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File 4006/1919 Pt 1 ‘Arabia:- Visit of the sons of the Sheikh of Koweit + Amir of Nejd to England.’ [‎299v] (602/863)

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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(5293). Wt. 34359—1165. 2,000,000. 11/15. Wy. & S., Ltd. Sch. 20a.
RP—* * * * §
TC
PC
PCP
PS
PR
XP or XP-
XPT
XPP
TR
GP
GPR
TM-t
Jour
CTA
Nuit
Authorised Abbreviations charged as one word—
=■ Telegram with reply paid.
= Telegram to be repeated.
= Telegram the delivery of which has to be notified by telegraph.
= Telegram the delivery of which has to be notified by post.
— Telegram “to follow.”
= Telegram to be posted as a registered letter.
= Charge for porterage prepaid.
= Deposit for porterage paid with notification by telegraph.
= Deposit for porterage paid with notification by post.
= Telegram to be called for at a telegraph office.
— = Telegram to be called for at a post office.
= Poste restante recommand6e= Telegram to be called for at a post office registered.
= Tele^ramme multiple = Telegram with multiple addresses.
= Telegram not to be delivered during the night time.
= Communiquertoutesadresses= Communicate all addresses (multiple address telegram).
= Telegram to be delivered during night time if received then.
Rdponse pay6e
= Tmegramme Collationn6
= Accus6 de reception
= Accuse de reception postal
= Faire suivre
== Poste recommandee
= Expihs pay6
= Exprfes pave t<ilegraphe
= Expres pay6 lettre
= Tel^graphe restant
Poste restante
* Number of words to be inserted here,
t Here insert amount paid (for example “ XP 2s. 6d.”).
; Here insert number of addresses.
CONDITIONS.
1 —Either the Postmaster-General or any Telegraph Company or Foreign Government, by whom this
Telegram is or would in the ordinary course of the Telegraphic Service be forwarded, may decline to forward
the Telegram although it has been received for that purpose ; but in such case the amount paid for transmission
shall be refunded to the Sender at his request. ^ ^ .
2 —Neither the Postmaster-General nor any Telegraph Company or f oreign Government, by whom this
Telegram is or would in the ordinary course of the Telegraphic Service be forwarded, shall be liable to make
compensation for any loss, injury, of damage arising or resulting from non-transmission or non-delivery of the
Telegram, or delay, or error, or omission in the transmission or delivery thereof, through whatever cause such
non-transmission, non-delivery, delay, error, or omission shall have occurred.
3 —This Telesram shall be forwarded in all respects in accordance Avith the provisions of the Regulations
made pursuant to the Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1911, and the provisions of such Regulations! shall be deemed
to be binding not only between the Sender and the Postmaster-General, but between the Sender and any
Telegraph Company or Foreign Government by whom this Telegram is or would in the ordinary course of
the Telegraphic Service be forwarded.
§ The substance of these Regulations will be found in the Post Office Guide.
NOTE. In addresses consisting of a name prefixed to a REGISTERED or ABBREVIATED ADI'/^'^SS,
or Avhere a telegram is addressed to one person at the house of another, whose name is also ven,
the word “ CHEZ ”, (at), or some equivalent expression, must be inserted after the name of the
addressee.

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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.

Physical characteristics

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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File 4006/1919 Pt 1 ‘Arabia:- Visit of the sons of the Sheikh of Koweit + Amir of Nejd to England.’ [‎299v] (602/863), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/843, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100074448632.0x000003> [accessed 19 April 2024]

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