par E. Andriveau ; gravé le trait et les montagnes par Gérin, les écritures par P. Rousset, les eaux par Mme Fontaine.Covers portions of Israel, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.Relief shown by hachures. Depth shown by sounding and isolines."Insets: Sinai (Scale ca. 1:2600000) -- Golfe de Suez -- Cross section of the Palestine from the source of the Jordan to the Red Sea -- Panoramic view of the mountains of Palestine -- Jérusalem d'après le plan de G. Williams (Scale ca. 1:80000)."'"No. 18".'"Atlas usuel No. 23"."Atlas universel No.36".Includes notes and index.In French with place names in Latin, Arabic and Hebrew in Latin script.
Abstract: Report detailing the military lessons of the Arab rebellion in Palestine in 1936 that was compiled by General Staff, Headquarters, The British Forces, Palestine & Trans-Jordan.The report is divided up into chapters as follows:IntroductionA Short History of the Rebellion I - to the end of June, 1936A Short History of the Rebellion II - from the 1st July, 1936 to the end of the yearConditions in Palestine as Affecting OperationsCommanders and StaffsIntelligenceIntercommunicationAdministrationTransportWeapons and EquipmentThe Employment of Various ArmsThe Employment of Aircraft in Co-operation with TroopsDefensive ActionProtection of CommunicationsOffensive ActionConclusion - Summary of Main LessonsThe report contains 46 photographs and a number of diagrams which are located throughout the volume. It also contains four maps, found at folios 140-143.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 144; 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: A note by Major Robert Marrs, in which the author provides a comparison of the judicial systems in Mesopotamia and Palestine, followed by a number of points regarding jurisdiction over foreigners in those places.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at folio 94 and terminates at folio 95; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain concerning commercial motor routes between Kuwait/Haifa, Kuwait/Riyadh, proposed by the Kuwait Oil Company to link Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Palestine as an alternative route to the main route via Baghdad.On folios 9-17 there are envelopes containing two copies of a 'Sketch map showing Motor Road from Kuwait to Riyadh', both of which consist of three sheets.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 20; 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 4-8; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: Created by the War Office. Bears the imprint 'G[eographical].S[ection].G[eneral].S[taff]. No. 2904'. Covers Syria together with the geographical region of Palestine, present-day Jordan and Lebanon, and parts of Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt and Iraq. Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights and hachures, roads, railways, telegraphs, ancient canals (dry), settlements, place names and international boundaries (as at July 1914). Manuscript additions show supplementary map detail.Map produced from GSGS 2901 Eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and Western Persia [Iran] [see, for example, Mss Eur F112/570, f 32], from where projection information has been obtained.The verso bears the annotation 'Syria'.Physical description: Materials: Printed in colour, with manuscript additions in pencil and crayonDimensions: 494 x 365mm, on sheet 582 x 468mm
Abstract: Bears the imprint 'Published by the Royal Geographical Society, 1910. Railways inserted to November, 1915'. Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights, roads, railways, telegraphs, settlements, place names and international boundaries. Manuscript annotations highlight four sites on the Hejaz railway in Palestine. Creation end date derived from documented British military activity along this section of the railway.The verso bears the annotation 'Mesopotamia & Palestine'.A 1917 edition of this map, additionally portraying relief by hachures and ancient canals, accompanied by a set of explanatory notes including details of compilation material, published by the Royal Geographical Society in 1910, is held at Maps 203.e.20.Physical description: Materials: Printed in colour, with manuscript additions in pencilDimensions: 710 x 733mm, on sheet 760 x 812mm
Abstract: The file consists of a note, dated 10 January 1918, written by John Evelyn Shuckburgh (Political Department, India Office) on a memorandum written by Sir Mark Sykes on the Palestine and West Arabian situation. The note was prepared for a meeting of the Middle East Committee. Shuckburgh comments on statements made by Sykes, and provides an account of the latest developments and plans for the region. A section is included on policy in regards to Bin Saud [Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd ] (Wahabi Emir of Nejd), and tensions with King Husain [Hussein bin Ali] (Sharif and Emir of Mecca). Recommendations for action are given.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 28, and terminates at f 30, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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 28-30; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: This printed memorandum, authored by John Evelyn Shuckburgh, dated 30 December 1918, concerns a meeting at the India Office, London, between Sir Edwin Samuel Montagu, Secretary of State, and Shaikh Feisal [Fayṣal bin Ḥusayn al-Hāshimī], accompanied by Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence acting as interpreter, on 27 December 1918. The meeting was also attended by Sir Thomas Holderness and Sir James Dunlop-Smith, as well as Lord Islington, Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel, and Sir Hamilton Grant. Subjects of discussion included relations with Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud)], Emir of Nejd [Najd] and the nature of the Wahabi [Wahhabi] movement; Syria and the circumstances of the Arab Revolt of 1916; and Palestine and the Zionist movement.There is a pencil note in the top right hand corner of folio 1 that reads: 'Sir A. Grant. Do you think this is a fair representation of what Feisal said?' signed J E S and dated 30 December. This is followed by a note in the top center of the folio that reads: 'Yes. Excellent, I think', signed A H G and dated 31 December.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at folio 14 and terminates at folio 17, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This file consists of an ordinance which was intended to be named 'The Transfer of Land Ordinance, 1919' and relates to immovable property transactions in Mesopotamia. Included with the ordinance are notes by the following individuals: Chaim Weizmann, President of the British Zionist Federation; Colin Campbell Garbett, Assistant Secretary for the India Office; Sir Edgar Bonham-Carter, Judicial Secretary, Baghdad, and Lieutenant-Colonel Evelyn Berkeley Howell, Revenue Secretary, Mesopotamia. Each party was invited to suggest amendments to the proposed ordinance and provide advice owing to their experiences with land ordinances and land registry in Mesopotamia with the exception of Weizmann who was invited to comment from the point of view of Palestinians.