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Coll 6/67(1) 'Boundaries of South-Eastern Arabia and Qatar.' [260v] (525/794)
The record is made up of 1 volume (392 folios). It was created in 13 Jun 1934-13 Dec 1934. 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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OH
Lor. I, 650.
G. of I. lr.
18.2.1814.
Sadleir
Diary
(1866).
Lor. I, 1091
-93.
Bo. Sel.
XXIY, 312.
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the pirates, and that they were therefore no further interested in the contest between
him and the Wahabis than they were solicitous for the welfare and prosperity of
the Imam. “ Under the influence of that solicitude and a just sense of the benefits^
and blessings of a state of peace, it was recommended to the Imam to grant the
terms of pacification solicited by the Wahabis if consistent with the honour and
security of the State of Muscat/’
Correspondence with the Wahabis, 1813.
28. In the course of 1813, on a Wahabi envoy to Muscat announcing his arrival
at that place to the
Government of Bombay
From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions.
with the object of restoring “the
relations of amity between the two powers,” the Governor of Bombay wrote in
reply : “ Entertaining, as I have always done, the most friendly disposition towards
your master, I conceived it my duty even previously to the receipt of your letter to
instruct Mr. Bruce, the British Resident at Bushire, to communicate with His
Highness Saud bin Abdul Aziz, and to establish such an amicable intercourse with
him as cannot fail to be equally advantageous to both countries as well as for the
general benefit of their respective neighbours, and it is with feelings of particular
satisfaction I observe Your Excellency has stated that a corresponding desire is
sincerely entertained by His Highness Saud bin Abdul Aziz, and I shall therefore
look forward with confidence to the speedy attainment of our reciprocal wishes.”
Wahabi Overtures, 1813-1814.
29. The Wahabi Amir had in 1810, in reply to British representations, intimated
that he had interdicted his followers from molesting British vessels. Late in 1813,
threatened by the advance of the Egyptians, he made overtures to the Political
Resident indicating his desire to form a connection with the British Government of
mutual amity and friendship which might be beneficial to both States and,
acknowledging the superiority of the British over every other nation at sea,
proposed that the ports of each State should be open to each other and a free and
unmolested trade carried on by their subjects.
30. The Government of India, however, while considering it politic to maintain
a friendly intercourse with the Wahabi Chief and to endeavour by cordial and
conciliatory conduct to conform to the amicable disposition which he appeared to
entertain towards the British Government, thought it undesirable at this moment
to enter into any regular engagement with him, even of a commercial character.
British Proposal for Anglo-JEyptian Go-operation against Jowasimis rejected
by Egyptians, 1819.
31. .In 1819, on hearing of the successes of the Viceroy of Egypt against the
Wahabis and of the arrival of the Egyptian expedition on the Arab littoral of the
Gulf, the Government of India endeavoured to arrange with Ibrahim
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, with
which Muscat should be associated, for joint operations against the Jowasimis, on
the understanding that in return Ras al Khaima would be made over to the
The British officer (Captain Sadleir) deputed for this purpose arrived
only after the subjugation of the Wahabis and the withdrawal of the Egyptians.
Mehemet Ah ultimately, however, replied that neither he nor the Porte desired or
needed foreign help in dealing with the Wahabis of Nejd.
32. The Chief Secretary, Bombay, writing in 1820, recorded that a letter has
lately been received from Hussein bin Rahmah [formerly Wahabi vicegerent in
Irucial Oman and Chief of Ras al Khaimah] referring to a treaty of peace concluded
between, his. Imaum and us, and professing a desire of continuing on terms of
friendship with the English Government, which has of course been positively
declined. r J
General Summary, 1804-1818.
33. The Wahabis in the early part of this period consolidated their position in
qu -i f^ aZ ’ Nejd and
Trucial Oman
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
. In the latter area their control of the
Sheikhs, exercised from the oasis of Baraimi, appears to have varied with the
enective force at their disposal ; but to have been particularly close in the case
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This volume primarily concerns British policy regarding the south-eastern boundaries of Saudi Arabia.
It includes interdepartmental discussion regarding the approach that the British Government should take in reaching a settlement with King Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] over the demarcation of the boundaries.
Much of the correspondence discusses the legal and international position of what is referred to as the 'blue line' (the frontier which marked the Ottoman Government's renunciation of its claims to Bahrain and Qatar, as laid down in the non-ratified Anglo-Ottoman Convention of 1913 and redefined and adopted in the Anglo-Ottoman convention of the following year), a line which is not accepted by Ibn Saud as being binding upon his government.
The volume features the following principal correspondents: His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan); 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 Trenchard Craven William Fowle); 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 (Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson); 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. , Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch); the Chief Commissioner, Aden (Bernard Rawdon Reilly, referred to in the correspondence as Resident); the Secretary of State for the Colonies (Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister); the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir John Simon); the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs; officials of the 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. , the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, the War Office, and the Air Ministry.
Matters discussed in the correspondence include the following:
- Whether the British should press Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] for a general settlement of all outstanding major questions.
- The extent of territory that the British should be prepared to include in any concession made to Ibn Saud.
- The British response to what are referred to as Ibn Saud's 'ancestral claims' to territories east of the blue line.
- Sir Andrew Ryan's meetings with Ibn Saud in Taif, in July 1934.
- Meetings held at the Foreign Office between Sir Andrew Ryan, George Rendel (Head of the Foreign Office's Eastern Department), Fuad Bey Hamza (Deputy Minister for Saudi Foreign Affairs), and Hafiz Wahba (Saudi Arabian Minister in London), in September 1934.
- The boundaries of a proposed 'desert zone', suggested by Rendel, where Ibn Saud would hold personal rather than territorial rights.
- Saudi-Qatari relations.
- Whether tribal boundaries should be considered as a possible solution to the boundary question.
Also included are the following:
- Two copies of an 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. memorandum entitled 'Historical Memorandum on the Relations of the Wahabi Amirs and Ibn Saud with Eastern Arabia and the British Government, 1800-1934', dated 26 September 1934.
- Copies of the minutes of meetings of the Committee of Imperial Defence's Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East, dated 8 November 1934 and 12 September 1934.
- A copy of a report by Bertram Thomas regarding a Trans-Oman air route reconnaissance, which was undertaken in May-June 1927.
The Arabic material consists of one item of correspondence (an English translation is included).
The volume includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence (folio 4).
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- 1 volume (392 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 394; 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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