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[Un-numbered file] 'Diary of Colonel Hamilton's Visit to Nejd 1918' [‎77r] (153/206)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (102 folios). It was created in 19 Sep 1917-28 Dec 1918. 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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large tree "by Abdulaziz Ibn Rabaie and 5 horsemen
who give us the usual exhibition of horsemansiiip
but without letting off rifles. One of them lell
off.
Reached at Riadh,met at a palace gates and
conducted to Majlis where all the principal ohaikh
assembled. Sat on right of Abdulaziz Bin Baud.The
whole length of the top wall was unoccupied except
by two us:then Mohammed Ibn Abdurrahman,Abdulazizs
brother, an extremely influential man in hejd,Bai-
sal Ibn Rashid (refugee from Hail),Mullah Abdullah
my Header,Salih-al-Adil,Ibrahim Bin Mohammad bin
Saif (of Koweit) Abdullah Bin Saud,Saud brother of
Abdulaziz and 5 or 6 of the Araif were among the
principal notables present. Afterwards went fox-
private talk in the Maktab, or office, of bin Baud.
Then breakfast. At 2 p.m. visited Abdurrahman Bin
Saud, the Imam, as he is generally called, an old mar
with safron coloured beard about 70 years of age
a charming personage. We were conducted to a
bright reception room, w r ith loftv roof 3 centxal
pillars and doors at both ends but in ipnosite
corners of the rectangle:triangular windows high
up on walls let in plenty of light,good carpets
and cushions X'ound walls. Long conversation,
chiefly on general politics, Abdurrahman is
yellow in face with; the dark, clear mocrutabl.e
eyes of the true and wise, resembling remarkably
those of Lord Roberts. He is as strongly pxo-
British now, as he v/as when Raunkiaer met him
before the war in 1912. The latter remarked of
him. ”0n the last subject^ the relative power
of European states especially in the matter of
Africo-Asiatic politics,! could dono more than
confirm the chieftains deeprooted belief in the
hegemony of the British Empire*’.
Most charming and affable to myself,Mullah
-►•Wv.

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The file includes a printed copy (folios 16-41) of the diary of Colonel Robert Edward Hamilton's ( 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) visit to Najd in 1918 on a mission to Ibn Sa'ud. The file also includes the original typed copy (folios 43-102) of the diary.

The diary describes his trip from Kuwait to Najd and records the topography, distance travelled each day, temperature and barometric pressure and people encountered. The principal correspondents in the volume include: 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 (Robert Edward Hamilton); the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad (Percy Zachariah Cox); the Chief Political Officer, Baghdad; and the Ruler of Najd (Ibn Sa'ud).

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1 volume (102 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 103; 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. 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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[Un-numbered file] 'Diary of Colonel Hamilton's Visit to Nejd 1918' [‎77r] (153/206), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/5/104, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100049142626.0x00009a> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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