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File [10/4] British relations with Ibn Sa`ud: title of Sultan of Najd; surrender of Hail; payment of British subsidies; Ikhwan attacks on Iraq frontier and Kuwait; institution of Najd passport [35r] (69/560)
The record is made up of 1 file (278 folios). It was created in 29 May 1921-25 Sep 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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.raawlation of a letter, dated the 22nd ^oihamm 1340
Bepte^her 1921); from Ihn Sa^d to 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.
After oomplinents.
I have received ycur letter, dated the (3rd) Muharran
1340 (6th Beptemher 1921), and have noted ita contents.
Aa reg&rdo H.ii. the High Ccmmisoioner* s meooage about
Uawish and the letters written by hin to persons in *Irad,
Pawish was present with no when the eorrinunlcation arrived,
and I questioned him regarding the matter end made the
necessary inquiries, Imt could find no truth in it at all.
In the first place His Excellency is aware that the customs
and habits of the people of #ajd, and more especially of
the Ikhwan, prevent them from writing to the people f •irac
or others like them, for their religion and the Religious
Law prohibit it, so much so that if they find that any one
of them has written official or business letters, other
than their chiefs with regard to either policy or commerce,
they will oxoom'OTiicate him and kill hin in their religious
seal, as is known to all both high and low. Secondly,Eawisfc
and people like him would not dare to meddle with politics
without their rulers, and such a thing simply has not been
and could not be; they are absolute forgeries *ind far from
true, but the policy of their autlior is bad (? H Lftkin SShib-
ha na ahsan as-siySssh). I told His Excellency once before
that I was afraid of cases of this sort Imppening in •Iraq,
and still greater than this, and thank God that the first
misunderstanding is from one of them..The Religious Lav/ anc
reason both prevent one from thinking that this was done bj
an iahabitant of hajd. Please toll Hin Excellency to rest
assured and know that nothing of any kind to didple^so him
will be done by me or OUt.' J c c ts«
Usual ending.
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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 in the file relates to Ibn Sa'ud's adoption of the title Sultan of Nejd and its Dependencies, his capture of Ha'il, raids by his Ikhwan forces into Southern Iraq and Kuwait, and the creation of the Sultanate of Najd passport.
On folio 194 the file contains a sample of the newly created Sultanate of Najd passport.
A significant portion of the correspondence in the file is between British officials and Ibn Sa'ud, in both Arabic and English translation. It also contains correspondence between British officials and the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah, and a number of tribal figures from the south of Iraq.
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- 1 file (278 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
An index of topics discussed is contained at the rear of the file (on folio 280); the folios used in this index relate to an earlier incomplete foliation system that is in uncircled pencil 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.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 280; 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. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 2-280, and ff 4-280; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/5/28
- Title
- File [10/4] British relations with Ibn Sa`ud: title of Sultan of Najd; surrender of Hail; payment of British subsidies; Ikhwan attacks on Iraq frontier and Kuwait; institution of Najd passport
- Pages
- 11r:11v, 16r:16v, 19r:20v, 35r:37v, 41r:43v, 78r:80v, 156r:156v, 160r:160v, 168r:174v, 178r:178v, 203r:207v, 252r, 254r:256v,
- Author
- Āl Sa‘ūd, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal (xx Ibn Saud)
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- Public Domain