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'File E9. Philby's Mission to Bin Sa'ud' [24r] (47/242)
The record is made up of 1 file (121 folios). It was created in 13 Nov 1917-26 Jul 1918. 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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cuusedon in detail.
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Ihn Sand doee moet of th« talking and talks unreservedly
^ith atriking eloqu.snc« fro gently losir^ h'itnaelf in his
oratorical mas# though n«v<?r obsouring t « cardinal points
of le policy which ar© a© fol$9
iiB£* Goneuaaln® Jealousy of ti'.-p Sharif whose aeauiaptloc
in correspondence of title ialik Dlyar h 1 Arab gall®
hlta to d j at root ion »'hile at t' : e back of hia taind i»
the auapiolon that Sharif f a obatinaoy in tnia matter
i® baaed on a eeoret under®tanding with ue. dift-
pelled thie Idea a« being entirely without foundation
in fact and for the aossent the subject hae been
dropped but it is clear that he ie keen on greater
ecpality of treatment politically and financially and
on receiving ^oro definite aeeuranoe# regarding the
poet war delimitation of frontier# and tribal epheree.
rheee questions will serve &e handles during further
progress of negotiations.
Two . a paesionate desire to crush or in the alterna
tive to eliminate temporarily the AJnan. This I k
based partly on political considerations e.g. bad
essaraple to others of rebel t^ibe being supported by
British and partly on family reasons,t* e death of
■is favourite brother etc. but largely on his convic
tion which he only hints at but cannot bring himself
openly to confess that the presence of this openly
rebellions and formidable tribe in his rear or on hi©
flank ssust result in his being entirely liaaoMlised
so far as active operations are concerned in any
direction. From our point of view this is the most
important consideration. This has been the main
theme of discussion during all interviews and ua.fr.ilton
and X are fully satisfied that Ibn raud will not and
indeed cannot raove until his fears regarding the AJssan
are
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This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bahrain, Bushire, Baghdad and Kuwait, and Harry St John Philby, as well as ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Suwaylim, Amir of al-Qaṭīf. The file concerns Philby and Robert Edward John Hamilton's 1917/1918 mission to ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd) at Riyadh.
The object of Philby and Hamilton's mission was to discuss Ibn Sa‘ūd's relations with Sharīf Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī of Mecca, Ibn Rashīd of Ḥā’il and the Āl Ṣabāḥ family of Kuwait. The file contains correspondence between the Captain Percy Gordon Loch, 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, and Philby detailing the arrangements and progress of the trip to Najd and onward journey to Taif (for example. folio 7, 9-17. 39-49, 60-63), including a report on his first impressions of Ibn Sa‘ūd (folios 23-28) and details of an interview with Aḥmad Thāniyān (folios 30-32). There is also a memorandum by F Cunliffe Owens, deputed as a military expert on the mission, concerning military possibilities in Najd (folios 53-55).
In 1918, there is correspondence concerning Philby's meeting with Ibn Sa‘ūd in Hasa (al-Aḥsā’) (folios 76-78) and his return to Najd (folios 80-84, 107-114 and 120). There are deails within the correspondence concerning Ibn Sa‘ūd's dispute with Sharīf Ḥusayn of Mecca at al-Khurmah, the Kuwait blockade and the progress of the Mesopotamian Campaign (folios 92-98). In addition, there are also correspondence concerning the retrievel of Philby's lost baggage and supplying him with tobacco and a copy of Charles Doughty's Arabia Deserta (folios 79 and 115).
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- 1 file (121 folios)
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This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.
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Foliation: This file has an uncircled foliation number in the top right hand corner or the centre of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- 'File E9. Philby's Mission to Bin Sa'ud'
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- front, front-i, 2r:114v, 115v:120v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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