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 99, and terminates at f 103, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file relates to the publication of the report of the Palestine Royal Commission, and British Government White Papers on Palestine, 1937-39; the reaction to them in Bahrain (and elsewhere in the Persian Gulf); the response of the King of Saudi Arabia [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] (usually referred to in the papers as Ibn Saud) to British policy on Palestine; and fundraising in Bahrain for charitable causes in Palestine.The principal correspondents are the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Residency Agent, Sharjah; the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave); and senior officials of the India Office and the Foreign Office.The papers cover: approaches to the Ruler of Bahrain [Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah] by pro-Palestinian groups, and British advice that the Shaikh should ignore them, August-September 1936 (folios 5-13); the publication of the report of the Palestine Royal Commission (which proposed partition), May-August 1937 (folios 21-57), including the reaction of Ibn Saud (folios 31-32), the reaction in Bahrain, where the public was said to be 'not interested' (folio 35), distribution of Arabic copies of the report, (folios 41-44), and the reaction in the Gulf generally (folios 46-57); an appeal at Sharjah to the Muslims of the Trucial Coast to help the Palestinians, November-December 1937 (folios 65-73); publication of the White Paper
Policy in Palestine(cmd. 5634), January 1938 (folios 75-84); distribution of an Arabic translation of the White Paper, January-February 1938 (folios 85-90); texts of British Government official communiqués, January and November 1938, which rejected partition (folios 91-95 and 101-102); Arabic translation of the summary of the report of the Palestine Partition Commission, with two maps (B Plan of Partition, folio 119 and C Plan of Partition, folio 118), November 1938 (folios 108-120); report that there was no local reaction in Bahrain to the Commission's report, November 1938 (folio 130); correspondence between the British Government and Ibn Saud, January-May 1939 (folios 149-193); Foreign Office extracts from the forthcoming White Paper on Palestine, and explanatory letter from the Political Agent, Bahrain to Ibn Saud, May 1939 (folios 194-214); correspondence concerning a fund for relief of distress in Palestine, May 1939 (folios 218-222); White Paper
Palestine. Statement of Policy(cmd. 6019), which included sections on the constitution of Palestine, Jewish immigration, and transfers of land, May 1939 (folios 225-232); letter from Ibn Saud in response to British policy in Palestine, 21 May 1939 (folios 235-240); Arabic translation of the White Paper (folios 243-250); the reaction to the White Paper in Bahrain, June 1939 (folio 256); correspondence concerning charitable relief in Bahrain for Palestine, including correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain, and Shaikh Abdullah bin Isa al Khalifah [‘Abdullāh bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], June-July 1939 (folios 257-271); and reaction to the White Paper on the Trucial Coast (folio 272), and in Kuwait (folio 278).The Arabic language content of the papers consists of approximately fifty folios. This is composed of correspondence (most with English translations), and copies of Arabic translations of official British Government publications.The date range gives the covering dates of the correspondence; the last dated addition to the file is an entry in the notes in folio 318, dated 17 August 1939.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 292; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Arabic booklets are numbered in reverse order and these numbers are located in the top left corner. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 4-277; 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 file contains correspondence between Kuwait Oil Company, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Political Agent at Kuwait. The correspondence discusses the discovery of oil in Kuwait; because of the scarcity of oil found in the well at Bahra it was decided to drill another well around the w
ara(sandstone) hill (now part of Burqan Field), where oil was found in commercial quantities in 1938. Copy of the 1934 Agreements between the British Government, the Sheikh of Kuwait and with Kuwait Oil Company is included in the file (ff 3-10). The discovery of oil in Kuwait increased interest from Saudi Arabia over the Neutral Zone, which is subject of correspondence from Petroleum Concessions Limited.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 44; 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 2-37; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: The volume consists of letters, telegrams, reports, and newspaper cuttings relating to Saudi Arabia. Much of the correspondence is made up of regular reports sent from the British Legation in Jeddah to the Foreign Office in London. The remaining correspondence is between the two aforementioned places and also: the Political Residency in Bushire, the Political Agencies in Bahrain and Kuwait, the India Office in London, the Government of India, Ibn Sa'ud, and Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister.There are a range of subjects covered in the volume, including:Saudi Arabian foreign relations, specifically with Egypt, Yemen, Turkey, and Britain;a new customs tariff and the reduction of imports into the Kingdom;Saudi Arabian concerns about the situation in Palestine;the internal financial situation;the acitivities of the Saudi Arabia Mining Syndicate;the prospect of Yemen signing the Treaty of Arab Brotherhood and Alliance;Anglo-Italian relations, including Italian propoganda in the region;religious policing in the country;a visit to Ibn Sa'ud in Riyadh by Harold Dickson, the Political Agent in Kuwait, and the negative reaction to it in the Arab Press;the restoration of the Hejaz Railway;discontent with Saudi rule in the Hejaz due to preceived financial exploitation, including details of the Egyptian-based group 'The Friends of Hejaz';the death of Ibn Sa'ud's nephew Emir Khalid ibn Mohammed in a car accident;new regulations for foreigners living in Saudi Arabia;the deterioration of Ibn Sa'ud's health.Notable in the volume is a report (folios 87-95) on an interview with Ibn Sa'ud by Reader Bullard, the British Minister in Jeddah at the time, a revised report (folios 135-136) on the heads of foreign missions in Jeddah, and the letter exchange (folios 165, 171-180) between Ibn Sa'ud and Neville Chamberlain.Physical description: Foliation: The sequence starts on the first folio and continues through to the inside back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, circled and located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The only irregularities are the first four folios that run 1A through to 1D, then continuing as normal from 2.