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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 [210r] (419/560)
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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No. 41-.„
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^ith February
To
£he Hon'blo the ^’olitio^l Resident in the Per Alan Gulf,
B U £> H I R &«
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Reference ry tele t ;r‘;ii ho. - ■•t-B anted > th October - ^
Shuikh Ahmad is constantly hinting that Xbn Ba'ud’s
^o^er is on the ^»ne, ftnci that lar^e numbers of his tribes if
‘re likely to cross over into •Iraq in the ne r future, thi f
is not the Shaikh*» opinion alone, but is pretty generally
held in the town©
Naif al-Hithlaln, better known as Abu Kilab, of Uie
'‘■hudhair sub-section of the Shamir section of the 'Ajman,ha<
it is true, ^ain seceded from Ihn Ba*Gd, as he did to Shal<
•^alirfi in ^oVfrnber and this titie has gone to tlraq, bu
ht is of no gre- t importance, und on the whole tnere is
little thvt is definite to report*
Bn the other hand there are cu-ny vague ruinours, (end nucJ
loose tnlp of ^h‘ t i» likely to happen. One frequently hears
tra t Faisal ad-D wlah Is now on bah teme with the ~ultan,
jjnu recently feigned sickness and refused to go when b u l0 n&
one .ears too thnt Artawryah is - very different pli*ce from
what It was a year ago, and that the discipline which used u
be so marked there has gone. Whether these stories be true o1
riot, they seem 'o indicate that a feeling of insecurity does
exist in the bo^firt*
The recent fxtion of the B.I. in stopping tu© booking
Of p«»sagen ak to and from Bahrain w: e interpreted
hy Many a» the action of Uls aajeaty'e Governeient *'
pressure to bear on I bn B&’ud , and I onUerp'
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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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