'File E 8/V. Shaikh Faisal bin Saud's Visit to London'

Content

This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bahrain, Bushire, Baghdad, Kuwait, 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 Government of India, as well as with ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd) and his son, Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd. These correspondence concern the 1919 mission of Fayṣal and Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the son of Shaikh Jābir al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ to London.

Included within the file are details concerning the invitation of Ibn Sa‘ūd to send 'a mission of [his] sons to London' dated 14 May 1919 (folios 4-5) and his response dated 16 June 1919 (folios 8-9); telegrams and letters making arrangements for Fayṣal's trip and his entourage, including Aḥmad al-Thāniyān and ‘Abdullāh al-Quṣaybī (folio 53); their departure for Karachi on the RIMS Lawrence on 6 September 1929 (folio 55-56); letters informing Ibn Sa‘ūd of the progress of the trip via Bombay and Port Said; and their arrival in London 13 October 1919 (folio 69).

Also included are details of the reception of the mission by the King George V and Queen Mary (folio 71); various correspondence with Ibn Sa‘ūd concerning the progress of the trip; their eventual return via Bombay and Bahrain, arriving 9 February 1920; 'Notes of a conversation between The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and the Arab Mission representing the Emir Ibn Saud' dated 26 November 1919 (folios 89-93); and a letter of thanks from Fayṣal (folio 98).

Extent and format

1 file (103 folios)

Arrangement

This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: This file has a foliation number in the top right hand corner of each folio. The number is enclosed by a circle.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/2/35

Former external reference(s)

Confidential file: E/8 V

History of this record

Date(s)

14 May 1919-12 Mar 1920 (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

Related primary sources

Archival material relating to Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd's 1919 trip to London is held by the Middle East Centre Archive, St Anthony's College, Oxford, in the Harry St John Philby Collection (see http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/mec/MEChandlists/Philby-Collection.pdf [accessed 26 March 2013]) and the Foreign Office records at the National Archives of the United Kingdom (see http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C9002139 [accessed 26 March 2013]).

Subjects

Royal visits

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