'15/2 NOTE ON WAHABI PORTS - SAUDI ARABIA - SAUDI TRANSPORT.'
IOR/R/15/2/543
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The record is made up of 1 file (19 folios). It was created in 9 Jun 1930-9 Aug 1942. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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The file contains the following:
- a note (ff 2-5) from June 1930 assesses the geographical characteristics of 'three Wahabi ports': Ojair [Al-ʻUqayr], Qatif [Al-Qaṭīf] and Jubail and assesses the feasibility of establishing and maintaining a blockade;
- a letter from Alan Charles Trott, British Legation Jedda, to Viscount Halifax, Foreign Secretary, with an enclosure of a letter from Captain de Gaury describing the track from Riyadh to Dhahran (ff 7-9);
- correspondence between Edward Birbeck Wakefield, 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. Bahrain, and C.E. Davis, Resident Manager, California Arabian Standard Oil Company, Dhahran, concerning the recruitment to organise the transport system of Saudi Arabia (ff 12-15).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (19 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the back of the file. There are file notes ff 17-18.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) 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 The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-16; these numbers are also written in pencil, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence, but they are not circled.
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- English in Latin script
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- Archival file
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- 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.
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- Archive reference
- IOR/R/15/2/543
- Former external reference(s)
- Confidential Office: 15/2
- Date(s)
- 9 Jun 1930-9 Aug 1942 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/R/15/2/543
- Title
- '15/2 NOTE ON WAHABI PORTS - SAUDI ARABIA - SAUDI TRANSPORT.'
- Pages
- 14r:14v
- Author
- Davis, Charles E
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/543
- Title
- '15/2 NOTE ON WAHABI PORTS - SAUDI ARABIA - SAUDI TRANSPORT.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:13v, 15r:18v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence