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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 [152r] (303/560)
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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To H.E, Imam Sir 'Afci&ul 'Aziz Mn ’Abdur Rahman al~Faisal as-Sa'ud
Sultan of Najd and its Dependenaies.
A.C. N
I have the honour to inform Your Highness that I have received
a telegram, dated the 22nd August 1922 which is equivalent to the
2bfch Dhil Hijjah 1340, from H. K, the High Commissioner for 'Iraq
in which he instructs me to send the following, message to Your
Highness:- > -
"I Inform Your Highness with great, pleasure and relief that a
telegram has been received from Jiddah, intimating the completely
successful termination of the Hajj, and the satisfactory relations
maintained between your subjects and the Authorities In the Hijaz. I n
informing you of this news, I am directed to taAe the opportunity to
convey to lour Highness an expression of the cordial appreciation of
the Rt. Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies of your-loyal and
friendly co-operation both In regard to this Pilgrimage, and in tlie
matter of the 'Iraq boundary. '
Your Highness’ letter dated the aeih Dhil -.a’dah on the situation
at Jauf, and the action of the authorities in Transjordanla in regard
thereto has just reached me. I trust you will have been reassured by
my telegram of 20th July, I.e. 25th Dhil lia’dah, which crossed it W
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must have reached you a few days later via Bahrain. XRKgXK
Meanwhile I regret to say that it Is reported from' Jerusalem that
a force of your followers has attacked Jauf. I, of course, understand
that this attack was carried out before you received my telegram, but
I am sure Your Highness will realise that this action on the part of
your followers can only serve to produce an acute situation and render
difficult my conversation with you. As I informed you, His Majesty's
Government wjere considering the Jauf question and I hoped to Inform
Your Highness of their views, and discuss the subject with jui you at
an early meeting. I regret still more to say that I have received
Information from Jerusalem that on the 10th August, that Is six days
ago, one bairaq of your subjects attacked two villages of the Ban!
Sakhr two miles west of the railway and twelve miles south of Amman,
and killed thirty five Individuals, including men, women and children,
. and that a l®ultAneouflly another bairaq attacked Amrl, one hour from
<4asr al-Azr&q.
I am directed to protest strongly against this raid into
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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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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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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