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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 [255r] (509/560)
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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TnmBlfttion of ^ Ko*«>a dRt#»d tho ^rd &hm*ul ,
vVui ii«y froBi H,a # Xnain Sir ’Aifeui ‘Aftis bin •Abaur
Rahmftn al-IAinia aB-Sa'ud, Sultan ©f K&jd & ^•p#ndenoi«e
to tha Hon'bla Ll«ut» Colonel F« S« PridnauA, G # S # X #t G # Z«^
Political Koaldant in th« ?«r«ian Sulf #
Aftor eompllCTorita.
It has corn® to jay knowind^e that on® of tho chiefe of
the 'AJman, Phaid^n bln Hithlaln, has raided eoise of the
Mutair and # Aj»an trlbeenen In Kuwait territory. X ae very
aorry that this raid has taken place f firetly because it
*** done without ay permiaeioa * and in spite of thevstrict
orders which X h^d issued to all tribal chiefs to keen
peace and order • tlie raiders however thought that they
**•
would take revenge for what took place at Shadhaf (regard*;
which X addressed you In my letter Ko.as of 37th Kaaadhan
AS43 f Und May lP34) f and say Uiat they only took this aetloi
when they saw the tribesmen who had raided Shadhaf amongst
those whom they raided. Secondly X regretth&t it took place
in the territory of Kuwt.it, the friend of both His Majesty *1
Government and myself. Xt must not be lost sight of that if
X do not punish the tribes the matter will no doubt grow an
become more difficult, but what prevents me from punishing
them straight away is the fear that the offenders will fie
to *Iraq and take refuge with the Government of *Iraq, as
hapriened last year when X tried to punish the tribes which
had joined Xusuf al-Mansur in raiding the Dhafir. On that
occasion they fled from my territory to ’Iraq, where they
were welcomed by the King of *Xr*q, and began to stir up
trouble, and to rob and pillage and then take refuge in
*ra 4 . Since then X have not been able to give the tribes
the chance of fleeing to ‘Iraq and taking refuge there. Xf
however His Majesty's Government will assist me in ex eili^
the guilty tribes now in 'Iraq, and will promise me on Mato*
behalf of the Governments under her mandate and protection
that those Governments will not give asylum and protection,
4 4
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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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- IOR/R/15/5/28
- Title
- 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
- 11r:11v, 16r:16v, 19r:20v, 35r:37v, 41r:43v, 78r:80v, 156r:156v, 160r:160v, 168r:174v, 178r:178v, 203r:207v, 252r, 254r:256v,
- Author
- Āl Sa‘ūd, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal (xx Ibn Saud)
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- Public Domain