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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 [171r] (341/560)
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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I do not,
to-day, see any difference as regards sovereignty and possession
between the district of Jauf and my capital, Riyadh, as both are
part of one indivisable country, for, as you are aware, Jauf con
sists of Najd villages inhabited by Najdis to whom we are bound by
ties of custom, religion and race* It had no administrative or
political connection with the former wilay&ts of 'Iraq, or with that
of Syria, or with the mutasarrifiyah of Jerusalem, which is now the
Government of &ajQuuiia9i Palestine and the Government of Transjordani*
Moreover,It was an actual possession of my forefathers’, and then of
Ibn Rashid's, to all of whose possessions and territories I have now
succeeded.
You refer to attacks mad® by my subjects in the neighbourhood
of the Government of TransJordania, and also near the posts of Azraq
Regarding Ajtraq, I regret that any incident should have taken
place near this post us I am always warning my subjects and tribes
to respect the place and its Inhabitants, and to give every assis-
cfrose
tance in their power^from it with whom they come in contact.
Regarding TransJordania. Had my facilities for communicating
with His Majesty's Government been as good as those of Trunejordania^
I would have troubled you with my grievanves against the tribes
living between it and myself, and would have related all the inci
dents which have happened since spring. The great distance, however,
and my indifferent means of communicating with His Majesty's Govern
ment have prevented me from relating my grievances, and this is
detrimental to my rights. I did not think you would be interested in
these incidents, as these desert tribes were under Ibn Rashid's
control, and he a levied taxes and aakah from them, and they are now
my subjects, as has been acknowledged in writing by 'Audah Abu Tayah
Shaikh of the Huwaitat, and others. At the same time I do not think
i / ,
any of my subjects would have Interfered with the villages in ques
tion if mischief-making people from them had not first gone against
them, as I learn from my governor of Hall that the Banl Sakhr and
Huwaitat have recently made many attacks on the Shammar, 'Aniaah,
Hutalm and Harb in the neighbourhood of the Jabal, and naturally
these raids lead to reprisals. I have not ordered any such reprisals
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nor have I forbidden them, as I never thought His Majesty s Govern-
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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