'11/9 AMIR OF DHAHRAN'
- Contributor:
- Political Resident, Persian Gulf (correspondent)
Amir of Dhahran (correspondent) - Date:
- 1945/1946
- Description:
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This files concerns relations between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Amir of Dhahran [al-Ẓahrān] on the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia. The correspondents in the file include Khalid Sidairi [Khālid al-Suayrī], Amir of al-Ẓahrān; the Political Agent at Bahrain; and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire.The correspondence of May 1945 (ff 2-5) concerns the appointment of Khālid al-Suayrī by Abdul-Aziz [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud)] to administer the Amirate [Emirate] of Dhahran [Imārat Muqāṭi‘at al-Ẓahrān]. The correspondence of April 1946 (f 6) concerns a visit of the Bahrain State Engineer to Hassa [al-Aḥsā’] 20-25 March 1946 at the request of the Amir of Hassa (perhaps also of the Amir of Dhahran?) to advise both on the electrification of the town of Hofuf [al-Hufūf], and on the question of whether equipment and infrastructure had been supplied by the United States of America or Britain.
1 file (6 folios)
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. File notes appear at the rear of the file.
Foliation: the 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 side of each folio.
- Language:
- English
Arabic - Item contributor:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data contributor:
- Qatar National Library
- Extent:
- 1 file (6 folios)
- Subject:
- International relations
- Geographic region:
- Hofuf
Hasa
Dhahran - DC rights:
- Public Domain
Open Government Licence - Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0002a6_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0002a6_en
IOR/R/15/2/471 - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers