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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 [110r] (219/560)
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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Hafar to you and Dulaimichah and Muqubah to ’Iraq. Thence it
will proceed north-west towards the Djal al-Battan leaving Am
al-Radhuma and Zabala to Jou and Jumaimah to * Iraq.The frontier
will then touch the Djal al-Battan at a point immediately south
of Jabal Athamin. Prom thence it win proceed due west between
Lifiyah and Loqa and thence through Ai Shir south of Lifiyah,by
Feejan, Albuwaitha Khasm al-Ra an Quraiyit al-Dhumran to
Mughaiyir, and thence in a direct line towards Sakaka.
As regards the Hazal wells, it is douotless wen known to
Your Highness that they were formerly regarded as belonging to
the Amarat, who dug the well at hoqa, but as in late years these
wells have been recognised as appertaining to the Shammar, they
are left to you. •
Such is the tribal boundary which the two Governments are
asked to accept provisionally. In conclusion I respectful ly
call upon Your Highness firstly bo recall your representatives
Faisal ad-Dawish, Ibn Mu'amir and Ibn Nuhaiyir to your presence
and to keep them there for the present, Secondly, to recall to
your side of the line all those of your adherents and tribesmen
who may now be on this side of it; and thirdly, to warn your
subjects that if they cross this provisional frontier pending
final issfce of negotiations, they will do so with their own risk.
The 1 Iraq Government are being called upon simultaneously to
warn their shaikhs in the same sense. Only by this means can
peace be maintained. 3nds.
Registered No. 74.
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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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- 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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