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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 [253r] (505/560)
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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COmaSHTIAT,.
O-'i
No. 140-3
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
f Kuwait.
Itth M&y 1924.
To
The Hon’ble the Political Reuldent in the Persian Oulf,
BUSH IRS.
M)aAOIt.HX)UH>
Reference my telegram Ho. 147-S dated the 14th May 192 4,
I enclose herewith, in original and with a translation, Ifcn
Sa’ud 1 * letter Mo. ^0, dfited the Srd 3h&uwal 1342 (7th May
1924) f to your address, which reached me yesterday morning
in a covering letter in ehleh the Bui tan asked me to
transmit it to you as soon as possible.
The Bhalkh of Kuwait has also received a letter from
Ibn Sa*ud expressing great regret at the raid in his
territory and promising to take the matter up. He asks the
Shaikh to promise not to give shelter to fugitives from his
tribes.
The people of Kuwait put little or no trust in wh*-t Ibn
3a*ud says, and the general opinion is that he will not
punish anyone for the recent raid, nor cause restitution to
be made. The report referred to in my telegram No. 143-a of
12th Kay 1924 that the Xkhwan force under Fuqua, shaikh of
the Sahabah sub-section of the Muwahah section of the 'Ilwah
^utair, had retired to the south, has been eonfinned.Notwlfe -
standing this, the wall of Kuwait la still being manned by
150 to 300 men every night. It has been decided too that the
*N — •
Pearling fleet is not to go to sea until Ibn Sa'ud's reply
to the Shaikh's letter be received (it is expected within
the nex*i few days), and that if this be not satisfactory, a
proportion of the Pearl Fishers win be detained for the
defence of the Town, and eoapenaated from the takings of
the rein&lnrfeif*
SltaARtlon at Kuwait
^ / Major,
Politics^ hyt.X, Kuv.’a-] t
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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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