‘Memorandum by Mr Parkes on British Policy of Non-Interference in the Affairs of Nejd [Najd].’

IOR/L/PS/18/B200

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The record is made up of 1 file (1 folio). It was created in 3 Jul 1913. 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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Content: The printed memorandum, written by Edward Parkes of the Foreign Office, is headed ‘A. Asiatic Turkey and Arabia. Confidential. [July 3] Section 6.’ It summarises past correspondence (dated from February 1904 to May 1907) between Government officials on Britain’s policy of confining their influence to the coastline of eastern Arabia, and not interfering with Ibn Saoud’s [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd)] affairs in the Arabian region of Najd. The subheadings in the outer margin, alongside each paragraph, indicate the author, number and date of the correspondence being summarised. There is a handwritten addition to the memorandum, written in red ink at the top of the first page, which reads: ‘Memorandum B 200’.
Extent and format: 1 file (1 folio)
Arrangement: The memorandum is arranged into ten paragraphs, each of which has a subheading, written in the outer margin alongside the corresponding paragraph. The contents of the memorandum are arranged chronologically.
Physical characteristics: Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 7, and terminates at f 7, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and won't be found in the same position as the main sequence.
Written in: English in Latin script
Type: Archival file

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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/L/PS/18/B200
Former external reference(s): [30802] B 200
Date(s): 3 Jul 1913 (CE, Gregorian)

Places: Najd

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Reference: IOR/L/PS/18/B200
Title: ‘Memorandum by Mr Parkes on British Policy of Non-Interference in the Affairs of Nejd [Najd].’
Pages: 7r:7v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence