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File E/8 I Ibn Sa‘ud [261r] (546/606)
The record is made up of 1 file (290 folios). It was created in 26 May 1913-18 Jul 1916. 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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s 3>7
assigned to him was the protection and defence of
Basrah and Baghdad from any British advance in lower
Mesopotamia. "Ibn Hashid" was go have joined forces
vvii/1 t'.t o iiov/alai Anaizah ),Howaitat, Bani i3aj£hr, dhera-
rat and other western tribes near the Hedjaz ^ilway
and rao/ed on the Sinai Peninsula and Egypt,while the
Sharif of Mecca,the Imam Yaliya and the Saiyid Idrisi '
were td> have secured the Red Sea littoral and defen
ded the Holy Places and other towns and ports in
xemen and Hedjaz. The plan miscarried for the sane
reasons that tne attempt to provoke a ' : Jliiad n has
failed -— the Ottoman Government failed to take into
account the irritation its policy for the last five
years has produced in i^aola, failed to foresee that
combined action between the tribes would be impossible
without some more or less lasting composition of
their feuds,enmities and jealousies^and failed to re
alise that religious enthusiasm could not be invoked
on the flimsy pretexts it advanced. The kbhhbh result
has been that the Chiefs consulted each other
before moving and apparently came to the conclusion
that it would be more profitable to await events than
to take up the Turkish cause. "Bin Baud",the Sharif
of Mecca and the Shaikhs of the great Anaizah tribe
in Northern Arabia decided to hold together and re
main in constant communication. Tt 3in 3aud ,? and ?, Ibn
xiashid" had been on bad terms since the summer and
the former,having decided to open hostilities as soon
as the season permitted,apprised the Anaizah shaikhs
in the North of hid intentions and obtained a promose
of their support against flbn jiashid".
4. At the same time he informed the Turkish Govern
ment that being at fe^Lud with "Ion liashid" it was
impossible for him to move north for the protection
of Mesopotamia, leaving Kejd open to attack,unless and
until "Ibn Rashid" moved on Egypt. Having thus found
a legitimate excuse for taking no action likely to
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The majority of the files contain correspondence, reports, letters and telegrams between the 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 and the 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, as well as with ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd), various local rulers, Yūsuf bin Aḥmed Kanoo, the Government of India, the 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. in London and the British Consul in Basra.
This file contains papers regarding Ibn Sa‘ūd's increasing power following his conquest of al-Hasa and his relations with Britain, Turkey and local rulers, including Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah of Bahrain, and Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī of Qatar (ff. 197-198, 200-202), as well as the commencement of the First World War and the death of Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear.
Included within these papers are: requests for protection from Shaikh Hussain bin Nasir [Ḥusayn bin Nāsir] of Saihat [Sayhāt] and Haji Abdul Hussain bin Juma [Hājī ‘Abd al-Ḥusayn bin Juma‘ah] against Ibn Sa‘ūd (ff. 18-32), as well as notes by Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo [Yusūf bin Aḥmad Kānū] regarding his treatment of ‘Abd al-Ḥusayn bin Juma‘ah (ff. 164-168, 188-189); Ibn Sa‘ūd's relations with Ibn Rashīd; extracts from the Basrah newspaper Sada-ad-Dastur [Ṣadá al-Dustūr], dated 1 Shawwāl 1332 [23 August 1914] (ff. 198-199) and an extract from the Cairo newspaper al-Muqattam [al-Muqaṭṭam] dated 13 August 1914 (ff. 203-203A); Shakespear's visits to Ibn Saud (ff. 212, 215-217, 221-224, 260-271); a note by Kanoo regarding Sayid Mohamed Rashid Reda's [Muḥammad Rashīd Riḍā] correspondence with Ibn Sa‘ūd (f. 220); correspondence with Ibn Sa‘ūd regarding the First World War (ff. 226-227, 231-248); the Turkish garrison in Qatar (ff. 276-277); and a witness report by Khalid bin Bilal [Khālid bin Bilāl], Shakespear's cook, regarding the latter's death (ff. 286-287).
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- 1 file (290 folios)
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This file is arranged in roughly chronological order.
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Foliation: The file has two different foliation sequences. The primary sequence is circled, appears in the top right-hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of the folio, and commences at 1 on the first page following the front cover and runs out at 290 on the final page preceding the back cover. The second sequence is uncircled, appears in the top right and left-hand corners of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. and verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of the folio, and commences at 54 on the first page of text and runs out at 366.
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- Title
- File E/8 I Ibn Sa‘ud
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- front-a, back-a, spine-a, head-a, edge-a, tail-a, front-a-i, 1r:11v, 12ar:12av, 12r:17v, 18ar:18av, 18r:21v, 23r:24v, 29r:33v, 34ar:34av, 34r:84v, 85ar:85av, 85r:147v, back-a-i, front-b, back-b, spine-b, head-b, edge-b, tail-b, front-b-i, 148r:202v, 203ar:203bv, 204r:290v, back-b-i
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