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'File 12/C(2) Najd Mission: operation of blockade' [106r] (211/378)
The record is made up of 1 volume (187 folios). It was created in 20 Jul 1918-17 Sep 1918. It was written in English. 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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as the British frovernr.ent after consulting Bin Baud may consider
most effective for protecting his interests and countries.
( 111 ).
Bind Sa.ud hereby agrees and promises to refrain from
entering *into any correspondence, agreement, or treaty, with a] y
Boreim Nation or Power, and further to giv^ immediate notice
to the political authorities of the British Government of any
attempt on the part of any other Power to interfere with the
above territories.
( IV ).
Bin# Baud hereby undertakes that he will absolutely not
cede, sell, mortgage, ler-se, or o herwisa dispose of the above
territories or any part of them, or gr^rvt concessions vithin
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those territories to any foreign Power, or to the subjects of
any foreign Power, without the consent of the British
•Government.
And that he will follow her advice unreservedly provided
that it be not damaging to his own interests.
( V ). '
Bin Baud hereby undertakes to keep open within his
territories, the roads leading to the Holy Places, and bo protect
pilgrims on their passage to and from the Holy Places.
(VI).
Bin Baud undertakes, as his fathers did before him, to
refrain from all aggression on, or interference with the
territories of Kuwait, Bahrain, and of the Shaikhs of Qatar
and the Oman Coast, who are under the protection of the
British Government and who have treaty relations with the said
Government; and the limits of their territories shall be
hereafter determined.
( Vll ).
The British Government and Bin Baud a-ree to conclude a
further detailed treaty in regard to im bters concerning the
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the mission of Harry St John Bridger Philby to Ibn Sa'ud in Najd. Correspondence discusses the operation of the blockade of all land trade to Kuwait.
Correspondence includes Philby's handwritten notes (folios 2-22; 42-46; 51-59; 51-73; 111-13; 131-140; 142-154; 162-165; 173-178; 182; 185-186) where he discusses personalities, events, tribes, policies. The policy to be pursued is also discussed by other high officials. The file also includes a folio (187) with an index listing topics.
Included in the volume is a copy (folios 105-107) of the treaty between 'The High British Government ... and Abdul Aziz bin Abdur Rahman bin Faisal Al-Saud, Ruler of Najd, El Hassa, Qatif and Jubail ... '
The principal correspondents in the volume include: Harry St John Bridger Philby; 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. at Kuwait (Percy Gordon Loch); 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. at Baghdad; the 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. (Percy Zachariah Cox); the Viceroy; the Office of the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; 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. at Basra; Ruler of Najd (Ibn Sa'ud).
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- 1 volume (187 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- 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 189; 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.
Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 1-187; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/5/103
- Title
- 'File 12/C(2) Najd Mission: operation of blockade'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:108v, 110r:188v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence