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'File 61/11 I (D 41) Relations between Nejd and Hejaz' [45v] (103/600)
The record is made up of 1 volume (295 folios). It was created in 19 Apr 1923-6 Nov 1924. 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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beings and the genii (jins) and He it is who has bestowed upon them His
boons after their creation. He has made His prophets, His messengers and
His angels superior to all the rest of His creatures, whatever they may be,
except to His own self and His attributes. And He has sent down His
Books and His words to all His angels. His prophets and messengers. He is
worthy of praise and He is holy in His Kingdom in the highest heaven All
are powerless to gain knowledge of Him. God is the Almighty, there is
no God but Him alone. No one knows what He is but He himself The
reins of affairs are all in His hand; they are pre-ordained and they ultimately
return to Him. He wore the throne without really sitting thereupon or
having a seat there. There was God and no space existed then. And He
is now as He was before. Nothing was hidden from Him whether far or
near. He knows all that revolves in the consciences of His slaves. He is
aware of their secret intentions. He is unique in the administration of His
kingdom. He hears and He can<see. He gives and takes away. He rewards
and punishes. He honours and He despises. He creates and
grants livelihood. He grants life and He destroys. He pre
destines and He ordains affairs. He controls all things created by him whe
ther minute or very great, and they all ascend to Him. Not an atom moves
but with His permission, and not a leaf falls down but with His knowledge.
He is self-sufficient and can dispense with all things. All others are in need
of Him. None can achieve a jot of good nor aught else but by His generosity
and His mercy, and likewise none will meet with the slightest hurt or other
evil but by His justice and His wisdom. He is omnipresent and all-seeing.
He is present in all things created for a purpose through the medium of His
power and His knowledge. He is not from a thing, nor He is in a thing and
neither He is on a thing. If He was from a thing He would be a creature arid
if He were in a thing He would be encompassed, and if He were upon a
thing He would have been felt as a burden. And all He has created are made
out of a thing, and are in things and are upon things. He is far from being
capable of being described by a thing, or of being made to change into a thing,
or of becoming the likeness of anything, or of becoming the partner of any
thing, or of being in need of anything, or of entering into a dispute with
anything. There is nothing resembling Him, and He is all-hearing and he
is omniscient. And whatever strikes the minds of his creatures, God is just
the contrary of the same.
This is a letter from Imam Abdul Aziz bin Abdur Rahman bin Saood,
may God grant him glory and all those of the Ikhwans who are encompassed
by God the Compassionate's mercy, whose darkness is being lightened by the
light of true guidance, and whose exaltation illuminates space, whose light
shines forth on the darkness of the age, and whose existence brings joy to
those that wept. Since they equal in goodness all that is now and that ever
has been, may God's peace, happiness and bounties be upon them and His
beneficence and His satisfaction. Amen.
To His Majesty, King of England and Emperor of India, King George
the establisher of safety in wildernesses and uplifter of ruined countries, who
owns higher position and influence than other great Kings, who in eminence
resembles the high firmament, whose orders bring about wonderful things and
who is firm in the Christian religion; may God Almighty keep him safe may
we receive benefits during his lifetime, may God lengthen his life and make
lor him that happiness which He has granted him for ever during the succes
sion of nights and days, and may He grant him victory and glorv in the reli
gion of Christ, the son of Mary, and may He show and guide him to all that
is good and may He ward off from him all that is evil, Amen.
After compliments if you wish for news, you will hear it from those
whom we have sent you on our behalf,and we hereby inform you that authority
belongs to God alone and then to the Ikhwans—may God grant them victory.'
We hereby give you the tidings that they are victorious over other rulers and
US n Z * bet T en u /^ nd Hussein, ruler of Mecca, and between
™W nf flrlA n l of 11 Kllwait ' between us and Imam Az-Zaidi.
uler of Sanaa, and God willing we shall be victorious over them all. And
About this item
- Content
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to relations between Najd and the Hejaz. The majority of the correspondence is between Reader Bullard, the British Agent in Jeddah, 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 Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait, the High Commissioner in Baghdad, the Colonial and Foreign Offices, both in London, the High Commissioner in Jerusalem, the Government of India, and Ibn Sa'ud himself, or his representatives.
Most of the volume covers events leading up to, and immediately after, the Ikhwan's capture of Taif, including Hussein ibn 'Ali's abdication and his son 'Ali's attempts to retain control of the Hejaz. There is a detailed report of the capture of Taif by Bullard (folios 186-201, 273-281). The documents reflect British concern with the reaction of Indian Muslims, with duplicates of correspondence regularly forwarded to numerous offices back in India. Some papers are about the effort to evacuate British Indian refugees and pilgrims from the region.
Other subjects covered in the volume are:
- the build-up to and ultimate failure of the Kuwait Conference of 1923-24;
- King Fuad of Egypt's suspected financial backing of Ibn Sa'ud's takeover of the Hejaz;
- the defining of the Hejaz-Trans-Jordan border;
- the motivations and movements of St John Philby and Rosita Forbes, both of whom were thought to be trying to gain entryinto Central Arabia.
Notable in the volume are a newspaper cutting from The Times of Mesopotamia , dated 13 July 1923, regarding treaty negotiations between Britain and King Hussein (folio 4), and extracts of letters from Ameen Rihani to Ibn Sa'ud that had been intercepted by the British and which offer advice on foreign policy.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (295 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged chronologically. The internal office notes at the back of the volume (renumbered as folios 247-258) include a chronological list of the main contents, together with a simple, running index number from 1 to 111. These index numbers are also written on the front of the documents they refer to, in red or blue crayon and encircled, to help identify and locate them within the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Main foliation sequence: numbers are written in pencil and circled, in the top right corner on the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The numbering, which starts on the front cover of the volume and ends on the inside back cover, is as follows: 1A-1D, 2-262.
Secondary and earlier foliation sequence: the numbers 1 to 322 are written in pencil in the top right corner on the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio, except for the internal office notes at the back of the volume, which are paginated in pencil from 1 to 23. Published copies of four British Government reports at the front of the volume (renumbered as folios 2-63) also have pencilled page numbers written on them.
Condition: broken spine cover.
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- 'File 61/11 I (D 41) Relations between Nejd and Hejaz'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:1v, 1ar:1bv, 2r:3v, 4v, 6r:36v, 39v:169v, 170v:172v, 174v:177v, 178v:293v, back-i
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