File 395/1908 'Persian Gulf: Katif Affairs'

Content

The volume contains correspondence, notes, and memoranda concerning the affairs of Katif [Al-Qaṭīf]. The correspondence is mostly between the Government of India, Foreign Office and 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. . Further correspondence, often included as enclosures and in the form of printed collections relating to a particular matter, is between the Government of India, Foreign Office, and various British political, diplomatic, and military offices in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. .

The two parts of the volume each relate to different subjects, as follows:

1. The treatment of British Indian traders at the port;

2. An outbreak of violence in 1908 between Bedouin tribes and the townspeople of Katif.

The volume comprises parts 1 and 2 of 2. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

Extent and format

1 volume (173 folios)

It is grouped into

File 395/1908 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf: Katif; British-Indian commercial interests at Katif '

195 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/134/1

File 395/1908 Pt 2 'Persian Gulf: Katif; Disturbances in 1908'

146 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/134/2

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 395 (Katif Affairs) consists of one volume. The volume is divided into two parts.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 175; 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 also present in parallel between ff 3-173; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Written in

English and French in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/10/134

Former external reference(s)

P 395/1908 Pt 1 P 395/1908 Pt 2

History of this record

Date(s)

1904-1910 (CE, Gregorian)

Places

Katif

People & organisations

Foreign OfficeGovernment of IndiaIndia Office

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