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File E/8 I Ibn Sa‘ud [14r] (36/606)
The record is made up of 1 file (290 folios). It was created in 26 May 1913-18 Jul 1916. 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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CONFIDENTIAL.
— —
No. 2249, dated Bushire, the 2oth (received 28th) July ifMS*
From —lleutenant-colonel Sir Percy Cox, K.C.I .e., C .s .I., Political
Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
To-—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department, Simla.
In continuation of my letter No. 2048, dated 4th July 1913, I have the
— - . honour to forward, for the information of
o. •? , a e 9 jn jr ipia. the Government of India, a translation of
the reply, "which I have addressed to bin Saud explaining to him the attitude
of His Majesty's Government towards him.
2. Instructions have been issued to His Majesty's Political Agents on the
Arabian littoral to observe the orders of His Majesty's Secretary of State for
India conveyed in his telegram, dated 3rd July 19131 to His Excellency the
Viceroy, and amplified by your telegram No. 221-S., dated 5th July 1913.
No. 278, dated Bushire, 9t.I1 July 1913.
From— Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox, K.C.I.E, C.S.!., Pol'tical
Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
To —Al Amir Abdul Aziz bin Abdur Rahman al Faisal-as-Saud,
A. C.
I duly received your honoured letter dated 8th 1331 (= 13th June
1913), which was sent on to me from Bahrain by post owing to your envoy
Musa'd bin Suweilim being overtaken with sickness in Bahrain.
I am sorry that some days have elapsed before I have been able to reply but
the reason was that 1 could not give you an authoritative answer without reference
to the British Government.
I hare now received their reply. I am authorised to inform Your Honour
that the reports which seem to have reached you to the effect that our Agent
at Bahrain, Major Trevor gave facilities to the Turkish Troops while halting
at Bahrain, were not true. Their stay at Bahrain on this occasion was unavoid
able under the circumstances, but no assistance was given them.
Secondly, I am to explain that your expression of friendly feelings towards
them is appreciated by the British Government, but that they do not see their
way to intervene in any way m the dispute which has arisen between Your
Honour and the Turkish Government. On the contrary, the British Govern
ment consider it necessary to observe a strictly neutral attitude towards both
sides.
This was the message of Government, and I beg to add an expression of
my own appreciation of the friendly sentiments which you evince towards this
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
, and also of the kind hospitality and assistance you have been good
enough to accord to English travellers who have passed through the spheres of
your tribes.
C48PD—41-1-8-13—GCBP Simla
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The majority of the files contain correspondence, reports, letters and telegrams between the the British 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 the British Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bushire, as well as with ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd), various local rulers, Yūsuf bin Aḥmed Kanoo, the Government of India, the 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. in London and the British Consul in Basra.
This file contains papers regarding Ibn Sa‘ūd's increasing power following his conquest of al-Hasa and his relations with Britain, Turkey and local rulers, including Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah of Bahrain, and Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī of Qatar (ff. 197-198, 200-202), as well as the commencement of the First World War and the death of Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear.
Included within these papers are: requests for protection from Shaikh Hussain bin Nasir [Ḥusayn bin Nāsir] of Saihat [Sayhāt] and Haji Abdul Hussain bin Juma [Hājī ‘Abd al-Ḥusayn bin Juma‘ah] against Ibn Sa‘ūd (ff. 18-32), as well as notes by Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo [Yusūf bin Aḥmad Kānū] regarding his treatment of ‘Abd al-Ḥusayn bin Juma‘ah (ff. 164-168, 188-189); Ibn Sa‘ūd's relations with Ibn Rashīd; extracts from the Basrah newspaper Sada-ad-Dastur [Ṣadá al-Dustūr], dated 1 Shawwāl 1332 [23 August 1914] (ff. 198-199) and an extract from the Cairo newspaper al-Muqattam [al-Muqaṭṭam] dated 13 August 1914 (ff. 203-203A); Shakespear's visits to Ibn Saud (ff. 212, 215-217, 221-224, 260-271); a note by Kanoo regarding Sayid Mohamed Rashid Reda's [Muḥammad Rashīd Riḍā] correspondence with Ibn Sa‘ūd (f. 220); correspondence with Ibn Sa‘ūd regarding the First World War (ff. 226-227, 231-248); the Turkish garrison in Qatar (ff. 276-277); and a witness report by Khalid bin Bilal [Khālid bin Bilāl], Shakespear's cook, regarding the latter's death (ff. 286-287).
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- 1 file (290 folios)
- Arrangement
This file is arranged in roughly chronological order.
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Foliation: The file has two different foliation sequences. The primary sequence is circled, appears in the top right-hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of the folio, and commences at 1 on the first page following the front cover and runs out at 290 on the final page preceding the back cover. The second sequence is uncircled, appears in the top right and left-hand corners of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. and verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of the folio, and commences at 54 on the first page of text and runs out at 366.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/31
- Title
- File E/8 I Ibn Sa‘ud
- Pages
- front-a, back-a, spine-a, head-a, edge-a, tail-a, front-a-i, 1r:11v, 12ar:12av, 12r:17v, 18ar:18av, 18r:21v, 23r:24v, 29r:33v, 34ar:34av, 34r:84v, 85ar:85av, 85r:147v, back-a-i, front-b, back-b, spine-b, head-b, edge-b, tail-b, front-b-i, 148r:202v, 203ar:203bv, 204r:290v, back-b-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence