'Negotiations with Ibn Saud regarding Boundaries of Saudi Arabia'
IOR/R/15/2/466
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The record is made up of 1 file (18 folios). It was created in 29 Sep 1949-23 Aug 1950. 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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This file concerns Saudi Arabian boundary negotiations between 1949 and 1950 and specifically concerns boundaries with Qatar (folios 2-3 and 6-12), Buraimi [al-Buraymī] (folios 4-5 and 16-19) and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (folios 14-15). The file contains correspondence between Herbert George Jakins, Cornelius James Pelly and R Andrew, Political Agents at Bahrain; Arthur John Wilton, 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. at Doha; and Patrick Desmond Stobart, Political Officer at Sharjah.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (18 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The main foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the 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 incomplete sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-19; these numbers are written in a combination of pen and pencil, 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.
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- English in Latin script
- Type
- 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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Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- IOR/R/15/2/466
- Former external reference(s)
- Confidential File: 11/5 II
- Date(s)
- 29 Sep 1949-23 Aug 1950 (CE, Gregorian)
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- DiplomacyFrontiers
- Places
- QatarBuraimi
- People & organisations
- Political Agent, DohaPolitical Agent, Trucial Coast
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- IOR/R/15/2/466
- Title
- 'Negotiations with Ibn Saud regarding Boundaries of Saudi Arabia'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:19v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence