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'File 61/6 vol.4 (D 34) Bin Saud and Akwan Movement' [49r] (97/565)
The record is made up of 1 volume (285 folios). It was created in 13 Sep 1920-8 Nov 1921. 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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Translation of a latter datad 4tli I 'uharran 13r59
(= 18th Saptanber 1920) from Ahnad b-in Abdullah Al-Thanalyan
to Bin Saud.
^fter coTTrnllinenta .
I have the honour to offer ny beat ro9T)®o^ 8 'our
Excellenoy and to state that I have forwarded in ray second
letter the whole news that I had heard frora the raoraent (D ar
rived at Holy Mecca till the time we departed and alao o^ all
diacussiona and conversationa that tool r place between us and
the 3harif in the preaence of the repreaentativea of your
frienda Hia Majeaty'a Governraent, may God save their Mnr in
all mattera. After a representative of the Sharif Huaain
bin Ali had invited rae to be preaent to talV, I met the
Sharif at hia private or confidential room, where he started
to talk to me after inquiring after our health and toll ^e
that we Arabs and our condition generally were in much
trouble. We were now aurrounded by "Kafirs" finfidels)from
every direction quite contrary to what the British Govern
ment and their alliea had promiaed in their aprreementa which
were made at "San Remo n . You will aee clearly alao their
double dealings in Iraq, and also in Syria and other places-
I really found the old man's attitude quite contrary to
what we and His Majesty's representatives had taught us v /as
the case. In other words he was very anti-Knglish, I
was greatly astonished to hear the things that pasied at our
meetings. I myself continued to re-nly " Ye^s, yes" to hia
talk in order that he might continue what he waa aayinr, and
I found out what waa in hia heart. Among other thinga he
aaid to roe, "I urge upon you immediately on your arrival
back at Riyadh when you meet Hia Excellency Bin 3aud to tell
him to make an agreement with me and to act in the manner
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The volume consists of letters, telegrams, memoranda, reports, and notes relating to Ibn Sa'ud and the affairs of Najd. The correspondence is mostly between: Harold Dickson, 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; Percy Cox, the High Commissioner in Baghdad; Ibn Sa'ud; King Hussein of the Hijaz; the Government of India, in Simla and Calcutta; 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; the Foreign Office, in London; Arthur Trevor, 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. in Bushire; and Siddiq Hassan, the Indian assistant in Bahrain.
Most of the volume relates to the territorial and political disputes between Ibn Sa'ud and King Hussein, with particular coverage of the mission to Mecca to conclude an agreement between Ibn Sa'ud and King Hussein, carried out by Ahmad bin Abdullah al-Thanaiyan, and Siddiq Hassan and Farhan al Rahmah, the Sa'udi and British representatives respectively.
Notable is the diary of Siddiq Hassan (ff 103-116v) written during his mission to Mecca, and his notes on the numerous meetings he had with King Hussein and the talks between the latter and Thanaiyan. Included as appendices to these notes are the following: a draft, in Arabic, of the eventual agreement signed by the two parties; a letter, in Arabic, from Hassan bin 'Ali ibn 'Aayidh, Chief of 'Assir, to King Hussein; another letter in Arabic from King Hussein to Siddiq Hassan; and an English translation of the finalised agreement. Also present is a report of the journey by Farhan al-Rahmah (ff. 116v-121v).
Other topics covered by the volume are as follows:
- the continued fighting and negotiations between Ibn Sa'ud and the Ikhwan on the one side and the al-Rashid (Shammar) on the other;
- the ongoing border dispute between Ibn Sa'ud and Kuwait;
- developments in 'Asir and the 'Idrisi movement;
- Ibn Sa'ud's British subsidy;
- revolt in Iraq and Syria, and the spread of Arab Nationalism;
- relations between Ibn Sa'ud and other tribal groups, and his growing influence in the region.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (285 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is largely arranged in chronological order. There is an alphabetical subject index to the contents, at the front of the volume (folios 2, 3). The index entries refer to the original folio numbers of relevant documents, to help identify and locate them within the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: Numbers are written in pencil, in the top right corner, on the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The numbering is irregular, begins on the first folio at the front of the volume and is as follows: 1A-E, 2-78, 99-121, 162-165, 166A, 166B, 167-172, 173A, 173B, 174-177, 178A, 178B, 179-181, 183-198, 199, 199A-199Z, 199A1-199Q1, 200-237, 239-293. There are no folios numbered 182 or 238. Fold-out folios: 199A1, 199F1.
Condition: the spine cover is detached from the volume and enclosed in a plastic sleeve numbered folio 372, at the back of the volume. The plastic sleeve may cause some loss of sharpness to the digital image of the spine cover.
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- Title
- 'File 61/6 vol.4 (D 34) Bin Saud and Akwan Movement'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:177v, 178v:183v, 184v:282r, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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