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'File 61/8 Bin Saud's Relations with Trucial Chiefs' [‎74r] (147/180)

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The record is made up of 1 file (90 folios). It was created in 18 Mar 1923-5 Oct 1939. 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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letters were resealed and returned to the nakhuda and
he was allowed to depart with his prisoner.
5. From a perusal of the intercepted letters, which
form enclosures to this letter, you will see that the
individual concerned had committed a robbery at Dubai
and had been apprehended and that the Shaikh of Dubai
was sending the man back to Sa^di Arabia, presumably
for punishment, at the request of Abdullah bin Jiluwi.
While I was in Dubai some time ago I heard that this
individual was in jail for the theft and there was
considerable rejoicing among the Shaikh f s family on
account of his having been apprehended. I have no
knowledge of the contents of the letter which it appears
Abdullah bin Jiluwi addressed to the Shaikh of Dubai
and I think it would be interesting to discover if an
order was actually issued or merely a request.
4. This correspondence between the Shaikh of Dubai
and the Sa^di Arabian Governor is in my opinion a breach
of Article No. 1 of the Treaty of 1&&2 between His Majes
ty^ Government and the Chief of Dubai. I was uncertain
whether to detain the prisoner here and telegraph to you
regarding this matter or whether to content myself with
taking copies of the letters and allowing the prisoner
to go and reporting the matter by mail. I thought that
it would probably cause undesirable notice if the man
was detained in Bahrain and so I decided that it would
be better to permit the prisoner to be taken to Sa'udi
Arabia as he was a Sa^di subject and to report the
matter to you by mail.
5. I am doubtful to what extent the Trucial Shaikhs
make a practice of returning offenders to the Sa ! udi
Arabian Government for punishment and in return receive
their/-

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The file concerns relations between Ibn Sa'ud (also referred to in the papers as Ibn Saud, Bin Saud, and Bin Sa'ud) [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd)] and the Rulers of the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .

The papers include reports in Arabic with separate English translations from the 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. Agent, Shargah [Sharjah] to the 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. , dated June 1923 - October 1930, covering issues such as tribal loyalties, the collection of zakat, agreements between the Sheikhs, the activities of the Amir of Hasa, the presence of Najdis in the area, and general matters; correspondence from Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Gilbert Crosthwaite, 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. and Consul, Muscat to the 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. , dated November 1925 - January 1926, reporting an advance by Isa bin Saleh of Kabil into the Dhahira [Dhahir] tract in Oman to ward off a possible move by Ibn Saud on that part of Arabia; and a report by Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Beville Prideaux, the 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. , to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Colonial Office, London, summarising the situation in Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. [the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ] created by the activities of Ibn Sa'ud's representative, the Amir of Hasa, with background information on the area and the tribes who inhabited it, June 1926.

The papers further include: note by Bertram Sidney Thomas on tribes in the area, March [1927]; report on Wahabi activities in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , by Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett, 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. , Bahrain, April 1927; correspondence from Captain Tom Hickinbotham, 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. , Bahrain to the 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. concerning an alleged breach of Article no 1 of the Treaty of 1892 between the British Government and the Ruler of Dubai, following the arrest of a Saudi subject in Dubai and his return to Saudi Arabia for punishment, July 1937; and letter from Hugh Weightman, 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. , Bahrain, to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Trenchard Craven William Fowle, 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. , dated 6 February 1939, summarising the strength of Bin Saud's influence in and around Baraimi, and concluding that he was probably not regarded by the Trucial Sheikhs as a serious menace to their independence.

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1 file (90 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Red circled serial number (indicating incoming correspondence) would originally have referred to entries in the notes, but these are not present.

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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover, and continues through to 89, the last folio before the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil and enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. Foliation anomaly: ff. 5, 5A. The following number is omitted from the foliation sequence: 2. The following folios need to be folded out to be read: ff. 47, 57. A second, incomplete foliation sequence, numbered 8-132 (ff. 3-89) is also present. These numbers appear in the same position as the main sequence, but are not circled.

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