'File X/1 Bin Saood & Ibn Rashid' [119r] (237/386)
The record is made up of 1 file (193 folios). It was created in 7 Aug 1904-26 Aug 1909. 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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Copy of a Secret and Confidential Despatch Ho: 62
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aate& 31st August 1906 from His Britannia Majesty 1 »
Consul, Busreh, to His Britannio Majesty’s Ambassador,
Constantinople.
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P\ I
Wi*Ui referenoe to ray despatch Jvos59 of Au^rust 25th,
X have the honour to report 'tnat I oalled on Li eutenaait—
(leneral Sudqi
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
last Wednesday. He had been ordered
to Baghdad and left the sane evening. It is uncertain whe
ther he vrill return to take up his appointment as Com
mandant at Busreh* Sudqi
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
stated that he had handed
over the Command in 31 Kasim *oo Sami
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, Acting J!uto-
ssarif and Commandant and stayed ten dt^s \vith liim after
his arrival. Sard Paslia brought 500 soldiers and one gun
with him from Medina. The troops arrived in excellent
condition.
According to Sudqi
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
*s account there are 2500
troops in Nejd and 31 Kasim. The lines of communication
are o^en and caravans arrive finely and, though sit-plics
are not easily obtainable locally, all necessaries were
forwarded to thorn by caravans.
Information from other sources does not confirm this
favourable account. The tale told by the numerous desert
ers who have from time to time found their way to Koweit
and thence to Busreh during Sudqi
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
's command in
Kasim is a very different one. They describe the state of
the troops there as pitiable in 'the extreme and state
that provisions are scarce and they are without pay. Sudqi
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
himself is said to bo owed 2000 Turkish & for his
services.
SclccL
Sudqi
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
^that Ton Saood tos jealous of Saleh bin
Mohanna’s intercourse with the Turkish Officers and that
he got the people of : oreyda to sign a mazbata complain
ing of Ms oppression and then removed him to Biadh. He
attributes Ms removal to personal animosity. Thouf“h
Hohanna
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This file contains correspondence between British officials that relates primarily to the rise in power of Bin Saood [commonly referred to as Ibn Sa'ud or ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd in full].
This correspondence discusses the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud, his conflict with the Al Rashid rulers of the Emirate of Jabal Shammar (or Emirate of Ha'il) as well as his relations with the Ottoman Empire and the ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Mubarak Al Sabah.
Much of the correspondence is between 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, Major Percy Zachariah Cox and 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 Kuwait, Captain Stuart George Knox. The file also contains a limited amount of direct correspondence between Ibn Sa'ud and Knox (in Arabic with English translations) and correspondence from the Foreign Office in London and the Foreign Department of the Government of India.
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- 1 file (193 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 193; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, 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 present in parallel between ff 2-192; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. Pagination: A pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 4-192; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- 'File X/1 Bin Saood & Ibn Rashid'
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