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'File 61/14 I (D 45) Relations between Nejd and 'Iraq' [‎60r] (133/606)

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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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61/14 & 61/15. (£5
Telegram Code.
Prom Resident, R. I.M.S. "LATOSKJE"
To Colonial Office.
Repeated Baghdad, and Knox, Kuwait.
No. 49-T.
Dated 19th March 1924.
Your two telegrams of 3th March addressed to
Knox and myself. Your message to Bin Saud was sent
on tour
forward on 9th March but owing to my absence/and fact that
Bushire copy was sent by post I did not get Knox's telegram
81 until 15th March. The letter from Bin Saud quoted in
the latter telegram is the same as that referred to in my
telegram No. 17 dated 4th March and enclosed in my despatch
15/165-S dated 2nd March. In my opinion the object of
Bin Saud^ letter 79 of 23rd February is the same as that of
his letter 75 of 8th February, forwarded with my despatch No.
12 dated 23rd February, viz. to extenuate in advance possible
(and Judging from enclosures to His Highness* letter of 23rd
February extremely probable) Wahabi attacks on Iraq.
2.. Nejd Envoys awe v/rong in attributing end of
February as date of reassembling of Conference to me.
Writing on 15th February I said Col. Knox was better and
Conference might possibly reassemble in March in about three
weeks and asked him to hold delegates in readiness. Col.
Knox hov/ever sent message (No. 73) on iSth February through
Bahrain asking for representatives to reach Kuwait by 29th
February and his later message No. 77 of 22nd February was
too late to stop them.
3. In my opinion Bin Saud f s message re sending his
son quoted in my telegram 16 dated 2nd March was merely a
polite way of saying he did not Y /ant to do so: perhaps how-
-ever he will change his mind on receipt of message sent with
your telegram of 8th March.
Trevor.

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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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