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File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.' [‎223r] (133/840)

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The record is made up of 1 item (421 folios). It was created in 22 Dec 1925-14 Dec 1926. It was written in English. 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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note on tne tracts and tribes of Soutn Hasa, Iruclal
Crnan, "Independent Oman" and L/nanlruft (Oman aultanate),
located between tne coast of tne Persian dulf and
rtuba* al Kbali (the Great Salt assert).
ooutn of tne Hasa oacis is tne extensive Jafuran
assert wnicn extends eastwards at least to tne 52nd
meridian of east longitude.
Its soutn-westem and south-eastern corners are
respectively tne Jabrin oasis and a point about 10 miles
south of Ida village in dnafran. Jafurah is almost as
inhospitable a land as the rtuba 1 al Knali desert, wnlch
borders it on tne south. Its only innabitantsbesides
Ajman Bedouin on its nortnern fringe are Al Morra, who
own the Jabrin oasis and wno nave dealings occasionally
wltn tne people of the Hasa oasis.
Like tne Bani Hajir of Central Hasa (Blyadn) a
few of tnese Al Morra also repair occasionally to i^atar
to receive Hospitality and gifts from the Al Tnani family.
Ihe boundary on tne coast between -iatar ana Abu
Dhabi was ruled in 1907 by tne Government of India to
be the "Khor" (bay)of ndald. At Odaid village, wnicn is
the Kortn-western-m'St point of the small coastal tract
known as AQal, is Odaid village founded and periodically
abandoned, by Ban! Yas tribesmen. Manasir from dhafrah
andAl Morra from Jafura occasionally camp in tnis tract.
East of Aqal is Mijan, a desert containing no
settled inhabitants, tnough wells and good graxing
exist. The Bedouin wno encamp in Aqal also irequent
this region. It is bordered on tne soutn oy Jafurah
at a distance of 70 miles from tne coast.
East of Milan is the saline and raarsny tract
called

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The papers cover the recognition of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] as King of the Hedjaz and Sultan of Nejd and its dependencies by foreign countries, and also contain:

The principal correspondents are the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 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 Colonial Office, the Foreign Office, HM Consul at Jeddah, and the Viceroy.

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File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.' [‎223r] (133/840), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/1165/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100079351207.0x000033> [accessed 24 June 2026]

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