'File E-15. Khan Sahib Syed Siddiq Hasan, Indian Assistant, Bahrain, on Deputation to Riyadh and Mecca'

Content

This file contains correspondence between the British 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. at Bahrain, British Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bushire, British representative in Jeddah, as well as with the Civil Commissioner and High Commissioner at Baghdad.

The correspondence concern the deputation of Siddiq Hasan, Indian Assistant of the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain, to Ibn Sa‘ūd at Riyadh and to Mecca in 1920. The purpose of the deputation was to accompany Najd pilgrims on the hajj and to facilitate negotiations between Ibn Sa‘ūd's Najd Mission and Sharīf Ḥusayn of Mecca, from which an agreement was concluded on 4 September 1920.

The file contains logistic details for the deputation, including the selection of Siddiq Hasan and Farhan Al Rahma, and proposed allowances (folio 5-23), and instructions given to Siddiq Hasan from Major Harold Richard Patrick Dickson (folios 25-27).

In addition, the account of Farḥān Āl Rahmah's entitled 'Report of Shaikh Farhan Beg Al Rahmah of the Muntafik. Personal Assistant to Major H.R.P. Dickson, C.I.E., 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. , Bahrein, Who Accompanied the Nejd Mission from Bahrein to Mecca via Riyadh and Back' (f. 91); the fifty-eight page account of Siddiq Hasan entitled 'Diary of a Journey from Bahrein to Mecca' (f. 113); notes from the nine meetings between the Najd Mission and the Hashemite Committee between 27 August 1920 and 2 September 1920 (folios 172-210); and an English translation of the agreement between the Najd Committee and King Ḥusayn’s Hashemite Committee, signed 4 September 1920 (folios 209-210). These papers contain details of the political negotiations as well as more ethnographic and topographic observations from the journey from the deputation to Riyadh.

Extent and format

1 file (255 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 the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. 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/15/2/41

Former external reference(s)

Confidential file: E/15

History of this record

Date(s)

25 Jun 1920-4 Sep 1920 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages

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'File E-15. Khan Sahib Syed Siddiq Hasan, Indian Assistant, Bahrain, on Deputation to Riyadh and Mecca', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/41, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000308> [accessed 19 April 2024]

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