes an index (folio 232) which lists topics including: air reconnaissance; boundary, Kuwait-Iraq; Chasib mission; Council for Kuwait; letters with Ibn Sa'ud; trade with Najd.The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Political Agent, Kuwait (James Carmichael More); the Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia, Baghdad (Arnold Talbot Wilson).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 233; 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 present in parallel between ff 2-232; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, for the period April 1918 to August 1918 relating to the main topics:Harry St John Bridger Philby's Mission to Ibn Sa`ud.Friction between Najd and Kuwait because of the British blockade of land trade.The volume also includes an index (folio 192) listing key individuals and subjects mentioned in the correspondence including: the blockade; King Husain [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī]; Ibn Rashid [Saʿūd bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Āl Rashīd]; an alleged Turkish agreement with Ibn Sa'ud; Imam Yahya [Yaḥyá Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn].The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Political Agent, Kuwait (Gordon Percy Loch); Ibn Sa'ud; the Office of the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; the Viceroy; King Husain of the Hijaz.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 193; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 2-192; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: Created by the War Office. Covers the northernmost seventy miles of the Persian Gulf and its hinterland extending 270 miles to the north and west in present-day Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Portrays freshwater and coastal hydrology (including soundings and submarine contours), relief by spot heights and shading, roads and tracks, railways, telegraphs, pipelines, cultivation, settlements, place names, water sources and international boundaries. Sheet bears the series designation Geographical Section, General Staff, No. 2563.Verso bears the annotation 'Lower Mesopotamia'.Physical description: Materials: Printed in colourDimensions: 558 x 572mm, on sheet 752 x 668mm
Abstract: A printed report on air and motorcar operations carried out along the Iraq-Najd border following several cross-border raids. The report was produced and issued by the Air Ministry and printed in London in December 1928. The volume is divided into three sections: the report, appendices, and maps.The report contains the following sub-headings:Introduction; Attack on Busaiya Post; Events Leading up to the Formation of Akforce; Formation of Akforce; First Phase; Second Phase; Third Phase; Difficulties of Terrain; Value of Troop-Carrying Aircraft; Use of Armoured Cars; Protection of Advanced Aircraft Bases.List of Appendices1. Operational Flying Times by Units. 2. Supplies and Transport. 3. Supply of Equipment. 4. Stores Accounting. 5. Pay Accounting. 6. Report on Supcol. 7. Water Supplies. 8. Tentage at Temporary Stations. 9. Changing Engines on Operations. 10. Maintenance of Aircraft and Engines in the open. 11. Armament. 12. Medical Arrangements. 13. Weather. 14. Signals.List of Maps1. 'Iraq-Najd Frontier and probable raid routes. 2. Najd borders. 3. 'Iraq-Najd. Areas suitable for armoured cars. 4. Akforce W/T Communications.Physical description: Foliation: The sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Residency and Muskat [Muscat] Political Agency for 1879-80, published by Authority at the Foreign Department Press, India (Calcutta), and forming part of the Selections from the Records of the Government of India, Foreign Department (No. 171) and based on reports sent to Government by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent at Muscat. The report is preceded by a copy of a letter sent by Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf , to A. C. Lyall, Secretary to the Government of India, dated 30 June 1880, which enclosed the submission of the original reports to the Government of India (folios 290-91).The report is divided up into a number of sections and subsections, as follows:1.
General Report for 1879-80, prepared by Ross (folios 291-308), which is divided a number of small reports, organised by region, as follows: 1. ’Omán or Muskat State; 2. Pirate Coast; 3. El-Bahrain; 4. Nejd, El-Hasá [Al-Hasa] and El-Katr [Qatar]; 5. Southern Persia; and 6. Bassidore [Bāsa‘īdū]. The reports detail the state of local affairs in each region, including relations between tribes and rulers, disease, incidents of piracy, migrations. The report for Southern Persia contains a separate report for Fars. The report for Bassidore includes reports on: political appointments; royal naval activity, postal affairs; observatory activity; and administration of the trade in mules in Persia. Four appendices follow the report: A. List of Guttur (or El-Katr) [Qatar] ports and names of chiefs and main tribes; B. Terms of a mutual agreement entered into by the Trucial Chiefs of the Oman Coast through the medium of Hajee Abul Kassim, Moonshee, specially deputed on this service, and Hajee Abdur Rahman, Government Agent, Arab coast, dated 24 June 1879; C. tabulated meteorological data from the Bushire Residency Observatory; D. Notes upon the breeding, treatment, etc., of the Persian mule, and upon Persia as a source of supply for mules, written by Lieutenant I MacIvor, Assistant Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.2. A
Memoir on Nejd, prepared by Ross (folios 308-21), comprising an outline history of the Wahábees [Wahhābī] of Nejd and the Ál-Su’ood [Āl Sa‘ūd] Amirs, from 1691 to the present day, and a number of appendices: A. Genealogical of the Āl Sa‘ūd; B. List of principal districts and towns of Nejd; C. Tribes of Nejd; D. List of authorities and sources of information availed of in preparing
Memoir of Nejd.3.
