'Vol. D.16 (File 61/4) Bin Saood - Amir of Nejd's intention to visit Pirate Coast and Oman in 1905'

Content

This file consists of letters (in English and Arabic), telegrams, handwritten notes, diary extracts, and drafts of the above concerning a rumoured visit by Ibn Sa'ud, ruler of Najd, to the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and Oman. The bulk of the file is correspondence between the Political 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. in Bushire, the Political Agents in Kuwait and Sharjah, the Foreign Department of the Government of India, the Secretary of State for India in Whitehall, the British Embassy in Constantinople, the various Trucial Sheikhs, Sheikh Mubarak of Kuwait, and Ibn Sa'ud. Included within this are letters sent amongst the Arab rulers themselves that came into the possession of the British via the Agent at Sharjah.

The file begins with reports of Ibn Sa'ud's visit to al-Hasa in the summer of 1905 where he reconciled the quarrelling tribes of 'Ajman, al-Murrah, and Bani Hajar, and his talk of visiting the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and Oman. A discussion follows on how the British should deal with the consequential unrest and injury to trade in the Gulf should the visit occur, often seeking the advice of Sheikh Mubarak of Kuwait due to his close connection to Ibn Sa'ud. Warnings are then given to the Trucial Sheikhs to refrain from contact with Ibn Sa'ud and measures of blocking the arms trade to Kuwait and more direct military action are put forward. The file ends (at the close of 1907, after a gap of a year) with reports from Sheikh Mubarak that complaints about the British and requests for contact with Ibn Sa'ud had come to him from several of the Trucial rulers.

Extent and format

1 file (58 folios)

Arrangement

The file is arranged chronologically.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The main sequence is written in pencil in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the front cover of the file, and runs from 1 to 57, the final folio of writing. Note that f 24 is followed by f 24A.

There are two other foliation sequences that are both intermittent through the file. The first consists of five digits stamped in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the first folio of writing. The second sequence is written in blue crayon in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the first folio of writing.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/1/556

Former external reference(s)

A Series: 61/4 Confidential Series: D 16

History of this record

Date(s)

5 Oct 1905-26 Dec 1907 (CE, Gregorian)

Places

OmanAl-HasaTrucial Coast

People & organisations

Native Agent, Trucial Coast, SharjahHM Ambassador to the Ottoman EmpireShaikh Hakim of Kuwait Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl ṢabāḥĀl Murrah (Tribe)'Ajmān (Tribe)Banī Hājir (Tribe)

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'Vol. D.16 (File 61/4) Bin Saood - Amir of Nejd's intention to visit Pirate Coast and Oman in 1905', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/556, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000211> [accessed 26 March 2025]

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