File [10/4] British relations with Ibn Sa`ud: activities of Faisal Al Duwish [‎69v] (138/524)

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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 concerns hostilities between the forces of Ibn Sa'ud and the Ikhwan during the rebellion led by Faisal al-Duwaish [Faysal al-Duwaysh], the possibility of Ikhwan members entering Kuwaiti territory with their followers and tensions between Ibn Sa'ud and Kuwait.

Much of the correspondence in the file is between British officials at the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait, the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bushire, the High Commission in Iraq and the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Jeddah, but the file also contains copies of letters, in Arabic with English translations, from Ibn Sa'ud and the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah.

In addition to correspondence, the file contains the following:

• an English translation of a speech given by Ibn Sa'ud that was published in the Meccan newspaper Umm al-Qura in July 1929 (folios 96-99).
• an account of a visit made to Kuwait by al-Duwaish in August 1929 written by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Kuwait, Major Harold Richard Patrick Dickson (folios 121-125);
• details of how Ibn Sa'ud established Wahhabi dominance at the Masjid al-Haram Mosque in Mecca (folios 140-142);
• a breakdown of the structure and tactics of Ibn Sa'ud's military forces (folios 151-153);
• an account of an interview between Dickson and Hilal al-Mutairi in Kuwait in September 1929 in which al-Mutairi claimed that King Faisal [Faysal] of Iraq was plotting with members of the Al Shammar tribe to support the Ikhwan rebellion against Ibn Sa'ud (folios 251-257).

Extent and format

1 file (260 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 262; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-260; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

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