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, 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: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the following main topics:Dissatisfaction with Shaikh Salim [Shaikh Sālim al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ], Ruler of Kuwait, 1918.A proposal to establish British detachment in Kuwait, 1918.A note (ff 34-38) on `Ajman question, 1918.The file includes an index (folio 6) which lists the following entries: Ajman; Anglo-Persian Oil Company; blockade; Husain, King; Japanese steamers; occupation of Kuwait, proposed; oil; description of Shaikh Salim.The principal correspondents in the volume include the Political Agent, Kuwait; the Political Agent, Bahrain; Deputy Civil Commissioner for Mesopotamia, Baghdad; and the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Salim al-Mubarak al-Sabah.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 48; 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 6-43; these numbers are also written in pencil but, where circled, are crossed through.
Abstract: The document (marked 'C.L.R.'s copy', 'Revised June 1962') consists of a chronological list of the rulers of Kuwait (1756 to date); a list of the Kuwait Council of Ministers; and genealogical tables of the descendants of thirteen shaikhs.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 21; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 1-20 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: This item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. It mostly features reports sent by Claudius James Rich, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia.The main topics covered are:The deposition of Saed [Said] Pasha of Bagdad [Baghdad], and his replacement by Daoud [Dawud] Effendi [referred to as Daoud Pasha following his accession to the Pashalic]The situation of the British Residency in Bagdad during the succession, including appeals received for advice, support and protection from Saed Pasha and other leading figures and officialsDaoud Pasha’s consolidation of power, including his alleged bad treatment of leading officials and merchants in Bagdad; his relations with the Montifick [Montafiq] Arabs; the influence of Persia [Iran] on the Pasha’s Government; and the commendation received from Mahmud II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.Other topics that feature in the item are:The deposition of the Pasha of Mousul [Mosul], and his earlier role during the succession in BagdadThe arrival in Bagdad of Zemaun [Zaman] Shah, the former ruler of Afghanistan, and his request for British assistance to aid him in recovering his positionThe appointment of a new vaivode [voyvoda] in MardinThe progress of the military campaign against the Wahabees [Wahhabis] led by Ibrahim Pacha [Pasha], son of Muhammad Ali Pasha, Viceroy of EgyptConcerns about French activities in Bagdad and India.The title page (f 18) of the item contains the following references: ‘Political No. 4, 1819/20, Draft 100’ and ‘Examiner’s Office December 1819’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 18, and terminates at 120, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: The volume is
Personalities, Arabia(Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, April 1917).The volume is an official report on prominent Arab individuals and Arab tribes in the Arabian Peninsula and other parts of the Middle East. The volume contains personal, historical and genealogical information on ruling families, individual members of ruling families, and other prominent individuals (including commercial firms and merchants) within the regions numbered I-VII below; and ethnographic information on the Bedouin tribes and sedentary tribes (divided into four geographical groupings). The regions and groupings are as follows:I Hejaz (folios 4-13);II Asir (folios 13-23);III Yemen (folios 23-32);IV Aden and Hadhramaut (folios 33-37);V Gulf Coast (folios 37-43);VI Central Arabia (folios 44-50);VII Syrian Desert and Sinai (folios 51-53);The Bedouin Tribes (folios 53-76);Sedentary Tribes of The North-West (folios 77-80);Sedentary Tribes of The West (folios 81-125);Sedentary Tribes of The South (folios 125-165);Sedentary Tribes of The Centre (folios 166-169).The volume includes a 'Tribal Map of Arabia' on folio 184.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 186 on the last folio before the back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. The following folio needs to be folded out to be examined: folio 184. This is the system used to determine the order of pages.Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination, numbered 4-362 (folios 4-183).
Abstract: Printed memorandum issued by the Eastern (Arabia) Department of the Foreign Office and written by Lieutenant-Colonel Kinahan Cornwallis.The memorandum contains a statement of the policy that should in future be adopted by the British Government in regard to the payment of subsidies to rulers in the Arabian peninsula. The statement was to be submitted to the India Office and the Government of India, and then to the Treasury for final sanction. The memorandum considers:(a) the present position of 'Arab Chiefs' in the matter of subsidies;(b) the obligations to which the British Government are already committed either by treaty, custom or policy;(c) after deducting the amount that these obligations represent, the manner in which the balance of the provisional sum of £100,000 can best be divided among the remaining chiefs, taking into consideration their relative importance, their past and present services, and their capacity to injure or benefit British interests in future.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the first folio and terminates at 4 on the last folio. The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. This is the system used to determine the order of pages.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence, numbered 2-7 (folios 1-4). These numbers appear in the top centre of each page.
