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'File XXV/7 Arabian Politics (including Iraq). Bin Saud, Akhwan, the Hejaz, 1920-1928' [34r] (78/494)
The record is made up of 1 volume (239 folios). It was created in 16 Jul 1919-1 Mar 1928. 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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ftote by 1 b« l.L.BbU.
neUr ihn Humnih » brother of «iaa ibn Humaih
bUi a per8on Df ?1uch gr * a ^ er weight, cam^ to give information
about Ka^d* he left Hiyadh 70 days ago, travelling by land
with 1500 ^beep *nd 100 cnwels which he sold at Kuwait*
ft ence by sea B The early rains failed in Mjd: it is not a
good sheep year*
he has been in iajd for the last kkMX three years* he is
a strict Wahhabi » : udaiyin, as they nay, that irs one of
the hin* He is now going to Damascus by the post road from
hit, He made light of the disturbed state of the desert:
a man as well known as he can pans anywhere*
I began by saying that we had had a good deal of news
lately from Najd and that X was glad to hear that Ibn ^a*ud
\
had established his po^eif in the land* H# replied “You are
wrong*. There is no nower or authority save that of Almighty
God! But short of the Supreme Authority, he evidently regards
Ibn S&’ud with the utmost respect and confidence,
1* As regards Ibn Rashid. Last summer Ibn >a*ud and Ibn
Rashid reached complete agreement* Bine# then the harif,
by msas of agents and letters, has don* his best to under
mine the alliance. Tftle is well Known to Ibn Ua*ud but it
ha« not iOyed him, hen Ibn Knahid aet out to do battle
with Ibn aha'lan, the latter wrote to Ibn da'ud and urged
him to attack Hail while Ibn Haahid and all hie fighting »en
were away. Ibn JJa'ud refused categorically.
2 . A* for the »AJww. some 3 months ago Ibn :Ja<ud sent
,nvoy to the leading Sheikhs who met him at Kafr in tr« ,
in . ^e terms he carried were that Xbn Sa-ud would offer
t Lll and domplete forgiveness, but that the leading
tvhs with their followers must come and live in bajd.
m «er was not terimsted when ansur left; all that was
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- Content
This volume contains correspondence and several documents concerning a number of topics related to the Arabian Peninsula as follows:
- 'Note on the Khurma Dispute by Captain Garland with Sketch Map (with Appendix Dated 10th June 1919)' (folios 5-10)
- 'Notes on the "AKHWAN" Movement' by Harold Richard Patrick Dickson, 1920 (folios 18-32)
- 'Note by Miss G.L. [Gertrude Lowthian] Bell', 1920 (folios 34-37)
- 'Hejaz Post-War Finance' written by the Foreign Office's Arab Bureau, 1919 (folios 39-41)
- 'Note on the political situation in Bahrein as existing at the end of 1919, with suggestions and proposals for improving the situation' (folios 97-101)
- 'Note on history of Zubara and Claims of Shaikh of Bahrein to Zubara' (folio 108)
- A map of Qatar and Bahrain (folio 110)
- 'Memorandum on the British Position on the Arabian Littoral of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . 1921' (folios 141-149)
- 'Diary of Journey from Bahrein to Mecca' written by Khan Sahib Saiyid Siddiq Hassan, 1920 (folios 160-173)
- 'Report of Shaikh Farhan Beg Al Rahmah of the Muntafik, Personal Assistant to Major H.R.P. Dickson, C.I.E., 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. , Bahrein, who accompanied the Nejd mission from Bahrein to Mecca via Riyadh and back' (folios 173-178)
- 'Note on the tracts and tribes of South Hasa, Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , "Independent Oman" and Dhahirah (Oman Sultanate), located between the coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Ruba' al Khali (the Great Salt Desert)' (folios 197-199)
- Government of India printed correspondence on Ikhwan raids into Iraq and Kuwait, 1927-28 (folios 208-238).
The majority of the correspondence in the volume is internal correspondence between British officials in Iraq, India and the Gulf, but it also contains a limited amount of translations of letters that were sent to British officials by Ibn Saud (‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (239 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 239; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence between ff 203-238, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- 'File XXV/7 Arabian Politics (including Iraq). Bin Saud, Akhwan, the Hejaz, 1920-1928'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:62v, 67r:109v, 111r:114v, 120v:200v, 202r:216r, 218r:219v, 221r:223v, 225v:239v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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