File 10/4 British relations with Ibn Sa`ud: Royal Navy support for Kuwait; proposal to send Sir Gilbert Clayton on mission to Ibn Sa`ud [‎11r] (21/516)

Content

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 relates to Ikhwan raids into Iraqi and Kuwaiti territory, Ibn Sa'ud's relations with Kuwait and Iraqi tribes, Royal Navy support for Kuwait and a proposal to send Sir Gilbert Clayton on a mission to Ibn Sa'ud in Riyadh.

The principal correspondents in the file are officials at the British High Commission in Iraq, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait, the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bushire and the Secretary of State for the Colonies in London.

Also enclosed are a number of letters exchanged between Ibn Sa'ud and British officials (in Arabic with English translations).

On folios 155-163 the file contains a translation of an article entitled 'Iraq and Najd' that appeared in the Mecca-based newspaper Umm al-Qura on 24 February 1928.

Extent and format

1 file (256 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 folios 256-257); 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.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 258; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-257; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

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