Author
the Al Murrah tribe in Saudi Arabia. Records of the official meetings held in London during June and July 1935 between the Deputy Saudi Arabian Minister for Foreign Affairs
Publication Date
14 Feb 1935-26 Sep 1935 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
247
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/1/605
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x000242
Library Location
British Library:
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
Records and
Private Papers
Documents collected in a private capacity.
Date
14 Feb 1935-26 Sep 1935 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The volume’s letters, telegrams and memoranda relate to ongoing negotiations between the British Government and the Government of Saudi Arabia over the latter’s territorial borders. The chief correspondents in the file are Andrew Ryan, British Minister at Jeddah, George Rendell, Eastern Department of the Foreign Office, Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch,
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, and Captain George Cole, Officiating
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
in Bahrain.
The major points discussed in the volume are: Saudi Arabia’s eastern borders adjacent to Qatar and Abu Dhabi; Saudi Arabia’s southern borders adjoining Aden; proposals for an extension of the Treaty of Jeddah (1927); private correspondence between Ibn Sa‘ūd and Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī in relation to oil exploration in Qatar; written records of conversations between British and Saudi diplomats; the locations of wells in the Saudi interior, with details of the tribes that use them, and to whom the tribes pay their taxes. A map (original pencil, ink and blueprint copies at folios 195A, 195B and 202) shows the approximate area occupied by the Al Murrah tribe in Saudi Arabia. Records of the official meetings held in London during June and July 1935 between the Deputy Saudi Arabian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Fuad Bey Hamza, and British officials, are included (folios 117-20, 125-26, 134, 138, 181-83).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The contents of the volume are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest items at the front to the latest at the back. There is a set of office notes at the end of the volume (folios 231-40) that mirror the chronological arrangement.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Confidential Series: D 118 A Series: 61/31 III
Gruplandırıldığı Yer
Tracing of Rough Sketch Map Showing Approximate Area of Morrah Tribal “Dira” from Baduin Sources
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/605, f 195A
‘Rough Sketch Map Showing Approx: Area of Murra Tribal “Dira” from Baduin Sources’
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/605, f 195B
Blueprint of Rough Sketch Map Showing Approximate Area of Morrah Tribal 'Dira', from Baduin Sources
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/605, f 202
