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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 [164r] (327/560)
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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Refecence your telegraa No. 884 of 22nd August. Following ic the
gist of reply from Ibn ha'ud, dated 5th September. Begins
I am surprised at what you say about. Jauf as i had not consider© d
it a question which would Interest His Majesty's Government in
view of the fact that it has never had had any connection with the
’I'urkiah Government or with Arab Governments. Formerly it was for
years part of ay ancestors' dominions; t hen, when their power
waned, it passed to Ibn Rashid, in whose hands it remained until I
took Hail. During the siege I told Ibn Sha'lan to occupy It, and
when Hall fell he acknowledged In writing that he & his followers,
the Ruwalah, were my subjects, and that Jauf was legally odm mine.
I appointed him governor on condition that he would enter into no
political relations with anyArab GovernmenL. When I saw, however,
that he was not abiding by this agreement, but was entering Into
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politics witH Western Powers and Arab Governments, I ordered him
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to leave and sent 'Aaaf al-Mansur to relieve him. 'Asaf was wel
comed by the Inhabitants and was given an official reception bythe
deposed governor and there was no fighting of any son.. The people
of Jauf are all Najdis, and their religion and customs are the
same.
I regret the attack near Aaraq as I have always told my subjects to
respect the place and its Inhabitants.
Regarding TransJordania. Had communication between us been easier
I would have told you my grievances against the tribes living
between it and me, even though I did not think it of any Importance
to you, as Ibn Rashid used to collect zakat from this piece of
desert and they are all my subjects as has been acknowledged In
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writing by ’Audah Abu Tayah, Shaikh of the Huwait&t, and others.
Still, I do not believe any of my subjects would go to the villages
in question without provocation. I learn from Hail that recently
there have been several raids by the Banl Sakhr and Huwaltat
a^lnat the Shaamar, ’Anlaah, Hutalm and Harb In the neighbourhood
of the
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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)
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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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- 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
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- front, front-i, 2r:8v, 10r:10v, 12r:14v, 17r:18v, 21r:30v, 32r:34v, 38r:40v, 44r:72v, 73v:75v, 76v:77v, 81r:92v, 93v:95v, 97r:100v, 101v:117v, 119r:122v, 124r:129v, 132r:153v, 155r:155v, 157r:159v, 161r:167v, 175r:177v, 179r:188v, 190r:202v, 208r:251v, 252v:253v, 257r:280v
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