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1. 'Ext 4986/42 Destitute Yemenis and Hadhramis entering Saudi Arabia'
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- Abstract: The file contains a letter from the British Ministry at Jedda to the Foreign Office, informing them that Ibn Saud had asked for assistance in preventing destitute Yemenis and Hadramis from entering Saudi Arabia, requesting that only subjects with means of subsistence be admitted.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 3; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
2. 'FILE NO 15/2 NAME: DR. SYED ABDUL WAHAB AL ASKARI'
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- Abstract: The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the activity of Dr Syed Abdul Wahab Al Askari.The discussion in the file relates to this individual, allegedly an Iraqi subject, who was perceived as a doctor of dubious credentials who had entered the territories of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman without permission. He made an allegation of robbery and approached the Political Agent, Muscat to seek redress. He was deemed an undesirable anti-British agitator and possibly involved in subversive activity.Further discussion surrounds his deportation on HMS Bamoraand his disappearance at the port of Bushire.The file includes an envelope (folio 22) containing a letter to the Commander, HMS Bamora, affixed with the seal of the Muscat Agency.The file features the following principal correspondents: the Political Agent, Muscat (Major Claude Edward Bremner); the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Gordon Percy Loch); HM Consul, Basrah; and the Council of Regency, Muscat State.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 34; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
3. 'FILE NO. 15/3 SULEIMAN AL BARUNI AND HIS RELATIVES'
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- Abstract: The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to Suleiman al Baruni and his relatives.The discussion in the file concerns:The nationality of al-Baruni who was from Libya and implications for his admission to OmanHis membership of the Ibadhi sect and his claim that he had influence with tribes inland from TripoliArrangements for travel of members of his family.The principal correspondents in the volume are: the Political Agent, Muscat; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and officials of the Government of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 77; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
4. Coll 30/145 'Entry of Persian subjects into the Arab Sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf.'
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- Abstract: The file concerns the emigration of thousands of people from Iran to the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf after they had become dissatisfied with administrative measures imposed by the Iranian Government, particularly the forced unveiling of women.The papers include: the despatch of two agents by the Iranian Government to the Trucial Coast to induce emigrants to return; correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Trenchard Craven William Fowle) and HM Minister, Tehran (Sir Horace James Seymour) concerning the diplomatic consequences of refusing entry to the agents; and further reports of the actions of the Iranian Government and its agents that resulted in emigration to the Arab coast.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 24; 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 1-24; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
5. Coll 6/51 'Pan-Islamic Congress, 1933-5. Activities of Shaukat Ali, the Mufti of Jerusalem and others.'
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- Abstract: This file documents British concerns regarding the pan-Islamic movement, particularly in Palestine but also in other parts of the Middle East.The file features the following principal correspondents: the Viceroy of India; the Secretary of State for India; His Majesty's Ambassador in Cairo (Miles Wedderburn Lampson); the High Commissioner for Palestine (Arthur Grenfell Wauchope); His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan); the President of the Supreme Muslim Council, Palestine [Muḥammad Amin al-Husayni]; officials of the Foreign Office, the Government of India's Foreign Department, the Government of Palestine, and the Palestine Police Force's Criminal Investigations Department, Jerusalem.The correspondence includes discussion of the following:Reports on the activities of Mohammed Ali Allouba Pasha.The visit of Shawkat Ali [Maulana Shaukat Ali] in 1933.British concerns regarding the impact in other Muslim countries of what is referred to as Arab Palestinian propaganda.Details of the visit of an Islamic delegation to India in 1933, headed by the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem [Muḥammad Amin al-Husayni], for the collection of funds for a proposed Islamic University in Palestine.Arrangements for a proposed financial contribution (one lakh of rupees, or 100,000 rupees), to be made by the Nizam of Hyderabad's Government towards the proposed Islamic University in Palestine.The views of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] on Palestine.The visit of Emir Saoud [Sa‘ūd bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd] to Palestine in August 1935.Foreign Office concerns regarding a suggestion made by the Viceroy of India (Victor Alexander John Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow) in July 1940 that a pan-Islamic conference should be convened to encourage Muslim feeling against Axis expansion into British territory in the Middle East.In addition to correspondence, the file includes the following:Copies of extracts Palestine police summaries from 1933-1935.A copy of a translation of a memorandum (author unknown) written in 1935, which discusses British policy regarding Palestine, as well as Jewish immigration and Zionism, from a Palestinian Muslim perspective.The French material in this file consists of a copy of a French translation of a sermon given by Sheikh el Maraghi [Muhammad Mustafa al-Maraghi] in early 1938.The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence (folio 2).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 161; 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 2-160; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
6. Note on Indian Immigration into Mesopotamia
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- Abstract: This printed memorandum is a copy of a letter to the Under Secretary of State offering observations on points raised in a minute by the Secretary of State concerning Indian immigration to Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The memorandum details the role of Indian troops in the Mesopotamian Campaign, relations between India and Mesopotamia, and the subsequent administration of Mesopotamia. Further details are given concerning Indian labour and the problems which Indian immigration could cause.Physical description: The foliation for this memorandum commences at folio 74, and terminates at folio 78, 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 also present in parallel between folios 7-153; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.