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'File 61/14 XV (D 62) Relations between Nejd and Iraq (Akhwan Rebellion)' [237r] (479/595)
The record is made up of 1 volume (299 folios). It was created in 31 Dec 1929-31 Jan 1930. 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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61/14.
Telegram Code.
From Secretary of State for the Colonies, London
To
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.
, Camp, No. 19.
Repeated High Commissioner, Baghdad, >To. 37.
flovernaent of India, No. S8g.
Charge d f Affaires, Jeddha, 11 o. 18.
Dated 23rd received PAth January 1930.
IMMEDIATE.
i
Your telegram of gist January No. T-7.
Negotiations with Ibn Saud.
Your telegram of 23rd January T-12.
H.M's. Government assume that settlement on
lines recommended by you will not run counter to Arab
sentiment. On this assumption and subject to the
qualifications which follow they authorise you to arrange
settlement as you propose.
(a) Condition (2). You arrest Judge of what
can be secured from Ibn Sand and H.M's. Government leave
you full discretion. But they feel strongly that in
the case of the leaders ( and perhaps their immediate
male relations or any of their lieutenants who might
replace them as raid leaders ) specific undertaking
should be obtained in the proposed exchange of notes to
the effect that they Till be kept permanently under
control at Riyadh or other centre equally distajnt from
the, frontier or in camp under Ibn Saud 1 s immediate
surveillance. In the case of the tribes we do not
wish to raise the question of time limit, but it is
essential to make siu^e that the period during which they
will be restricted to specified area shall be sufficient
to reduce the risk of recrudescence to minimum.
In view of Ibn Saud f s now declared intention
to take from the rebels camels, sheep, etc. which they
have stolen, you will no doubt consider the possibility
despite paragraph 7 of my telegram dated 15th January
Fo. 14, nf recur^nrr pome undertaking as regards the
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The volume contains letters, telegrams, memoranda, and reports pertaining to relations between Najd and Iraq. The correspondence is between Harold Dickson, 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. in Kuwait, Hugh Biscoe, 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 Bushire, Lord Passfield, Secretary of State for the Colonies in London, William Bond, Charge d'Affaires in Jeddah, Francis Humphrys, High Commissioner in Iraq, John Chancellor, High Commissioner in Palestine, Robert Brooke-Popham, Air Officer Commanding in Iraq, Arthur Henderson, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in London, the Government of India, Sheikh Ahmed al-Jabar al-Sabah, Sheikh of Kuwait, Ibn Sa'ud, King of Najd and the Hejaz, and Charles Prior, the 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. in Bahrain.
The volume covers the unsettled period following the collapse of the Ikhwan rebellion against Ibn Sa'ud's rule when many rebel tribes sought sanctuary in Iraq and Kuwait. The documents discuss the whereabouts of some of the leaders (Faisal ad-Dawish, Naif al-Hithlain, ibn Mashhur, ibn Lami and ibn Shiblan) and their tribes (mainly Ajman and Mutair), and what to do with them should they surrender. The negotiations of their surrender and those to secure an agreed return to Najd is also discussed, the latter in some detail following meetings between the 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. and Ibn Sa'ud himself. Restitution of property lost during raids is also discussed and negotiated.
The volume also covers a dialogue on the idea of a meeting between King Faisal of Iraq and Ibn Sa'ud.
At the back (folios 286-87) are internal office notes.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (299 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged chronologically. There is an alphabetical subject index to the contents, at the front of the volume (folios 3-4B). The index entries include the folio numbers of relevant documents, to help identify and locate them within the volume.
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Foliation: The main sequence runs from the front cover to the back cover. The numbering is written in pencil, circled and found in the top right corner of each folio. Foliation anomalies: 1A, 1B; 4A, 4B; 5A, 5B; 258A, 258B, 258C; 261A, 261B; 282A, 282B; 285A, 285B, 285C. Fold-out folios: 241, 244, 245, 249. In addition, two Arabic letters (folios 258B-258C and 261B) are folded and enclosed in envelopes. The back of each envelope has been attached by adhesive to a separate blank page (folios 258A and 261A). There are a number of strips of blank, re-used paper towards the back of the volume, along the fold of the spine. These paper strips originally formed the left hand margin of sheets of paper that are not present in the volume. Three of the paper strips are numbered 282B, 285B and 285C. The other twelve paper strips are unnumbered. A secondary and inconsistent foliation sequence is also written in pencil in the top right corner of most of the folios in the volume, but is not circled.
Condition: broken spine cover.
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