Part of memorandum about Amir Faisul ibn Turki al Sa'ud of the Wahabees [Wahhabi]
Mss Eur F126/59, ff 73-74
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 1865-1866. 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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Incomplete memorandum, written in pencil, regarding the tribute that Amir Faisaul ibn Turki al Sa'ud of the Wahabees [Wahhabi] pays to the Porte and the revenues he receives both in terms of money and horses as well as in military aid.
The memorandum also refers to agreements with other tribes who can travel unmolested through Nejd [Najd] territory.
The verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of folio 74 contains the first line of a memorandum regarding writing to someone.
The memorandum itself is undated, however the information contained within it would have been acquired by Lewis Pelly during his visit to Riyadh, February to March 1865.
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- 2 folios
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- English in Latin script
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- 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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- Mss Eur F126/59, ff 73-74
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- 1865-1866 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Shatt al ʻArabKoweitBaroda StateIranPersian GulfRajputanaRiyadhRussiaSindMuscatZanzibarAl-Hasa
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- Muhammad bin Sa'ud Āl Sa'ūdAmir Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Āl Sa'ūdSir Lewis Pelly, KnightWilliam Henry ColvillSir Henry Bartle Edward FrereSir Frederic John Goldsmid, KnightSir William Henry Rodes Green, KnightSir Robert Phayre, KnightThomas George Baring, 1st Earl of NorthbrookSir William Lockyer Merewether, KnightWilliam Gifford PalgraveSir Charles Umpherston Aitchison, KnightWahabi (Tribe)
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- Mss Eur F126/59, ff 73-74
- Title
- Part of memorandum about Amir Faisul ibn Turki al Sa'ud of the Wahabees [Wahhabi]
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- 73r:74v
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