‘I/9 Forming of Army in Saudi Arabia’

IOR/R/15/5/123

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Content: Copies of correspondence from the British Minister in Saudi Arabia (Stanley R Jordan) to the Foreign Office, dated 2 March 1944, and subsequently forwarded by 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. to the Government of India, describing the Ruler of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Saud’s [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] request that Britain send financial and military advisers to Saudi Arabia. In his correspondence Jordan describes Ibn Saud’s dissatisfaction with his country’s financial structure, and his stipulation that the adviser should be a Sunni Muslim, as most of the work would be based in Mecca.
Extent and format: 1 file (5 folios)
Arrangement: The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (f 6) mirror the chronological arrangement.
Physical characteristics: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 7; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Written in: English in Latin script
Type: Archival file

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/15/5/123
Former external reference(s): Second Series Subject Files: I/9
Date(s): 2 Mar 1944-5 Jun 1944 (CE, Gregorian)

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Reference: IOR/R/15/5/123
Title: ‘I/9 Forming of Army in Saudi Arabia’
Pages: front, front-i, 2r:6v, back-i, back
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence