File 10/4 British relations with Ibn Sa`ud: `Awazim raids and negotiations; southern boundary of Kuwait; British Agency in Jidda changed to Legation [‎154r] (307/404)

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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 the movements of the Awazim tribe, patrols of the neutral area between Kuwait and Ibn Sa'ud's territory, negotiations regarding the surrender of the Ikhwan leader, Faisal al-Duwaish [Faysal al-Duwaysh] and discussions concerning the status of the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Jeddah being raised to that of a Legation.

Much of the correspondence in the file is between the following: Sidney Webb, the Secretary of State for Colonies; 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 British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Jeddah. However, the file also contains copies of letters, in Arabic with English translations, from the following: Ibn Sa'ud; the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah; Hafiz Wahba; Faisal al-Duwaish.

On folios 116-125 the file contains an account of relations between Ibn Sa'ud and Kuwait as narrated to 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. , Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe in December 1929.

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1 file (201 folios)

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

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 202; 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 2-202; 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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