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'Negotiations with Ibn Saud regarding Boundaries of Saudi Arabia' [‎3r] (5/40)

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The record is made up of 1 file (18 folios). It was created in 29 Sep 1949-23 Aug 1950. 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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PoliticEl Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ,
Dohs,
5th October 1949.
CD
Confidential.
11/17/49.
TT , 2. pheikh Suleiman bin Jrsim, Guard Coramender et
w ^° i? i n Oohc for the *Id, celled on me to-day,
and while talking about his job, mentioned'that many Bed
ouin came into lime Bab from Saudi Arabia. I pursued the
subject, and asked him why they came. He said to see what
they coul3 steal from the Company, to beg from their rel
ations who were working for the Company, to look for work
themselves, or simply because there was pasture. I asked
what tribes tuey belonged to, and he said the Morra, ivlan-
ssir, Ajman and Qahtani.
, . then asked if Ibn Sa*ud levied the Zaka on them
while they were here, and he said that he did. He said a
baudi collector would come and levy the Zaka on any of Ibn
oa ud s subjects who were here in ^atar, and that this gen
erally happened in the Summer. He said that a collector
had coroe last year, but that so far none had come ttiis year,
ne thought it possible that one might come later.
•it I consider Suleiman a more reliable witness than
^ either balih or the Sheikh, as he is more likely than they
to know aoout this subject, having spent some time living
out in the country where tnese tilings actually happen, and
also because lie volunteered his information v/ithout having
had time to think of the implications of what he was saying.
He has in any case no reason to try to mislead me, and is
a simple straightforward character.
H.G. Jekins Bsc.,
H. M. 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.

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This file concerns Saudi Arabian boundary negotiations between 1949 and 1950 and specifically concerns boundaries with Qatar (folios 2-3 and 6-12), Buraimi [al-Buraymī] (folios 4-5 and 16-19) and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (folios 14-15). The file contains correspondence between Herbert George Jakins, Cornelius James Pelly and R Andrew, Political Agents at Bahrain; Arthur John Wilton, 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 Doha; and Patrick Desmond Stobart, Political Officer at Sharjah.

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1 file (18 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: The main foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located 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. An additional incomplete sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-19; these numbers are written in a combination of pen and pencil, and are located 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.

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