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File E/8 I Ibn Sa‘ud [268r] (560/606)
The record is made up of 1 file (290 folios). It was created in 26 May 1913-18 Jul 1916. 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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Abdul liami d's deposition and Iviahoniod aphid's accession
Hie Arabs no?/ anticipate a similar revolution with ^
Mahomed Reshad and Enver Pasna as the principals and ^
should it come to pass tnao the latter becomes sultan
expressed ' will
the op in i ans I hear ^indicate that the Khalifat iTDy the
common consent of Islam revert to the descendants of
the Prophet's family in Mecca, of whom the present head
is the Sharif and who I feel sure would command "Bin
baud's" support in such an event rather than his
antagonism.
II. Conclusion . This report has run to a conside
rable length,but in view of the present favourable
political situation locally,the instability of all Arab
opinion and affairs,the far-reaching issues involved
and uhe urgency of commmieating some adequate assurance
to Bin 3aud at a very early date,I. have felt it justi-
fled,more particularly to show clearly Abdul Aziz's v ■ i|
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attitudo of mlnJ. . / pw.-'ioiiv»j point of view.
The balancing of the responsibilities which we
will incur with the advantages which are likely to acc
rue from the conclusion of a Treaty on the lines of the
attached preliminary draft rests with higher authority f
but X would venture to reiterate the extreme urgency of
the matter. "Bin 3aud is prepared to meet Sir Percy cox
in the vicinity of Zuoair, but he will not move north
wards until he has settled with "Ibn Rashid" and not
even then unless the Treaty which he desires has assumed
a practically final form,which he is prepared to accept.
His reason is that he cannot take any further risk of
irritating the Ottoman Government unless he can be
assured of British protection,having already pleaded to
it that he could not leave his own territories. I would
venture to suggest that probably considerable time will
be saved,seeing how difficult communication in present
circumstances is,ii I were empowered to treat with Bin
Saud,the draft clauses acceptable to and what is not
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The majority of the files contain correspondence, reports, letters and telegrams between the the British 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 the British 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bushire, as well as with ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd), various local rulers, Yūsuf bin Aḥmed Kanoo, the Government of India, the 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. in London and the British Consul in Basra.
This file contains papers regarding Ibn Sa‘ūd's increasing power following his conquest of al-Hasa and his relations with Britain, Turkey and local rulers, including Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah of Bahrain, and Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī of Qatar (ff. 197-198, 200-202), as well as the commencement of the First World War and the death of Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear.
Included within these papers are: requests for protection from Shaikh Hussain bin Nasir [Ḥusayn bin Nāsir] of Saihat [Sayhāt] and Haji Abdul Hussain bin Juma [Hājī ‘Abd al-Ḥusayn bin Juma‘ah] against Ibn Sa‘ūd (ff. 18-32), as well as notes by Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo [Yusūf bin Aḥmad Kānū] regarding his treatment of ‘Abd al-Ḥusayn bin Juma‘ah (ff. 164-168, 188-189); Ibn Sa‘ūd's relations with Ibn Rashīd; extracts from the Basrah newspaper Sada-ad-Dastur [Ṣadá al-Dustūr], dated 1 Shawwāl 1332 [23 August 1914] (ff. 198-199) and an extract from the Cairo newspaper al-Muqattam [al-Muqaṭṭam] dated 13 August 1914 (ff. 203-203A); Shakespear's visits to Ibn Saud (ff. 212, 215-217, 221-224, 260-271); a note by Kanoo regarding Sayid Mohamed Rashid Reda's [Muḥammad Rashīd Riḍā] correspondence with Ibn Sa‘ūd (f. 220); correspondence with Ibn Sa‘ūd regarding the First World War (ff. 226-227, 231-248); the Turkish garrison in Qatar (ff. 276-277); and a witness report by Khalid bin Bilal [Khālid bin Bilāl], Shakespear's cook, regarding the latter's death (ff. 286-287).
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- 1 file (290 folios)
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This file is arranged in roughly chronological order.
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Foliation: The file has two different foliation sequences. The primary sequence is circled, appears in the top right-hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of the folio, and commences at 1 on the first page following the front cover and runs out at 290 on the final page preceding the back cover. The second sequence is uncircled, appears in the top right and left-hand corners of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. and verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of the folio, and commences at 54 on the first page of text and runs out at 366.
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- IOR/R/15/2/31
- Title
- File E/8 I Ibn Sa‘ud
- Pages
- front-a, back-a, spine-a, head-a, edge-a, tail-a, front-a-i, 1r:11v, 12ar:12av, 12r:17v, 18ar:18av, 18r:21v, 23r:24v, 29r:33v, 34ar:34av, 34r:84v, 85ar:85av, 85r:147v, back-a-i, front-b, back-b, spine-b, head-b, edge-b, tail-b, front-b-i, 148r:202v, 203ar:203bv, 204r:290v, back-b-i
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