Report on trade for 1879,prepared by Ross, dated 26 May 1880 (folios 321-56), comprising a summary of the year’s harvest and trade; the Commercial Treaty; customs duty; assistance to vessels in distress; prohibition export of specie exceptions; notice of prohibition of export of produce; mercantile tribunals; protection of British subjects; introduction of industrial machinery and agricultural implements. Three appendices follow: A. Report on the salt caves and mines and the trade in salt in the Persian Gulf, written by the Assistant Surgeon, Abder Raheem, Bassidore, 20 March 1880; B. Tabulated list of productions [summer and winter agricultural planting) of Fars; C. Tabulated trade statistics, indicating the quantity and values of imports and exports in the region, lists of goods traded, and nationality and tonnage of trading vessels.4.
Administration report of the Political Agency, Muskat, for the year 1879-80, prepared by Major Charles Grant, His Britannic Majesty’s Political Agent and Consul, Muscat (folios 357-65), comprising: an overview of the political situation in Muscat, changes in British personnel at the Agency; the slave trade; marine events; and trade. An appendix of tabulated trade statistics follows the report, detailing nationality and tonnage of vessels visiting Muscat, and lists of imports and exports.Physical description: Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the first folio, on number 285 and ends on the last folio, on number 364.Pagination: The volume contains an original typed pagination sequence.
Abstract: A printed report on air and motorcar operations carried out along the Iraq-Najd border following several cross-border raids. The report was produced and issued by the Air Ministry and printed in London in July 1930. The volume is divided into three sections: the report; appendices; and maps.The report contains the following sub-headings: The Uqubba Incident on 1st January, 1929; Ajman Raid.List of Appendices:I. Distribution of Forces--Southern DesertII. Flying TimesIII. SignalsIV. Report on Weather Conditions in the Southern Desert--June, 1928, to May, 1929V. Medical Arrangements--Southern Desert--1928-29VI. Memorandum of Armament during Operations in the Southern Desert--June, 1928-May, 1929VII. Supply of Transport Services--Period June, 1928-May, 1929VIII. Stores Organisation and Accounting--Period June, 1928-May, 1929IX. Maintenance of Aircraft and Engines of Detachments Engaged--Period June, 1928-May, 1929.Folio 15 is a map of Basra and Hail [Ḥā’il].Physical description: Foliation: The main foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio (except for the back cover, where the folio number is on the verso).Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes for the period of February 1925 to December 1927 relating to the Najd-Transjordan boundary.Topics discussed include:The Najd-Transjordanian boundary and raiding between Iraq and Najd.The mission of Sir Gilbert Clayton Mission to Ibn Sa`ud.Najd-Iraq Frontier Agreement (Bahra Agreement), signed in 1925.Included in the volume is a copy of the English version (folios 36 to 37) of the ten articles of the Bahra Agreement signed by the Sultan of Najd and Dependencies and Sir Gilbert Clayton on behalf of the 'Mesopotamia Government' to regulate raiding. The file also includes letters in Arabic from Ibn Sa'ud to British officials.The principal correspondents include: the Secretary of State for the Colonies, London; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire (Francis Beville Prideaux); the High Commissioner, Baghdad; the Political Agent, Kuwait; HM Consul, Jeddah; and the Sultan of Najd and Dependencies (Ibn Sa'ud).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 177; 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 present in parallel between ff 5-173; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: Imprint:Simla Drawing Office, February [19]28.Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures.An outline map no. 5289 marked ‘For Official Use only’ showing the north-eastern portion of the Arabian Peninsula with boundaries indicated by dash-dot lines and neutral zones marked. Shows Basrah railway line.Physical description: Dimensions:208 x 172 mm, on sheet 343 x 204 mm
