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[Un-numbered file] 'Diary of Colonel Hamilton's Visit to Nejd 1918' [54r] (107/206)
The record is made up of 1 volume (102 folios). It was created in 19 Sep 1917-28 Dec 1918. 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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have left completely in the lurch had not balim
given them an asylum in his territories. This
under standing is Relieved to he in the nature of
a truce. Bin Baud may think that the Central
Powers will he the eventual victors. He does not
relish the idea of being driven out of Hassa
should the Turks return, hut on the other hand he
believes that if we are victorious it will not
he long before we take control of all the Arab
littoral of the Gulf including Hassa. If the
Entente powers succeed, Bin Baud will have to
take a hack seat as regards H.H. the King of the
Hejaz and this would be a more bitter pill for
him than even the loss of Hassa. He is there
fore sticking his toes into the ground,jealousy
of the Shereef, jealousy of Kuwait, and religious
and racial jealousy of our conquest of Mesopo
tamia are causing him to veer round.
There is a revivalist Islam movement in
Riyadh and Artawiyah, How r far Bin Baud and his
father are countenancing it, can only be guessed
at, but he might find in it the weapon that he
is locking for to get even with the Shereef.
Bin Baud's hostility towards Shaikh Salim, of
Kuwait for harbouring the Ajman is a factor not
to be lost sight of, quite possibly Kuwait,
which is the lever of Kasim will prove an in
valuable counter weight to any hostile combinati
tion in Nejd. If Bin Baud should throw us over,
Kuwait could bring us into relations with ShamMa
mar and Ajman and enable us to use them lor our
purposes. Bin Baud complains that we haibour
the Ajman his enemi es, whilst he, faithful to the
letter and spirit of his agreement with us,will
have nothing to do with our enemies. This is
probably the line he will take withps, He
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The file includes a printed copy (folios 16-41) of the diary of Colonel Robert Edward Hamilton's ( 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. at Kuwait) visit to Najd in 1918 on a mission to Ibn Sa'ud. The file also includes the original typed copy (folios 43-102) of the diary.
The diary describes his trip from Kuwait to Najd and records the topography, distance travelled each day, temperature and barometric pressure and people encountered. The principal correspondents in the volume include: 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. at Kuwait (Robert Edward Hamilton); the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad (Percy Zachariah Cox); the Chief Political Officer, Baghdad; and the Ruler of Najd (Ibn Sa'ud).
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- 1 volume (102 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 103; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/104
- Title
- [Un-numbered file] 'Diary of Colonel Hamilton's Visit to Nejd 1918'
- Pages
- 1r:2v, front, front-i, 4r:102v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence