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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 [246r] (491/560)
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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150-S dated the 3oth April 1»34.
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The people of Kuwait are now getting ower their panic
caused by Dhaidan al-^UthlainU raid, hut the town wall lr
etill manned to some extent at night, and the country i«
^till patrolled daily between Sau'aibah, ^uhaihiyah and
‘^le of the demands which the people made for the defen
of th% town 'an that Shaikh ’An *X-Khaiifah should be
glwar. G ®aa»nd, and should have an absolutely free hand and
should be awfUHtad in every w~y poaalble. To this Shaikh
toad readily agreed. Shaikh # AU al-Ihaiifah was selected
not only because he knows more about Arab warfare than any
other member of the 3ub*h Fa u iily, tut iU.ao because he is
opposed to Sha^klv ‘Abdullah sho la Sk*aikh Ahiaad'e
riwai, and - clever an; 3 unscrupulous ui«n ’die wt^uld not be
expected to stick at trifles if he saw a chance of betteriig
his own fortunes.
Xhe masBengars r«f«rred to in my t«U»£r«un Ho.iao-C of
,»„Sh A^ril brought no in«ssBg* of Interest. On the 4th Mey
however. Sheikh Ahnucl received a most Bat* a
factory
An East India Company trading post.
letter
from I bn Sa’ u a, }n erach he expressed hie regret at some
amfcll raide on Kuwait eubjecte by the 'Aeaai* under Ibn
'Ashwan In the end of March, cjnd said that he h&d ordered
""" plunhe; taken by tliem to be returned. From this it ie
hv->ped tiiat he wtu take tlie same action In the case of Itn
Hlthl-ln'a raid.. / <f 1 «
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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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/28
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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