Abstract: The volume, stamped ‘Secret’ on the front cover and frontispiece, is part 1 (historical and political materials) of a précis of Najd (spelt Nejd throughout) affairs for the years 1896-1904. It was prepared by Jerome Antony Saldanha of the Bombay Provincial Civil Service, and published in 1904 by the Government of India Foreign Department, Simla, India.The volume includes a preface (folio 3) and list of contents (folio 4). The sections listed in the contents run as follows:I: Rise of the Wahabis under Abdul Wahab [‘Abd al-Wahhāb] ante1740;II: Political History of Nejd ante 1800 to 1804;III: Genealogy of the Wahabi Amirs;IV: First encroachments of the Wahabis on Oman,, 1804-1808;V: (1) Joasami [Āl Qāsimī] pirates under Wahabi influence first venture into the Indian Seas. (2) Expedition against Joasamis and Wahabis, 1808-1809;VI: First Egyptian Invasion of Nejd, 1814-1819;VII: Resurrection of the Wahabis and Reconstitution of the Wahabi Kingdom, 1824-1831;VIII: Wahabi overtures to British Government, 1831;IX: (1) Wahabi Invasion of Oman, 1833. (2) Views of the Government of India as to the claims of Maskat [Muscat] on the British Government;X: (1) Turki [Turkī] murdered by Meshari [Mashārī]. (2) Meshari executed by Feysal [Fayṣal]. (3) Feysal assumes Kingdom;XI: (1) Second Egyptian Invasion of Nejd. (2) Egyptian withdrawal under British pressure;XII: Government of Khalid [Khālid] as Turkish viceregent;XIII: (1) Abdullah bin Saneyan [‘Abdullāh bin Thānīyān] seizes the kingdom. (2) Feysal returns from exile;XIV: (1) Oman again threatened by the Wahabis. (2) British policy;XV: Wahabi attempt on Bahrein [Bahrain]XVI: Invasion of Oman by Abdullah, son of Feysal (2) Treaty between Maskat and Wahabis;XVII: Feysal's nominal dependence upon Turkey, 1855;XVIII: (1) Renewal of Wahabi attempt on Bahrein. (2) British interference, 1859;XIX: (1) Blockade of Wahabi ports by Chief of Bahrein, 1861. (2) Blockade raised on British interference;XX: Turkish protest against British proceedings;XXI: Differences between Sultan of Maskat and Amir of Nejd, 1864-65;XXII: Visit of Colonel [Lewis] Pelly to Riadh [Riyadh], 1865;XXIII: Difference between Sultan of Maskat and Amir of Nejd (continued), 1864-1865;XXIV: (1) Rebellion of two Oman tribes under leadership of Wahabi Officer. (2) Outrage of British subjects;XXV: British operations against the Wahabis, 1865-66;XXVI: The Amir of Nejd comes to terms, 1866;XXVII: Deputation of a Wahabi envoy to Baghdad, 1866;XXVIII: Wahabi advances to Beraymi [al-Buraymī];XXIX: Civil War between Abdullah and Saud [Sa‘ūd], his brother. (2) Turkish expedition into Nejd to assist Abdullah, 1870-71;XXX: Saud bin Feysal's appeal to the Resident for arbitration of the British Government, 1871-1873;XXXI: Saud's negotiations with the Turks, 1872;XXXII: First Mission of Haji Ahmed [Ḥājjī Aḥmad] to Baghdad, 1872;XXXIII: Second Mission of Haji Ahmed to Baghdad, 1872;XXXIV: Visit of Abdullah messenger to Baghdad, 1872-1873;XXXV: Release of Abdur Rahman [‘Abd al-Raḥmān];XXXVI: Death of Saud bin Faysal [Sa‘ūd bin Fayṣal] and election of Abdul Rahman as Amir, 1875;XXXVII: Abdullah bin Feysal [‘Abdullāh bin Fayṣal] defeats Abdur Rahman, 1875-80;XXXVIII: Threatened Revolt of the Montefik Arabs [al-Muntafiq], 1880;XXXIX: Sheikh Abdullah bin Thanneyan, 1879-1880;XL: State of affairs in 1881;XLI: Rise of the Shammar principality, 1835-1882;XLII: Genealogy of Shammar Chiefs;XLIII: Hostilities between Abdullah bin Feysal and Ibn Rashid [Ibn Rashīd];XLIV: Imprisonment of Abdullah bin Feysal and absorption of the Wahabi Kingdom in the Shammar principality, 1887-1896;XLV: Complications with Koweit, 1897-1904.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: Theses two volumes make up Volume I, Part IA and Part IB (Historical) (pages i-778 and 779-1624) of the
Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, ’Omān and Central Arabia(Government of India: 1915), compiled by John Gordon Lorimer and completed for press by Captain L Birdwood.Part 1A contains an 'Introduction' (pages i-iii) written by Birdwood in Simla, dated 10 October 1914. There is also a 'Table of Chapters, Annexures, Appendices and Genealogical Tables' (page v-viii) and 'Detailed Table of Contents' (pages ix-cxxx), both of which cover all volumes and parts of the
Gazetteer.Parts IA and IB consist of nine chapters:'Chapter I. General History of the Persian Gulf Region' (Part IA, pages 1-396);'Chapter II. History of the ’Omān Sultanate' (Part IA, pages 397-629);'Chapter III. History of Trucial ’Omān' (Part IA, page 630-Part IB, page 786);'Chapter IV. History of Qatar' (Part IB, pages 787-835);'Chapter V. History of Bahrain' (Part IB, pages 836-946);'Chapter VI. History of Hasa' (Part IB, pages 947-999);'Chapter VII. History of Kuwait' (Part 1B, pages 1000-1050);'Chapter VIII. History of Najd or Central Arabia' (Part 1B, pages 1051-1178);'Chapter IX. History of Turkish ’Iraq' (Part 1B, pages 1179-1624).Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. The sequence runs through parts IA and IB as follows:Volume I, Part IA: The sequence begins on the first folio with text, on number 1, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 456. Total number of folios: 456. Total number of folios including covers and flysheets: 460.Volume I, Part IB: The sequence begins on the first folio with text, on number 457, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 878. It should be noted that folio 488 is followed by folio 488A. Total number of folios: 423. Total number of folios including covers and flysheets: 427.
Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai].The item contains copies of research papers compiled by Lieutenant William Henry Wybard (also written 'J. W.' and 'Wyburd') during his exploration of the Province of Nedjd [Najd] between 1831 and 1833, the purpose of which was to find out more about the Wahabees [Wahabi] and their country. The research papers include:'Journal' (ff 61-69) which documents Wybard's journey from Bushire [Būshehr], via Bahrein [Bahrain] and Katiff [Al-Qatif], into Nedjd where he visited Ajeer [Al ‘Uqayr?] and the town of Elreasa (also written 'Elriasa' and ‘Elhasa’) [Al Hufūf]'Elreasa' (ff 70-71) which includes a description of the town, its defences and buildings'The Island of Bahrein' (ff 71-72) which contains a description of the island's: size; geography; city of Manama; town of Moharraq [Al Muharraq]; and the relationship between the Bahrein Sheikhs [Shaikhs] and the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat.After being pressed for more information which he had originally promised, Wybard provides copies of his researches on the history and current status of:'Kaab commonly called Chaub' (ff 78-86), the Chaub [Banū Ka‘ab] tribes'Bussora' (ff 86-88), the city of Bussora [Basra]'Bedowins of the Benee Laum' (ff 88-90), the 'Benee Laum or Lakhem' [Banu Lakhm] tribe'Bedouins of the Montifick' (ff 90-91), the Montifick [Muntafiq] tribe'Bedouins of the Shumer' (ff 91-92), the Shumer [Shammar] tribe.The item also mentions the advances provided for Wybard by the Government of Bombay and the discontinuation of his research due to ill health.The correspondents of the item are: Wybard; the Government of Bombay; David Anderson Blane, Resident in the Persian Gulf; J Crawford, Officiating Superintendent of the Indian Navy; and R Cogan, Assistant Superintendent of the Indian Navy. The item includes an extract from an unsigned letter at folio 59, which is most likely from the East India Company Court of Directors.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Collection N. 1’, ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 1592, Draft 644, 1835' and 'Rec[eived]
Duncan Gibb15th Aug[ust] 1834’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 54 and terminates at f 92, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.