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'File 61/6 vol.4 (D 34) Bin Saud and Akwan Movement' [155r] (309/565)
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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lo On the morning of Sunday, the 29th August 1920, Amir
/ibduxlah o«-i<ll0d ms to join him a.t. th® pa.lciO0o I wont aooompanidd
by Farhan Bag, and found th© /imir sitting alone in his room#
2m The first thing he said was that Ahmad Thanaiyan had ask
ed for, and had had, an intorview with King Hussein, the previous
evening, in which he asked the king to have all discussions in
private, that is, only between the King and himself and not in
my own and Farhan's presence; that the king had refused to accept
that proposal and told Ahmad Thanaiyan that it was the British
Government that had arranged to send the Mission with special
Indian officer and that no discussions or negotiations could be
carried on without British representative being present#
3. I thanked Amir Abdullah and said that what the King had
decided was the
bast
(Per.) A Persian custom allowing an individual to seek asylum at a designated location.
for all concerned- Inwardly, I wondered why
such a proposal was put forward by Ahmad Thanaiyan. He himself
met me daily before and after that day but never said a word of
that# He did not even attribute any such proposal or suggestion
to King Hussein or to his sons, all of whom he managed to visit
alone, more than once. I was, therefore, convinced that Ahmad
Thanaiyan must have made the proposal, though I could not and
cannot still understand why he did so. My only idea is that hav
ing been sent to Mecca on an un-pleasant task, he wanted to sisoil
it, and the easiest way to do this was to have one or two private
meetings with the king, with or without his sons present,avowedly
for friendly discussions and negotiations, but really for being
able to give the subject matter of such meetings any colour that
might# suit his own ends or to break off on some pretext^ or other©
He might possibly have secret instructions to do so, because his
principal. Bin Saud, himself was only with difficulty persuaded
and practically sen^ the mission against his own will.
4* Amir Abdullah then said that he v/anted to give me a proof
of what he said about Bin 3audgi namely, that he was constantly
spoiling thoir Amirs, servants, tribes etc. He showed me a letter
( which I scrutinised and found to be Bin Saud f s) addressed to one
Muhammad bin (l forget full name) who is the headman of a
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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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