File 10/4 British relations with Ibn Sa`ud: Ibn Sa`ud's Najd Conference of Chiefs (Riyadh Conference), 1928; Ikhwan raids on Iraq; rebellion of Faisal Al Duwish [‎4r] (7/574)

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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 concerns hostilities between the forces of Ibn Sa'ud and the Ikhwan during the rebellion led by Faisal al-Duwaish [Faysal al-Duwaysh], a conference of Nejd tribal chiefs that was held in Riyadh by Ibn Sa'ud, and Ikhwan raids into Southern Iraq.

Much of this correspondence is between British officials at 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 High Commission in Iraq, but the file also contains copies of correspondence, in Arabic with English translations, that were sent by al-Duwaish to the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber, in which al-Duwaish offered leadership of the Ikhwan to Shaikh Ahmad (folios 208-212).

It also contains an account of a visit made by al-Duwaish and other Ikhwan leaders to Kuwait in July 1929 in which they proposed an alliance with the British Government against Ibn Sa'ud (folios 262-267).

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1 file (285 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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 287; 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 70-74, and ff 157-285; 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 A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

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