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PZ 1654/31 'Mr Philby's conversion to Islam' [46r] (43/58)
The record is made up of 1 file (14 folios). It was created in 3 Aug 1930-18 Mar 1931. 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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good in our occupation of Paleatine, Trans-Jordan, and
Iraq and no 1X1 In Itm Sa’ud and his Arahe. They are all
paragons of all the virtues. I have never met a man so
woolly-wltted about anything. If they have hitherto
failed to display their talents in the running of their
own country - and here we skated lightly over Syrian
adventurers, corruption in high places, royal extravagance,
and such piffling matters as public finance and education -
it is solely because of the oppression exercised by rest
Britain on their frontiers, which detracts all their
attention and wastes all their energies. This Philby
kept on repeating.
The man is undoubtedly a monomaniac, of a kind and
now in a position to do us no good at all in our relations
with Ibn Sa’ud. He nevertheless assures me that he
has no intention of changing his nationality.
Now that he has found his milieu, I am much less
sorry for him than I was.
Yours sincerely#
(Sgd)•0•O.HOPE GILL.
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The file contains correspondence regarding the conversion to Islam of Harry St John Bridger Philby, former Colonial Office intelligence officer and advisor to Ibn Saud, King of Nejd and Hejaz. The primary correspondents are: British Legation, Jeddah; Foreign Office; 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. ; Government of India.
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- 1 file (14 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 28, and terminates at f 53, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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.
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- PZ 1654/31 'Mr Philby's conversion to Islam'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, 28r:36v, 38r:38v, 41r:50v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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