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'File E9. Philby's Mission to Bin Sa'ud' [100r] (199/242)
The record is made up of 1 file (121 folios). It was created in 13 Nov 1917-26 Jul 1918. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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Telegram. P. Very Confidential .
From. Political, Bagdad.
To. Political, Bahrein.
No. 4589.
Dated.28th May 1918.
Received. 29th May 1918.
V/ith reference to my telegram No. 4154. of May 13th.3£$)g^p.
Foreign Simla replied on 25th May as follows:- " Reference
Overland Pilgrimage. The High Commissioner in Egypt, to
whom the substance of your telegram was wired, telegraphs
that providing satisfactory arrangements can he made with
Bin Saud, he does not see any objection to proposal, and
that he has been informed by the King of Hedjaz that
the pilgrims will be welcome,
»•«*«*«»»*«*
Telegram, R,
Prom, Political, Bagdad,
To, Political, Bahrein,
No, 4590—28 th,May 1918.
Received. 29th " "
I wired following to Koweit on 26th ® May. Begins:- Please
to Philby
send copies of my nos; 4154and 4557, and also send follovi
-ing to him,Begins :T "Should circumstances admit, will
you please be good enough to approach Ibn Saud on subject
and let me have result as quickly as possible, I shall
also be glad of your views on general question." Ends,
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This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bahrain, Bushire, Baghdad and Kuwait, and Harry St John Philby, as well as ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Suwaylim, Amir of al-Qaṭīf. The file concerns Philby and Robert Edward John Hamilton's 1917/1918 mission to ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd) at Riyadh.
The object of Philby and Hamilton's mission was to discuss Ibn Sa‘ūd's relations with Sharīf Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī of Mecca, Ibn Rashīd of Ḥā’il and the Āl Ṣabāḥ family of Kuwait. The file contains correspondence between the Captain Percy Gordon Loch, 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 Bahrain, and Philby detailing the arrangements and progress of the trip to Najd and onward journey to Taif (for example. folio 7, 9-17. 39-49, 60-63), including a report on his first impressions of Ibn Sa‘ūd (folios 23-28) and details of an interview with Aḥmad Thāniyān (folios 30-32). There is also a memorandum by F Cunliffe Owens, deputed as a military expert on the mission, concerning military possibilities in Najd (folios 53-55).
In 1918, there is correspondence concerning Philby's meeting with Ibn Sa‘ūd in Hasa (al-Aḥsā’) (folios 76-78) and his return to Najd (folios 80-84, 107-114 and 120). There are deails within the correspondence concerning Ibn Sa‘ūd's dispute with Sharīf Ḥusayn of Mecca at al-Khurmah, the Kuwait blockade and the progress of the Mesopotamian Campaign (folios 92-98). In addition, there are also correspondence concerning the retrievel of Philby's lost baggage and supplying him with tobacco and a copy of Charles Doughty's Arabia Deserta (folios 79 and 115).
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- 1 file (121 folios)
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This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.
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Foliation: This file has an uncircled foliation number in the top right hand corner or the centre of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- 'File E9. Philby's Mission to Bin Sa'ud'
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- front, front-i, 2r:114v, 115v:120v, 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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