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'File 61/11 III (D 66) Relations between Nejd and Hejaz.' [32r] (69/80)
The record is made up of 1 volume (40 folios). It was created in 22 Oct 1925-9 Mar 1928. It was written in English. 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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for the Arab silver coins.
("b) Tlie English gold pound is equal to ten Aiao silver
dollars.
(c) The English gold pound is equal to one hundred
and ten piastres Miri or two hundred and twenty local
piastres.
(d) The Arab silver dollar is equal to eleven piastres
Miri or twenty two local piastres.
(e) The Arab silver half dollar is equal to five
and a half piastres Miri or eleven local piastres; the
Arab silver quarter dollar is equal to two and three
quarters piastres Miri or five and a naif local piastres.
Article 5. The designs on the Araj silver coins axe.
On the obverse: the Royal Monogram "Abd el Aziz ibn
Abd er Rahman Es Saud" in the centre, encircled by the words
"King of the Hejaz and JMej d and its Dependencies and,
underneath by two crossed swords on a shield supported on
each side by a palm tree.
On the reverse: In the centre the words "otruck in
Hecca el Mukarrama 1346" encircled by the words "One
Arab Dollar", and, underneath, by the same device as on the
obverse except that instead of swords the shield bears the
numeral 1.
The half and quarter dollars bear the same inscription
on the obverse and on the reverse the same centre piece
encircled by the words "Half" and "quarter Saud Arab Dollar"
and "^" and "-J" on the shield respectively.
A rticle 6 . Debts contracted in Turkish dollars falling
due after the 1st of Shaban 1346 will be settled as follows:
The gold pound shall be taken as the basis of
settlement; the amount due shall, in the absence of any
special
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The volume consists of letters, telegrams and reports concerning events in the Hejaz. The correspondence is between the Colonial Office, 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. , the Foreign Office, 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 British Consulate in Jeddah, and the Government of India.
The subjects covered in the volume are two Indian Muslim delegations that travel to the Hejaz for talks with Ibn Sa'ud, the abdication of 'Ali, Hussein's arrival in Iraq, and new coinage introduced in Najd-Hejaz.
Included is a report by S. R. Jordan, the acting Agent in Jeddah, on the activities of one of the Indian delegations (folio 18), and a copy of the regulation for the new coinage (folios 31-34).
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- 1 volume (40 folios)
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The volume is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: The sequence starts on the first folio, begins with 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D, and then proceeds as normal from 2 through to 37 on the inside back cover. The numbers are written in pencil 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. It should be noted that there is no f 19, the number 19 is written on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. side of f 18.
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- Title
- 'File 61/11 III (D 66) Relations between Nejd and Hejaz.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1ar:1dv, 2r:18v, 20r:36v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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