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'File E9. Philby's Mission to Bin Sa'ud' [54r] (107/242)
The record is made up of 1 file (121 folios). It was created in 13 Nov 1917-26 Jul 1918. 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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4. as regards personnel,the effectives upon which Ibn
oaud can count,are sufficient numerically,but weapons with
which to arm tii® effectives are not available. From
details given,it may probably be accepted that Ibn Rasnid
has been fairly plentifully provided with rifles. The
number given here,viz 80,000/-,are without doubt exaggerated
•fc46ft,but it would be hardly safe for Ibn Saud to take the
field with less than 15,000 armed men. To equip them he
has received somewhat over 4000 rifles from the British
Government, but these are of many patterns,not comparable
in many respects with the Mauser weapons in the hands of
ti'e adversary. Apart from those received from the
British Government, some thousands of various patternsmay
be reckoned upon in addition,but a deficit of from 5,000
to 0,000 remains which would have to be made good,together
with a proportionate supply of ammunition. For choice,the
pattern preferred is carbine or shofct rifle (magazine).
Possibly captured iusers are most convenient for this
purpose.
5. Maxims The four maxims,already given,are in
store at Hofuf,but are now being brought forward. They havj
never been fired or practised with and only one man remains
who knows anything about t eir use. Mountain guns . Four
serviceable (7.5 CM O.F. Krupp) left by the Turks,two given
by the British Goverfament and one or two more of olde-r patte:
pattern are distributed between Riyadh and ofuf. These
guns hare likewise never been fired or practised with and
their stores and ammunition have never been assembled to
see what may be deficient or lacking. So one is acquainted
with their proper working. Oonsequently,it is essential
that,in the event of operations,a small party of trained
men should be sent to get any effective use out of them.
From all accounts,there are certain defences at Hail,
which might require for their attack,artillery of somewhat
larger calibre than the 0.P.mountain guns. The provision
of such artiilery should hot necessarily delay the prose
cution of operations and in this statement,Ibn Baud is in
agreement
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This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bahrain, Bushire, Baghdad and Kuwait, and Harry St John Philby, as well as ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Suwaylim, Amir of al-Qaṭīf. The file concerns Philby and Robert Edward John Hamilton's 1917/1918 mission to ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd) at Riyadh.
The object of Philby and Hamilton's mission was to discuss Ibn Sa‘ūd's relations with Sharīf Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī of Mecca, Ibn Rashīd of Ḥā’il and the Āl Ṣabāḥ family of Kuwait. The file contains correspondence between the Captain Percy Gordon Loch, 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. at Bahrain, and Philby detailing the arrangements and progress of the trip to Najd and onward journey to Taif (for example. folio 7, 9-17. 39-49, 60-63), including a report on his first impressions of Ibn Sa‘ūd (folios 23-28) and details of an interview with Aḥmad Thāniyān (folios 30-32). There is also a memorandum by F Cunliffe Owens, deputed as a military expert on the mission, concerning military possibilities in Najd (folios 53-55).
In 1918, there is correspondence concerning Philby's meeting with Ibn Sa‘ūd in Hasa (al-Aḥsā’) (folios 76-78) and his return to Najd (folios 80-84, 107-114 and 120). There are deails within the correspondence concerning Ibn Sa‘ūd's dispute with Sharīf Ḥusayn of Mecca at al-Khurmah, the Kuwait blockade and the progress of the Mesopotamian Campaign (folios 92-98). In addition, there are also correspondence concerning the retrievel of Philby's lost baggage and supplying him with tobacco and a copy of Charles Doughty's Arabia Deserta (folios 79 and 115).
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- 1 file (121 folios)
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This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.
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Foliation: This file has an uncircled foliation number in the top right hand corner or the centre of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio.
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- 'File E9. Philby's Mission to Bin Sa'ud'
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- front, front-i, 2r:114v, 115v:120v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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