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'File 10/4 British relations with Bin Saud' [304v] (607/1019)
The record is made up of 1 file (508 folios). It was created in 18 Mar 1911-1 Oct 1920. 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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Confidential.
HO. IkCjtf Of 1914. (iS 1
British
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.
and Consulato-Genoral,
SushlrQ, lQ^ 0 *
/
’May 1914,
From
TO
Major S*G*K2iOX, C*I.S. f
Offg:
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
*
The Hon *ble Lieu^-Colone 1 Sir P* z* OOx,?:•0*1*S*, 0.8.1•,
Foreign recretary to the Oovomment of India,
In the Foreign and Pol'tical Departroent,
G i tn 1 a ,
sir,
Tr. continuation of my letter ITo«13“0 dated 20th ‘'ay on
the subject of the Turks and Bin Ba’ud, I have the honour to
state that 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,roports o the 10th Kay
that no further news has reached him regarding Turkish project
and that ho does not expect any for some day, *
9. Bin Sadud has not visited Kuwait,and is at present
enejsssped at Jahra SI mil as out, whence ha intends to set off
for his o\m country almost iimaediately. 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.
has not seen him again nor has there been any correspondence
between them. He further reports that in the opinion of Bhaikh
Sir Mubarak,the Turks will be more likely to declare war upon
Pin Sa’ud than to reopen the subject of m diation on the part
of His ' ajesty’s Government* Should the latter proposal again
corno to the fore,a difficulty will,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.
considers,be encountered ir connection with the return of
Turkish garrision to Hasa,which appears to ba the principal
condition of settlement in the eyes of the Turks,and,at the
same time,the point which Bin S& f ud is least inclined to
concede*
3. I am not inclined to share Bh&lkh Mubarak * s fear, of
war by the Turks upon Bln Be*ud but I agree with the Political
Agent in thlfcking that,should we be asked to mediate,we ohoulc
find the greatest difficulty in inducing the ’Amir to accept
the presence of Turkish troops at Ha a,and I would venture
to
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This file contains correspondence related to Ibn Sa'ud's [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] relationship with the British Government and the Ottoman Empire (and to a lesser extent, Kuwait) including the impact of the First World War. In addition to internal correspondence between British officials on this topic, the file also contains a large amount of correspondence from Ibn Sa'ud himself, in both Arabic and English translation.
The principal correspondents in the file are Captain William Shakespear; Political Residents, Major Percy Zachariah Cox and Major Stuart George Knox; 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. in Bahrain, Major Arthur Prescott Trevor; and the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Mubarak al-Sabah. The file also contains of copies of letters sent from various Ottoman officials to Shaikh Mubarak (folios 189-198) and a number of copies of letters sent by Saiyid Talib Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. [Talib al-Naqib].
In addition to correspondence, the file contains several extracts from the diaries of the Political Agencies in Kuwait and Bahrain related to political developments concerning Ibn Sa'ud and the following documents:
- a 'memorandum setting forth the position as regards Bin Saud for guidance at the time of contemplated meeting with him' by Major Percy Zachariah Cox, 1913 (folios 154-158);
- a memorandum on meeting Ibn Sa'ud by Captain William Shakespear, December 1913 (folios 171-172);
- an account of a trip to Riyadh in 1914 by Captain William Shakespear (folios 219-222);
- a memorandum entitled 'A Contribution to the History of Tribal Fights in the Shamiyah Desert' (folios 426-429);
- an article about Ibn Sa'ud authored by C Stanley G Mylrea and published in The Near East , 11 May 1917;
- a 1917 copy of a treaty agreed between Ibn Sa'ud and the British Government and ratified 18 July 1916 (folios 457-459);
- an account of a visit to Riyadh in the summer of 1917 by P W Harrison (folios 499-502).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (508 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 509); 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 inside back cover with 510; 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 3-508, and ff 95-508; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- 'File 10/4 British relations with Bin Saud'
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- front, front-i, 2r:29v, 31r:34v, 36r:37v, 44r:46v, 47v:49v, 50v:86v, 88r:92v, 93v:94r, 94r:94v, 99r:124v, 125v:129v, 130v:138v, 143r:149v, 150v:158v, 159v:162v, 165r:176v, 179r:188v, 198r:225v, 228r:238v, 240r:244v, 247r:260v, 263r:263v, 265r:278r, 279v:280r, 281r:287v, 289r:299v, 300v:319v, 321r:322r, 323v:339v, 343r:370v, 371v:373v, 375r:397v, 398v:405v, 407r:409v, 412r:421v, 425r:439v, 440v, 441v:454v, 455v:468v, 473r:482v, 485r:492v, 495r:509v, back-i, back
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