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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 [215r] (429/560)
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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Copy of a memorandum Bo. 53-C da ed 16th February
from the olitical Agent, Bahrain, to he Political
Heeiden in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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Your elegram ho. 311. 1 have no fionfirtoa ion
here of any recent events which would give he impression
that Bin baud’s power is yet very much on the wane, but I
have, I think, on more than one occasion in he last year,
xepor ed t :-at there were distince signs of Kis considerable
discon ent with his rule, particularly among the merchants
v i liassa, whose rade has suffered greatly from oppressive
laxation. Garden owner© at ^atif have been ;axed to such
an extent that many have offered to give up the gardens in
lieu of paying taxes. I eetimate that the * ulian has by
this time come to the end of the lump sum he received by
way of finishing hie subsidy, and as his popularity and
authori y uepended in a great measure on the amoiini of money
uc could hand ou , it will be he natural result that there
should be a gradual falling off of adherents. I have not
heard of any rupture between Ein Caud and larwish, bu should
it occur, it would undoub edly be a source of considerable
embarrassment to Bin auc, who with difficulty won him over
on a former occasion ,/hen they fell out.
I have for some time heard that the fanaticism of
be khv.an has much decreased. obacco is now openly sold
in Kassa. Although I in 3aud has in the past always reprec»
rented himself as being the only res'raining influence on
these wild tribesmen, in actual fact he has lost no oppor un—
-i y to encourage fanaticism, as it kept he /Jchwan together
and constituted his strength. he fac . hat it is decreasing
is, 1 thinx, a sign chat he is losing his hold to some ex ent.
1 am informed that the Sultan still looks very
unwell, hough hie health is said o be improving.
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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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- 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
- 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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