'File 61/14 XVII (D 76) Nejd-Iraq Relations' [192r] (394/440)
The record is made up of 1 volume (216 folios). It was created in 30 Apr 1930-25 Jan 1932. 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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• 192
Translfttion of letter dated 21 st BhuX qiMat, 1349 (8th
April, 1931), from JSTurl ^eha Al Se»id to Hie ^jeaty King
Ibn 3« , ttd,
Your Majesty,
I h ?»Te the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your
Majesty's letter a^ted 20th ishul Q.lMat, 1349 (7th April,
1931), on the subject of certain question between Your
Majesty* s Kingdom and the Kin^om of His Majesty my Kln^.
1 cannot help selling this opportunity to thank Your
Majesty for the contents of your letter and for Your
Mnjeety'a asserted desire for bringing about unity of
opinion among the Arabs ^nd the remoml of all that is
calculated to lead to misunderstanding: between the two
sister Kingdoms.
I beg leave to set forth as follows my reply in regard
to the two questions eald ty Your Majesty to hare remnlned
outstanding between the two Kingdoms :
1 # Question of Bxtradition Agreement,
$hen considering the draft Extradition Agreement my
Oovernment had in view the point th^t the draft should be
suited to the general conaitions prevailing in the two
Kingdoms. Thus they found It inevitable to include in the
draft a provision for the exception of political offenders
jTj/f
from extradition, for two essential reasons, besides
secondary ones :
firstly i The institutiona of mxMtm the Kingdom of •Iraq
•re those of • Conotltutionsl at.teunfler which the people
• t'Iraq exercise aomplete control oyer all state affairs
through Parliament which consists of two legislative cham
bers to whom are submitted all treaties and agreements,
which thsy either ratify or reject. It is thus beyond the
power of any 'Iraqi Oorernment to take action which they
beliere to be inconeistent with ttie wishes of the majority
in the aforesaid two chambers.
I do not thinlc I would be wrong In believing that any
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The volume contains correspondence pertaining to relations between Najd and Iraq. It is mostly between Harold Dickson, 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. in Kuwait, Hugh Biscoe, 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 Bushire, Andrew Ryan, British Minister in Jeddah, Francis Humphrys, High Commissioner in Iraq, the Lord Passfield, Secretary of State for the Colonies in London, Arthur Henderson, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in London, the Government of India, Ibn Sa'ud, King of Najd and the Hejaz, Sheikh Hafiz Wahba, advisor to Ibn Sa'ud, Ja'far al-'Askari, Minister for Foreign Affairs in Iraq, and Nuri al-Said, Prime Minister of Iraq.
The volume covers the months following the collapse of the Ikhwan rebellion and is mostly concerned with the payment of £10,000 compensation to Iraq and Kuwait by Ibn Sa'ud. Other issues include:
- the extradition of rebel leader Ibn Mashhur from Iraq back to Najd;
- meetings between representatives from both Iraq and Najd in order to come to a ' bon voisinage An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders. ' agreement and to settle all claims of compensation for past raids and damages;
- the channels of communication to be used by the 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. in Kuwait;
- reports of Najd agents crossing the border into Iraq;
- the death of Faisal al-Dawish.
Documents of note are the intelligence reports (folios 8-10, 13-16, 110-112) by Dickson on tribal movements, including a genealogical map of the Mutair tribe (folios 66-67), and summaries and translations of articles (folio 31 and folios 117-147) appearing in the Saudi newspaper Umm al-Qura that cover the recent affairs of the region and mention Britain. This was part of press monitoring carried out at Jeddah.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (216 folios)
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The volume is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: the main sequence starts on the front cover (f 1A) and ends on the last folio at the back of the volume (f 214). All numbering is in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio and mainly consists of a black ink stamped number: 3-25, 27-42, 44, 46-51, 53-214. Several numbers in the sequence are written in pencil and encircled: 1A, 1b, 1c, 2, 25b, 52. One number is written in pencil but not encircled: 43. The black ink stamped number 26 has been changed to 26A and encircled, in pencil. The folio between 44 and 46 has not been renumbered 45. It is identified instead by the earlier pencilled number 45/50, written in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of the folio. There are other earlier and inconsistent foliation sequences, consisting mainly of pencilled numbers that are not circled.
Fold-out folio: 67.
There is a second sequence that is written in pencil and uncircled in the same place, but it is inconsistent.
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- Title
- 'File 61/14 XVII (D 76) Nejd-Iraq Relations'
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- 192r:195r
- Author
- al-Sa‘īd, Nūrī
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- 192r:195r
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