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'File 61/14 I (D 45) Relations between Nejd and 'Iraq' [‎12r] (36/606)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (300 folios). It was created in 30 Jul 1923-22 Dec 1926. 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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fil/14.
Telegram P.
Prom High Comriiasioner, Baghdad.
To Colonial Office. No.526.
Repeated to Buahire, No.352-S.
Dated 24tn received 25th September 1923.
The proposed reply referred to in my immediately
preceding telegram is as follows:-
W I have received Your Highness* letter No.3?) dated
18th Muharram, and assure Y.H. that the Government of Iraq are
making serious effort to recover the loot from the Shammar
and to prevent them from raiding Akhwan, but it has hitherto
been very difficult to follow their movements in the desert.
As regards their expulsion from Iraq, H.M.Govt. do not agree
with Y.H. that this is demanded by the treaty, although it
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would be to the interests of both countries, if it couldjbe
arranged without a flagrant violation of the customary tribal
rights of asylum. The treaty lays down that they are your
subjects, but article -5 makes specific provision for tribes
belonging to one of-the two countries residing in the other
and parting grazing fees to the other Govt. It is not contrary
Country
toict the custom of nations that the subjects of one yifttioyr
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should reside in another. On the other hand Y.H. in sending
Galih al Adil to collect Zakat from the Dahamshab ha^jacted
against the custom of nations, and H.M-.Govt. request that you
will in future refrain from such action.".
Highcoma.
Telegram P.
Prom Resident, Bushire.
To High Commissioner, Baghdad.
No.858.
Dated 26th September 1925.
Would you like me to telegraph.to Daly to prepare
such a message as from Your Excellency for despatch awaiting
sanction of Colonial Office before actual transmission?

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The volume contains letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to affairs between the British Mandate of Iraq and The Kingdom of Najd and the Hejaz, ruled by Ibn Sa'ud. Most of 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 and Kuwait, the High Commissioner in Baghdad, the Colonial Office in London, the Government of India, Ibn Sa'ud himself and his delegates.

The majority of the volume is concerned with cross-border raids and counter raids between Iraq and Najd and efforts to put a stop to them. With the British attempting to mediate, the raids were carried out by the Ikhwan and tribal groups in Iraqi and Kuwaiti territory, including sections of the 'Ajman, Mutayr, Shammar, Awazim, 'Utaibah, Harb, and Dahamshah tribes. The documents reflect the divergent opinions among British officials on what British policy should be in the region as well as the inadequacies of the borders as they were defined. The volume ends with efforts to set up a tribunal to settle claims of compensation between the two governments as stipulated in the Bahra Agreement.

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1 volume (300 folios)
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The volume is arranged chronologically.

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Foliation: The sequence starts on the front cover and finishes on the inside back cover. The numbering is written in pencil, circled and positioned 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. There are the following irregularities: 1A, 1B, and 1C; 2A and 2B; 3A and 3B; 214A and 214B. There is a second sequence that runs between ff 1C-291. It is also written in pencil, in the same place, but not circled.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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