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'The Seven Independent Arabian States [Yemen, ‘Asir, Hijaz, Najd, Kuwait, Jabal Shammar and al-Jawf]' [99r] (197/680)
The record is made up of 1 file (10 folios). It was created in May 1935. 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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13
25./
demanded, in a strongly worded Note dated 9th December
1820, of which the following is an extract, the immediate
departure of the British detachment from that Island
"...His Majesty's Charge d'Affaires likewise stated
that after punishment of the Joasmis it would he necessary
still to keep some British troops in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
to
prevent a recurrence of piracy, and that the Imam of
Muscat (who on that part of Persia,- is the Governor of
Bunder Abhas and its dependencies) was willing to allow
of a British settlement on the Island of Kishm or Henjam;
to this was answered tha.t fir^t Muscat is a dependency
of Persea, and as the Imam has not the power of permitting
the residence of British troops at Muscat, much less can
he grant a permission at Kishm and Henjam, which are
dependencies of Bunder Abbas At this time we have
heard that a British force has landed at Kishm.
The state of affairs does not require the presence of
British troops We do not know on what account the
troops from India have settled in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
......
In short orders will be issued by His Majesty to His Royal
Highness the Prince of Pars, to send a person to the troops
on Kishm desiring them immediately to leave it, and we
now request His Majesty's Charge d r Affaires to direct
the Officer Commanding at Kishm to return to India with
his troops, and to write to the Honourable Governor of
Bombay, or to whomever it may be necessary, with a view
to avoiding such acts, which are contrary to the spirit
of the Treaty between our two States
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This confidential memorandum, printed by the Foreign Office in May 1935 is a report by William John Childs concerning the seven independent Arabian states or autonomous areas. The report contains an introduction that states that the 'purpose of the paper is to give a brief outline each of the seven independent Arabian states', listed on folio 316, 'at the time of the Arab rising against the Turks in June 1916'.
The report is divided into sections covering each state as follows:
- 'The Imamate of Yemen ruled by Imam Yahya [Yaḥyá Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn]' (folio 316);
- 'The Principate of Asir ruled by the Idrisi [Sayyid Muḥammad bin ‘Alī al-Idrīsi]' (folios 316-317);
- 'The Emirate of Mecca (or the Hejaz) ruled by Husein [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī], Emir and Sherif of Mecca' (folios 317-319);
- 'Emirate of Nejd [Najd] ruled by Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], Emir of Riyadh' (folios 319-323);
- 'The Sheikhdom of Koweit [Kuwait] ruled by the Sheikh of Koweit [Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ]' (folio 323v);
- 'The Emirate of Jebel Shammar [Jabal Shammar] (or Hail [Ḥā’il]) ruled by the Emir of Hail [Sa‘ūd bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Rashīd]' (folios 323-324)
- 'Jauf-el-Amir [Jawf al-Amīr, under the rule of Nūrī bin Sha‘lān]' (folio 324v).
A footnote on folio 316 records: 'This memorandum was prepared by the late Mr. William John Childs and found among his papers. A few modifications and additions have been made to bring it up to date'.
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- 1 file (10 folios)
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Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at folio 315, and terminates at folio 325, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, a re circles, and are 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between folios 4-327; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
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- Title
- 'The Seven Independent Arabian States [Yemen, ‘Asir, Hijaz, Najd, Kuwait, Jabal Shammar and al-Jawf]'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:315v, 310r, 316v:339v, 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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