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File 4006/1919 Pt 1 ‘Arabia:- Visit of the sons of the Sheikh of Koweit + Amir of Nejd to England.’ [‎145r] (294/863)

The record is made up of 1 volume (428 folios). It was created in 13 Jul 1919-28 Mar 1924. 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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GOVERNMENT OP INDIA.
Enclosures to despatch No. 174 of 1920.
Enclosure No. 1.
Telegram, No. 16-E. A, dated the 5th January 1920.
From—The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and
Political Department, Delhi,
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. , Baghdad.
Reference Secretary of State’s telegram,. 2nd January. Nejd Mission.
Presume Arab party will be guests of Government at Bombay. Will you
meet cost of their stay ?
Enclosure No.
2 .
Telegram, No. 208, dated the 6th (received 8th) January 1920.
From—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. , Baghdad,
To—The Foreign Secretary to^the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Delhi.
Your telegram, dated January 5th, 16-E. A. Arab party should be guests
of Government at Bombay. If you will kindly make the necessary arrange
ments I will accept debit against my special secret service allotment. 1 do
not regard myself as authorised to debit Mesopotamian revenues with expendi
ture relating to Nejd at present.
Enclosure No. 3.
No. 166-E. A, dated Delhi, the 5th February 1920.
From—The Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and
Political Department,
To—The Acting Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia, Baghdad.
In continuation of the correspondence ending with the telegram from the
Government of India in the Eoreign and Political Department, No. 94-E. A,
dated the 21st January 1920, I am directed to address you on the subject of
the expenditure connected with the stay of the Nejd Mission in Bombay.
2. In your telegram, No. 208, dated the 6th January 1920, you stated
that you were prepared to accept the debit of such expenditure against your
special secret service allotment. It is understood that by this you intended
that the expenditure should be charged to the special secret service grant of
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. .
3. As you are aware, special secret service expenditure in Persia
connected with military operations is debitable to His Majesty’s Government.
It seems doubtful whether expenditure connected with the Nejd Mission,
even if charged to secret service, could be treated as special secret service
expenditure connected with military operations. The effect of charging the
former expenditure to tho secret serv ice grant of 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. would be that it would nave to be adjusted m the accounts as
ordinary political expenditure in Persia, divisible in moieties^ between His
Majesty’s Government and the Government of India, which, it is assumed,
is not your intention.
4. 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. have been instructed to pass on to you
all charges incurred by them in connection with the stay of the party m
Bomby.

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The volume contains papers mostly relating to the visit, as state guests, of a deputation (Mission) from Koweit [Kuwait], including Sheikh Ahmad bin Jabar [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], the heir to the Emir of Koweit [Kuwait], and a deputation (Mission) from Najd (Nejd), including Faisal ibn Abdul Aziz ibn Saud [Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd], the son of the Emir of Najd, Ibn Saud, to England, Scotland and Wales in October and November 1919, and of the Koweit Mission to Ireland, and of the Najd Mission to various battlefields in France and Belgium in November and December 1919.

It includes correspondence concerning arrangements for the visit, including criticism by 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. of the arrangements made for the accommodation of the party by the Government Hospitality Fund, HM Office of Works, the perceived unsatisfactory nature of which was reported on in articles in the Daily Graphic and The Times newspapers.

The volume also includes correspondence regarding expenditure incurred in relation to the visits of the Koweit and Najd Missions, of another Mission from Bahrein in 1919, and of a mission sent by Ibn Saud to the Hedjaz in 1920, and the division of the costs of these visits between Indian and Imperial Revenues, and between different British Government departments.

The main correspondents include: 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 Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; the Foreign Office; the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; the Government Hospitality Fund, HM Office of Works; Captain Daniel Vincent McCollum, 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; the Treasury; and the Colonial Office.

The volume includes the following letters in Arabic: from Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud to King George V, 1 August 1919 (folios 287 to 288); from Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ to King George V, 30 October 1919 (folios 284 to 285); and from Faisal ibn Abdul Aziz ibn Saud to the Secretary of State for India (folios 183 and 162). The file includes English translations of all of these letters, except folio 183.

The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

Extent and format
1 volume (428 folios)
Arrangement

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

The subject 4006 (Arabia:- Visit of the sons of the Sheikh of Koweit + Amir of Nejd to England.) consists of one volume, IOR/L/PS/10/843.

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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 430; 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 4-427; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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