Abstract: This file contains correspondence relating to the death of Hamad bin 'Isa al Khalifah and the succession of Salman bin Hamad al Khalifah as Ruler of Bahrain. Topics discussed in the correspondence include:the circumstances of Shaikh Hamad's illness, death and funeral;the succession of Hamad's eldest son, Salman bin Hamad, by the common agreement of the al Khalifah family;the arrangements for the presentation of a
kharitah(letter of congratulation from the Viceroy of India) to Salman in an open durbar;reports by Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Advisor to the Bahrain Government, and Edward Birkbeck Wakefield, Political Agent, Bahrain, on the death of Hamad and succession of Salman.Documents include a diagram (f 113) with the seating arrangements for the durbar and an English version (f 117) of Shaikh Salman's speech as well as the Arabic version (ff 119-120).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 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 present in parallel between ff 3-148; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: This file contains correspondence relating to the successor to Shaikh Hamad, Ruler of Bahrain. Correspondence is mainly between Hugh Weightman, Political Agent, Bahrain; Trenchard Craven Fowle, Political Resident, Persian Gulf; and Shaikh Hamad, Ruler of Bahrain. The papers discuss four possible heirs: Abdullah bin Isa; Salman bin Hamad; Abudullah bin Hamad; and Mohammed bin Isa.The correspondence discusses the role Britain should play in the nomination, as well as how Hamad's decision was to be recorded and made public. It also includes six photographs of Shaikh Hamad signing a document nominating Salman as heir. Documents include a family tree (folio 97) of the Al Khalifa and a diagram (folio 115) of the seating arrangement for the durbar of Salman bin Hamad.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 72; 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 2-66; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: The file contains a series of bi-monthly news summaries about events in Trucial Oman, for the years 1935 and 1936, compiled by the Residency Agent, Sharjah and sent to the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire. The news summaries are also referred to in the correspondence as the Residency Agent’s fortnightly diaries. They cover several topics including: air and sea traffic, kidnapping and raids by Bedouin, the diving and pearl trade, public health, theft and other crimes, relations between the ruling shaikhs, ceremonial visits and occasions in the Trucial Coast shaikhdoms. Particular attention is paid to the actions of the Trucial shaikhs with regard to the maintenance of law and order in their territories, such as the peaceful resolution of tribal conflicts, the protection of their subjects and the dispensation of justice.There are also letters from the Residency Agent, Sharjah to the Political Agent, Bahrain reporting cases of assault, murder and other incidents. The news summaries and letters from the Residency Agent, Sharjah are in both Arabic and English.In addition, there is protracted correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Political Resident about the protection of British Indian subjects from punishment according to Sharia Law, for an infringement of local laws in the Trucial States, by the creation of a Trucial Coast Order in Council, so that such offences would be prosecuted under Indian law by British authorities.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 420; 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 2-383, and ff 385-418; 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: This file consists of a list, sent by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, showing the names of the current shaikhs of the principal tribes of Oman. The list, which contains the names of around seventy individuals, is followed by an extensive index of tribes and sub-tribes in Oman. The page references in the index refer to John Gordon Lorimer's
Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia.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 25; 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 3-24; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: This file relates to the Shaikh of Fujairah (transliterations vary throughout), Hamad bin Abdullah [Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sharqī], and his relations with the Shaikh of Shargah [Sharjah].The correspondence begins with reports that the Shaikh of Fujairah – nominally considered to be subordinate to the Shaikh of Shargah [Shaikh Ṣaqr bin Khālid Āl Qasimī] – has resisted orders from the latter and has asserted his independence.Related matters covered in the correspondence include the following: reports of the Shaikh of Fujairah having requested assistance and protection from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd]; the question of whether the British Government should regard the strip of coast between Khor Kalba and Dibba as being part of the territory of the Shaikh of Shargah; reports in 1903 of hostilities between the Shaikh of Shargah and the Shaikh of Fujairah; reports in 1925 of the Shaikh of Fujairah having enslaved the daughter of a Baluch woman residing in the Sultan of Muscat and Oman's territory; the Shaikh of Fujairah's reluctance to meet with the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf on board RIMS
Lawrence, resulting in bombardment by the British; hostilities in 1926 between Fujairah and Kalba.Notable correspondents include the following: the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the First Assistant to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Residency Agent, Shargah; the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd]; Shaikh Hamad bin Abdullah of Fujairah; officials of the Government of India, the India Office, and the Foreign Office.The Arabic language material consists of several letters, most of which include corresponding English translations. It should be noted that there is no material in the file covering the period 1905-1924.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 73; 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 4-72; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence between ff 6-72, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.