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'File 61/6 VI (D 70) Nejd affairs (Bin Saud General File) Final Payments to Bin Saud in Lieu of Subsidy' [108r] (220/514)
The record is made up of 1 volume (267 folios). It was created in 5 Jun 1923-19 Jan 1931. 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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Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
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BUSHIRE RESIDENCE 5
Reg. No.
Date
CONHOLNTIAL RECORDS.
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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.
Bahrain,
To The Ilon^ole the I'OlitiGt'l nesid^nt in the Persian ualf
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Memo randam.
I h i vo the honour to fonvard the translation 0 ot two
letters received from the sultan of xiajd to your address.
a In ifud is at niyadh but there are runours to the ef:
th. : t he
is coming to ttassa as he h^ s fall en out with i;awish and is anxious to
conciliate hiia.The latter is ! t -tratf vyiyeh.
I learn that the jfc shid family who have hitheto been allowed a good
deal of freedom ' t iiiyadh,have recently been iraprisoned ,The reason
for t his is s-' id to be that iibdall' al Mitaib is said to have received
a letter from ^qab ibn ^jil , (Jhtdban ibn Hi Mai and the Jhaik of Al
Toman
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
,all ^hfauifir ihaiks, offering to assist him to escape.
Abdul Aziz bin Jiluv/i,nephew of Abdulla bin Jiluwi (amir of
Er ssa ) has be- n sent to Hail as Amir, and his pjace at j3urJ-:ideh has
been filled by .e'ahsd ibn Abdulla Jiluwi .Thewe moves may, I think, be taker
to indicate that Bin ^aud is feeling (especia'ly with Dawish on bad
terms) not too secure Jb is appointing his own near relatives to
govern outlying districts.
it is reported that a strong Ikhwan force und r Abdulla ibn
jiqril left about th 3 end of Kemadhan for Jauf.If the information is
correct,^ i believe it to be, we nay shortly expect news 0flighting
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with ®r nsjordani; n tribes in th^t direction. The two letters just
received from Din ^aud in which he lays such stress on the inabil ty
of his ubjects to bear the situation longer may be intended to pave
the way *or fresh hostilities. ^
The uultan's agent recently shewed me some telegrams he hrd
received from thn oultan for despatch, one was a cojjr^tulatory
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- Content
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, administrative reports, memoranda, and hand-written notes concerning the affairs of Ibn Sa'ud and the Najd. The correspondence is between 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 Political Agencies in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jeddah, the High Commissioner in Iraq, the High Commissioner in Egypt, the Resident in Aden, the Colonial Office, 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. and the Foreign Office, all in London, the Foreign Department of the Government of India, and Ibn Sa'ud. There are some letters written in Arabic.
The main subjects that the documents relate to are: the final payment of Ibn Sa'ud's subsidy; the unrest and movements of a number of tribes of the region, particularly the 'Ajman and those in the Kuwait area; and the expulsion of Hindu merchants from Qatif by Ibn Sa'ud.
Other topics are:
- Ibn Sa'ud's liability for Ottoman Public Debt repayments;
- diplomatic development and policy of Ibn Sa'ud;
- the absorption of the 'Idrisi state into Ibn Sa'ud's territories;
- Ibn Sa'uds's assumption of the title of 'King';
- anti-Wahabi propaganda distributed among Muslims in India.
Near the end of the volume is mention of treaties signed by Ibn Sa'ud with the German Reich and the Turkish Republic. Also of note is a 'Green Book', an official Najdi document, on the administration of the 'Idrisi province.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (267 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged chronologically. There is an alphabetical subject index to the contents, at the front of the volume (folio 1C). The index entries refer to the original folio numbers of relevant documents, to help identify and locate them within the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the sequence starts on the title page and continues through to the inside back cover. The numbers are written in pencil and can be found in the top right hand 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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- 'File 61/6 VI (D 70) Nejd affairs (Bin Saud General File) Final Payments to Bin Saud in Lieu of Subsidy'
- Pages
- front, back, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1Ar, 1Av, 1Br, 1Bv, 1Cr, 1Cv, 1Dr, 1Dv, 3r:5v, 7r:34v, 36r:36v, 38r:38v, 41r:46v, 48r:66v, 68r:121v, 123r:201v, 202ar:202bv, 203r:236v, 242r:242v, 246r:246v, 253v, 256r:263v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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