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File E/8 I Ibn Sa‘ud [194v] (411/606)
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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Dated the 26th June 1914.
From —C aptain W. H. I. S hakespear,
To S ir A ethur H irtzel , K.C.B., Secretary, Political Department, India Offica
London.
Tn the papers you had sent to me and also in others which came to me officially in Kuwait,
I have noticed thatTSaiyid Talib of Basrah seems to be regarded as a ' deus ex machina' or .oIve r
of aU local ills in Arabia and Mesopotamia. I cannot understand how he has acquired this
position, or rather how he has managed to maintain it in the reports of our own officers.
The' man is a strong, wilful, utterly unscrupulous character usually heavily in debt and
ronseauently importunate. He has a dozen or more murders to his credit and holds Basrah in
the hollow of his hand by means of a band of armed men who occupy his house there like a fort,
issuing thence to execute the# master's behests in the matter of replenishing his exchequer wheu
required.
No Vali at Basrah is ever able to carry on his administrative work unless he first agrees to
be the willing tool of Saiyid Talib.
Bin Saud, Shaikh Mubarak, and Shaikh Khazal all subsidise him with a regular monthly
or annual salary solely to protect themselves from continual extravagant demands accompanied
bv threats. Not one of these Chiefs, however, would trust Saiyid Talib with any negotiation on
their own behalf. Saiyid Talib generally induces the Central Government to depute him as
their envoy for the solution of their difficulties in Mesopotamia, the local Vali generally being his
strongest supporter for the simple reason that unless Saiyid Talib is allowed some of the pickings
always available on these occasions, matters usually come to a deadlock through his instru-
mentality^
%Qrad from Reuter's Government and Pmn mi.
Jessage to Times from Constantinople -says it is nnderst! od that article in Anglo-TurMah
Convention debars Britain from entering into relations with Bin Sauu of Nejd as Amir of
independent Nejd, but seeing that he has occupied Gulf Ports of El Beiba and El Adjeir it is
impossible for Britain not to, have relations with him whether he beeonies Turkish Vali or
remains independent chieftein. British Embassy, message says, is takh .g steps with regard to
iomier contingency. Latter depends on Porte' ability to conduct military operations in
Arabia.
& M. Press, Simla,—No. C. 289 F.D 5 -s -lt.— 8—-C.W.M.
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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)
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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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- File E/8 I Ibn Sa‘ud
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- 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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