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File 4006/1919 Pt 1 ‘Arabia:- Visit of the sons of the Sheikh of Koweit + Amir of Nejd to England.’ [265v] (534/863)
The record is made up of 1 volume (428 folios). It was created in 13 Jul 1919-28 Mar 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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(l) On other papers, in view oi the lacK Oj- cordiality between
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the Koweit. and Uajd Missions, it has been decided to put the
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former in the charge of Captain D.V.MacCollum Political
Agent, Kowe.it, on leave in this country, as from 2Vth October
inclusive. Captain MacCollum is on leave on lull pay mom the
Civil Administration, Mesopotamia; while the Mission (which
he will accompany bacK to Koweit, leaving aoout /oh or dth
November) is in this country, it is proposed cbai he should be
granted a subsistence allowance of one guinea - day, the cost
of his board and lodging being included with that of the Mission.
An analogy is provided by the case of Mr. Philby wno while at oached ^ ^
to the Najd Mission, receives an allowance of one guinea in addition i
to the payment of his hotel accommodation and meals; and by that of ^’
Captain Hedgecock who was granted subsistence allowance up to the
date of embarkation but not to cover the return journey to Bahrein
of the Mission from Bahrein, to which he was attached.
( 2 ) Captain Mac^Collum has orally raised the question of being
furnished with a sum to meet incidental expenses in this country and on
the voyage. So long as the mission is in London these are practically
nil (he states he has had none since he took over); and so long as
they are in this country such expenses are debitable to the Government
Hospitality Fund. Some expenditure of the kind may be expected in
Glasgow and on the journey thither; and also on the voyage,^in the
way of light refreshments laundry etc.yand possibly at any ports at
which the party may go ashore. (Sheikh Ahmed is understood to have
expressed a wish to see something of Egypt, but it could only be a
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very short drip. ) It is submitted that might be issued to Capt.
Mac^CoHum for this purpose, he being instructed to render to this a ^ a
Oa.iice accounts lor the sums expended up to embarkation, and for
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the remainder to the Civil Commissioner Baghdad-against whom the ^
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whole balance after embarkation should be charged? ■- ^ &
Financial Secretary
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for favour of remarks.
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The volume contains papers mostly relating to the visit, as state guests, of a deputation (Mission) from Koweit [Kuwait], including Sheikh Ahmad bin Jabar [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], the heir to the Emir of Koweit [Kuwait], and a deputation (Mission) from Najd (Nejd), including Faisal ibn Abdul Aziz ibn Saud [Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd], the son of the Emir of Najd, Ibn Saud, to England, Scotland and Wales in October and November 1919, and of the Koweit Mission to Ireland, and of the Najd Mission to various battlefields in France and Belgium in November and December 1919.
It includes correspondence concerning arrangements for the visit, including criticism by the 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. of the arrangements made for the accommodation of the party by the Government Hospitality Fund, HM Office of Works, the perceived unsatisfactory nature of which was reported on in articles in the Daily Graphic and The Times newspapers.
The volume also includes correspondence regarding expenditure incurred in relation to the visits of the Koweit and Najd Missions, of another Mission from Bahrein in 1919, and of a mission sent by Ibn Saud to the Hedjaz in 1920, and the division of the costs of these visits between Indian and Imperial Revenues, and between different British Government departments.
The main correspondents include: the 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. ; the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; the Foreign Office; the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; the Government Hospitality Fund, HM Office of Works; Captain Daniel Vincent McCollum, 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. , Kuwait; the Treasury; and the Colonial Office.
The volume includes the following letters in Arabic: from Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud to King George V, 1 August 1919 (folios 287 to 288); from Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ to King George V, 30 October 1919 (folios 284 to 285); and from Faisal ibn Abdul Aziz ibn Saud to the Secretary of State for India (folios 183 and 162). The file includes English translations of all of these letters, except folio 183.
The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (428 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 4006 (Arabia:- Visit of the sons of the Sheikh of Koweit + Amir of Nejd to England.) consists of one volume, IOR/L/PS/10/843.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 430; 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 4-427; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Title
- File 4006/1919 Pt 1 ‘Arabia:- Visit of the sons of the Sheikh of Koweit + Amir of Nejd to England.’
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- front, back , spine , edge , head , tail, front-i, 2r:152v, 154v:161v, 166r:182v, 184r:256r, 257r:280v, 283r:283v, 289r:291v, 296r:297v, 303r:303v, 305r:331v, 333r:338v, 340r:340v, 342r:356v, 357v:368v, 369v:375v, 376v:400v, 401v:404v, 405v:429v, back-i
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