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'Report on Najd Mission 1917-1918' [29r] (57/60)
The record is made up of 1 volume (28 folios). It was created in 1918. It was written in English. 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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APPENDIX C.
STATEMENT OF ARMS AND AMMUNITION GIVEN TO IBN SAUD.
September, 1915
December, 1916
do.
do.
April, 1917
July, 1918 .
October, 1918
December, 1916
July, 1918 . .
August, 1918 .
October, 1918 .
(1) Arms.
300 Turkish rifles.
4 Machine guns.
1,000 long .303 rifles.
2,000 .303 carbines.
2 Turkish guns (7-pounders).
1,000 Winchester rifles.
1,000 .303 rifles* (1914 pattern).
(2) Ammunition.
250,000 rounds S .A.A.
100,000 do. do.
250,000 do. do.
100,000 do. do.
(Winchester).
t
•In replacement of the 1,000 Winchester rifles issued in July and found to be unacceptable.
tTo replace ammunition issued in December, 1916, which was found to be defective (possibly
owing to long and careless storage).
N.B.—In addition to above a certain amount of ammunition for the Turkish 7-pounder
guns was sent to Ibn Saud.
APPENDIX D.
STATEMENT SHEWING ALL CASH PAYMENTS MADE TO
IBN SAUD, SINCE THE OUTBREAK OF WAR.
Date. Dollars.
December, 1917 . • . 30,000 (a)
April, 1918 ..... 154,000 (6)
July, 1918 10,000 (6)
October, 1918 .... 70,000 (a)
Total
. 264,000 (c)
£T.
5,000 {a)
5,000
(a) Gift.
(b) Loan (to be written off as gift).
N.B.—The above payments, roughly amounting to £42,500, are exclusive of the regular
monthly subsidy of £5,000 which Ibn Saud has received since January, 1917. In addition to
cash payments Ibn Saud in October received 3,000 bags of rice and 200 bags each of sugar and
coffee. A gift of 60 tents has also been sanctioned by H.M.'s Government and will be sent to
him on arrival.
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The volume is entitled Report on Najd Mission, 1917-1918 (Baghdad: Government Press, 1918).
The report describes the mission headed by Harry St John Bridger Philby to Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥman bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd)], ruler of Najd and Imam of the Wahahbi [Wahhabi] sect of Islam, 29 October 1917 - 1 November 1918. The report contains a section on the previous relations between Britain and Najd; describes the personnel, objects and itinerary of the mission; and includes sections on relations between Najd and Kuwait, the Ajman problem, Ibn Saud's operations against Hail [Ha'il], the Wahhabi revival, arms in Najd, and pilgrimage to the Shia Holy Places.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (28 folios)
- Arrangement
There is a summary of contents on folio 2.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 30 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and can be found in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. An original printed pagination sequence is also present.
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- IOR/R/15/1/747
- Title
- 'Report on Najd Mission 1917-1918'
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- front, front-i, 2r:29v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence