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File [10/4] British relations with Ibn Sa`ud: title of Sultan of Najd; surrender of Hail; payment of British subsidies; Ikhwan attacks on Iraq frontier and Kuwait; institution of Najd passport [19r] (37/560)
The record is made up of 1 file (278 folios). It was created in 29 May 1921-25 Sep 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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Trantlation of a letter, dated the let Huharraui A34Q ( 4th %
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iiepte«Der Shaikh Sir ’Atodul , Aei» bin */vbdur Hahnun
"Faie&i ae-Sa 1 ^, Sultan of Kajd a Dependenoiee,
to the Political A^ent, Kuwait.
After cenpliraente.
I have received your letter dated the i?th Dhul Kijjah
i.33t August 1021) # and noted ufoat you say regarding the
telegraa ehich you had received fro* H.K. Sir Percy Cox, High
Coanlssiener for Mesopetaaia, to the effect that he had been
pleased to learn tii-it ay subjects had called on me to as suae
uie t; t e of Sultan of Hajd and its Dependencled, and had
forthwith oeonunicated the news te His Majesty's Gevernxaent,
and that they had replied intimating their readiness to
retognise this title and conveying to mo their hearty een-
gratulations and good wishes for my long life and presperity,
-nu that His Kxeelleney also wished me te accept his earn
hearty congratulations and good wishes; and further that a
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communique en the subject was* being published in the Meso
potamian newspapers. Kindly inform His Excellency that I am
extremely grateful te him fer his kind consideration and that
I am incapable ef thanking him aufflolenUy. I shall be
grateful if His Excellency will convey my thanks to His
Majesty's Government.
Xou also inform me that ay letters shich had been delayed
in transit had reached him, and that he was pleased with their
contents as also would be His Majssty’s Oovsrnnsnt, ana that
ae conveyed hie thanks to ns, and would write in detail and
inform me about other subjects by ths hand of Dr. liann, who
was coning to me. I am very pleased and grateful to ..in
•xeeliency for this, but unfortunately I an not present in my
capital at present, and , as I have already conveyed to His
Excellency via Bahrain, so I shall be glad if you too wm
ask him that Dr. Hann nay wait at Basrah until I know r.tre f
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This file contains correspondence related to the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd].
Specifically, the correspondence in the file relates to Ibn Sa'ud's adoption of the title Sultan of Nejd and its Dependencies, his capture of Ha'il, raids by his Ikhwan forces into Southern Iraq and Kuwait, and the creation of the Sultanate of Najd passport.
On folio 194 the file contains a sample of the newly created Sultanate of Najd passport.
A significant portion of the correspondence in the file is between British officials and Ibn Sa'ud, in both Arabic and English translation. It also contains correspondence between British officials and the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah, and a number of tribal figures from the south of Iraq.
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- 1 file (278 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
An index of topics discussed is contained at the rear of the file (on folio 280); the folios used in this index relate to an earlier incomplete foliation system that is in uncircled 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.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 280; 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. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 2-280, and ff 4-280; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/5/28
- Title
- File [10/4] British relations with Ibn Sa`ud: title of Sultan of Najd; surrender of Hail; payment of British subsidies; Ikhwan attacks on Iraq frontier and Kuwait; institution of Najd passport
- Pages
- 11r:11v, 16r:16v, 19r:20v, 35r:37v, 41r:43v, 78r:80v, 156r:156v, 160r:160v, 168r:174v, 178r:178v, 203r:207v, 252r, 254r:256v,
- Author
- Āl Sa‘ūd, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal (xx Ibn Saud)
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- Public Domain