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'File 61/11 IV (D 77) Hejaz-Nejd, Miscellaneous' [108r] (225/366)
The record is made up of 1 volume (182 folios). It was created in 17 Feb 1930-4 Apr 1932. 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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They gave out that they had oorae up from Kof uf
and had been hunting In the North of Hassa* They had
there decided to coxae in and pay their respects to
ohalfeh Ahxoad and buy son© new hawks• The Shaikh received
them well, gave them two falcons and a present of E3500/-
eao h and put them up fcr two days, A1 Kafisi f Bin baud's
Trade Agent, though rather surprised tbat they brought
no letters also did then well and gave them a hawk and
generally tried to please.
On the second day tiie two took their leave saying
they intended returning to Hoffuf. Having set out they
camped about 12 miles 3out3i of Kuwait, and the following
morning i^ahad suddenly told his brother and the rest of
the party that he was going to Iraq - they could follow
or not as they chose. They did and by next night they
reached a point half way to ^afwan* Here, and during the
ni^it, two of his Murrah servants, thou^it it wise to
make themselves scarce and made for Kuwait where they
reported the matter to Al-Kafisi# The latter fearful
lest he be blamed telegraphed to ibn Jaloui the uncle
of the youths, and to Bin Saud, he also tried to get
the runaways at Zubair by a friend there and turned
back* He was too late, and the pair got to Basrah where
they were taken charge of by the Mutasarrif and treated
well.
On 10th a telegram was received from the Charg'e
D'Affairs Jedf ah to the effect that the Hejd Government
reported that the two youths had been arrested between
Kuwait and Zubair, and desired their release. The
Political i^gent replied aaying they were in Basrah, and
had nowhere been arrested.
Copies of these telegrams are submitted with this
for information.
Both the Shaikh and A1 ^afisi say that ^ahad the
elder boy appeared to be slightly off his head. Both
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The volume contains letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to Hejaz affairs. Most of the correspondence is between the British Legation in Jeddah, the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bushire, the Political Agencies in Bahrain and Kuwait, the Foreign and Colonial Offices in London, and the Government of India.
The majority of the volume concerns the internal affairs of the Kingdom of Hejaz-Najd and its Dependencies, especially the financial difficulties it was experiencing at the time and attempts to counter them.
Other subjects covered are:
- the prospect of the Kingdom joining the League of Nations;
- the appointment of a Minister in London;
- al-Qusaibi's proposed visit to London;
- the different uses of the title "Sheikh";
- American recognition of Ibn Sa'ud as King;
- the mineral prospecting of the American millionaire Mr C. R. Crane;
- American appraisal of the water situation in the region;
- the religious policing activities of the Committee of Virtue in the Hejaz;
- the arrest of two members of the royal family between Kuwait and Zubair;
- the territorial dispute between Ibn Sa'ud and Yemen;
- relations between Ibn Sa'ud and Italy.
A notable document within the volume is a confidential report on the heads of all foreign missions in Jeddah (folios 163-164).
At the back of the volume (folios 165-170) are office file notes.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (182 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged chronologically. There is a partial and non-alphabetical list of subjects at the front of the volume (folio 2). The list identifies some of the earlier subject correspondence in the volume and where it occurs, according to its original numbering, as folios 17 to 41a.
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Foliation: The sequence starts on the first page with ff 1A-1D and then continues from f 2 to the inside back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, circled and 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. The are the following anomalies: f 38A; f 91A; f 108A; f 128A; f 146A; there is no f 119.
There are two more sequences that are inconsistent and incomplete.
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- Title
- 'File 61/11 IV (D 77) Hejaz-Nejd, Miscellaneous'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1ar:1dv, 2r:38v, 38ar:38av, 39r:108v, 108ar:108av, 109r:128v, 128ar:128av, 129r:146v, 146ar:146av, 147r:158v, 159v:160v, 161v:174v, 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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