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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 [170r] (339/560)
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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TranelatIon of a letter , dated the iati, >.uharram__134j- (5th S e p te mber
1 ^ 22 ). from Ibn ija'ud to ri.E. the Hi^h Commlaaloner for ’Irua,
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^fter coiqpliments.
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram through 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.
, Kuwait, in which you convey to me your relief atfte
termination of the HaJJ and the appreciation of the Secretary of
State for the Colonies,for which I am very grateful. I have already
told you all that is necessary about this question.
I am very much surprised at what you say about Jauf, as X had
not considered it a question in which His Majesty's Government
would be interested, seeing that it has no connections to call for
reference or discussion, but has always been entirely separate from
the -^rab Governments and also from the Turkish Government and the
territories under her sway. In point of fact Jauf is a district
which in the past unquestionably belonged to my ancestors, the A1
ba'ud, for many years; then, when their power waned, the Rashid
amirs of Hail took possession of it, and it remained under their
effective control until I occupied Hail. When I was besieging Hail
I instructed Ibn Sha'lan to proceed to Jauf and protect the neigh
bourhood. After I had occupied Hail Ibn Sha’lan came to me and drew
up a written agreement with me, which I can show you whenever you
like, in which he stated that he and the Ruwalah under him were my
subjects, and definitely acknowledged that the district of Jauf was
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legally mine, as it was my ancestors before me. I appointed him
governor of- the place on certain conditions which were laid down In
the agreement, namely that he would not enter into politic^,! rela
tions with any Arab or other Eastern, Government. When, however, I
saw that he was not abiding by this agreement, but was entering
into political relations with Western Powers and Arab Governments,
I sent a letter to Sultan ash-Sha'lan ordering him to leave forth
with, and instructed one of my followers, 'Assaf al-ilansur,* to
proceed there with a hundred men and take over governorship. The
latter entered Jauf with the acclamations of the people and was
officially welcomed by the deposed governor, and letters from Sultan
ash-Sha'lan, written after he had handed over to 'Assaf ) show that he
fjiult® satisfied There way no fighting of any sort. 1 do riot
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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