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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 [250r] (499/560)
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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F r om. P ol 1 t i <*.£□., ^ *
To Resident, BusiiiP®. i repented to Bn^tdad,
No, 5 0
Bated 3ia.y
:'y telegram No* l^c-JS* The following le the suummry of a
letter dated ^14 Kay fror* Ibn Baud to you* Beglna:*-
I hear witli ^reat regret tiiat Bhaidan has raided sorae
^utair and. 1 A Jinan in Kuwait territory, which Is the friend
of both His KaJe3ty , s Qover^ent and myself. This was with
out isy psrsiiaaion and in spite of Liy orders to all sha.lklxst
to keep the peace. The raiders however wanted revenue for
the raid at 3hadhaf, about nhleh I wrote to you in my
letter No. 82 of 2nd May, and say that they only took this
action when they saw men who had participated in that raid
aaoogst the people whom they raided. Obviously things will
^et worse unless I punish the guilty tribes, but I am pre
vented from doing, so by the fear that they will flee to
‘Iraq and be given refuge there,$s happened last year. If
H*M.Goveruuent will assist me in expelling the guilty tribes
from * Iraq and will promise on behalf of the governments
under their mandate and protection that those governments
will not give asylum and protection to guilty tribesmen, I
will undertake to iumedlately punish all tribes guilty of
aggression against subjects of neighbouring governments. I
desire nothing but peace, so trust H.M.Government will help
me. If not they must hold me excused fur any raids tliat
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take place 0 &ids. Letter followa.
Bhaiicn. s letter had not arrived when the messengers left
Riyadh, nor did they meet the men on the ws^y^
Altlxough it aeeais lapoaaible to agree to I bn Sa > ud l s
request as a whole, I venture to suggest the possibility of
obtaining for him a guarantee that Dhaldam and hie followers
will not be given asylum within a given period unless he
previously make restitution for the recent raid* This would
at least prove the Lultan*a bona fides.
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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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