Arabia: miscellaneous papers, 1933-1955

This file contains miscellaneous papers, reports, correspondence, and treaties relating to Arabia, the Gulf and the wider Middle East, primarily from 1933-1955. It contains:

• A report on the international status of the Red Sea Islands, including the Rome Agreement of 1927, regarding British and Italian interests in the region
• The treaty of friendship between Transjordan and Saudi Arabia of 1933
• George William Rendel's report on his tour of the Gulf and Saudi Arabia in 1937
• Correspondence relating to the Arab Revolt from 1914 to 1916, primarily between Lord Kitchener [Herbert Kitchener] and Abdulla Bin Hussein Al Hashmi, and between the Sharif of Mecca Hussein Bin Ali Al Hashmi and Sir A H McMahon
• The report from W H Ingrams on his visit to Yemen in 1941, including a sketch map
• A note on the Arab cause and solutions to its problems from 1943, discussed by the Prime Minister's Office
• The agreement between the Standard Oil Company and Saudi Arabia of 1938
• The Protocol signed in Alexandria in 1944 to prepare for the Arab Congress
• A translation of the Covenant of the Arab League from 1945
• A commercial accord between France and Yemen in French
• Correspondence on US treaties and dealings with Yemen
• An agreement between the Sheikh of Kuwait and the American Independent Oil Company of 1948, and an agreement on the Neutral Zone between the same parties
• Correspondence from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf W R Hay, and later B A B Burrows on the Gulf, with individuals including the Sheikh of Kuwait and Lord Salisbury [Robert Gascoyne-Cecil]. It also includes Burrows’ impression of Dhofar
• Handbooks from 1949 and 1953 for visitors to the Gulf, and a handbook from 1954 for visitors to Kuwait
• Notes on the tribes of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. It includes: the leading Sheikhs, the population demographics, and relations between the Imam of Oman and the Sultan
• Roger Makins report on his visit to the Gulf in 1952
• A list of treaties between the Gulf States and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, and a list of undertakings from the various tribes of the Aden Protectorate
• A report on the Foreign Office Legal Advisor W E Beckett to the Gulf in 1952.

This file also includes various Orders in Council for: Qatar, the Aden Protectorate, the Trucial States, the island of Kamaran, and Bahrain. These cover topics including: extradition arrangements, British protected persons, foreign jurisdiction, the police, money, service regulations, criminal and civil judicial matters, alcohol, drugs, aviation, motor vehicles, tax, traffic, fire arms, arms smuggling, property, ports, press regulation, the Trucial Oman Levies, and customs duties.