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File [10/4] British relations with Ibn Sa`ud: title of Sultan of Najd; surrender of Hail; payment of British subsidies; Ikhwan attacks on Iraq frontier and Kuwait; institution of Najd passport [28r] (55/560)
The record is made up of 1 file (278 folios). It was created in 29 May 1921-25 Sep 1924. 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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Tele^raa (P).
i’rom Politica,!, Kuwait.
To Hlgbooma, Baghdad; repeated to Buahire cc Bahrain^.
Ho. 147-0.
Bated 10th Lieptember 1921.
reply -from Ita Ba*ud. dated 4tit September, in vhloh ho
adka m to thank you and request you to convey hlo thaaka
to Hie Majosty’e Qcivem^ont Tot recogriitlon of title of
Sultan, and for congratulations and good wishes,
Ke aol:s that Dr. Mann he not sent at proaent an ho is as?ay
frori Hiyadh ana hia plans uncertain,for following rpa^cno:
A few dsisert Simmer have Broken faith with him and made
for Ha5.1. .Oawinh with two partita of Ikhwan haa captuj^d
^11 their property and killed moat of thorn. Dawish now
canpod at JathSmlyaU ( presumably *JadhSnlyah’' on map )
taroo hours from Kail. IBn Talal la at Ksuosiyah, one and
h :ii\l4. noura from Jat^Aamiyah, and apparently does not
kno^ tiiat IB a la on his way there, although people
Os. hail do, and ua hopea ho may catch iilm vhiilo he is out
tixcfe. Ion ha*ud was juot leaving QuBBali ( presumaBly
JiBBidi , 'oo mile& north horth-eact of Buraidaii) for hail,
/ull translation follows By post.
in your memorandum n 0 . 03/0 dated the 16th SeptomBei j 1.
No. 159-0
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Kuwait.
28 th BeptemBor 1921.^
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.
B A H B A X iim
Herewith a copy of the above W*c:r*!* no nnkod To
Political A[ ent, / v> .it % .
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This file contains correspondence related to the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd].
Specifically, the correspondence in the file relates to Ibn Sa'ud's adoption of the title Sultan of Nejd and its Dependencies, his capture of Ha'il, raids by his Ikhwan forces into Southern Iraq and Kuwait, and the creation of the Sultanate of Najd passport.
On folio 194 the file contains a sample of the newly created Sultanate of Najd passport.
A significant portion of the correspondence in the file is between British officials and Ibn Sa'ud, in both Arabic and English translation. It also contains correspondence between British officials and the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah, and a number of tribal figures from the south of Iraq.
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- 1 file (278 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
An index of topics discussed is contained at the rear of the file (on folio 280); the folios used in this index relate to an earlier incomplete foliation system that is in uncircled pencil 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.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 280; 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. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 2-280, and ff 4-280; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/5/28
- Title
- File [10/4] British relations with Ibn Sa`ud: title of Sultan of Najd; surrender of Hail; payment of British subsidies; Ikhwan attacks on Iraq frontier and Kuwait; institution of Najd passport
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:8v, 10r:10v, 12r:14v, 17r:18v, 21r:30v, 32r:34v, 38r:40v, 44r:72v, 73v:75v, 76v:77v, 81r:92v, 93v:95v, 97r:100v, 101v:117v, 119r:122v, 124r:129v, 132r:153v, 155r:155v, 157r:159v, 161r:167v, 175r:177v, 179r:188v, 190r:202v, 208r:251v, 252v:253v, 257r:280v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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