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File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.' [‎217r] (121/840)

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The record is made up of 1 item (421 folios). It was created in 22 Dec 1925-14 Dec 1926. 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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iiaraimi, Haflt and liahadha. ily some authorltias the
laet tiaree of these are geographically located in a
region called Jau which hr.Lortdier styled ’Independent
Oman" •
miaid which is 30 mileB inland and eaet of
Chargah belongs to that Chiefship, but the Bedouin, who
live round it are Beni ^itab, subordinate to the Shaikh
of Umm at ^aiwain#
Baraimi is occupied by two oppoeing tribes
- the Dhawahir, who are alliee of the Shaikh of Abu
Dhabi, and the laim, who for the last three yeaxrs have
been actually at feud with this Chief* The Balm
properly belong to Dh&liir& (Oman .juitanate 1 , but t. ;ey
also own Kafit, and a large contingent of them, includ
ing the Chief of Ajman and the petty Jhaikhs of ;amrlyah
and Hairah,subordinate to ahargah,are settled on the
Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . In the deserts surrounding Barairai besides
the Baiia are Awamir and J^u Bedouin, whose main bodies
reside further east in Muscat territory.
isSahadhah,inhabited by Bani Kaab,according to
my latest information, should be regarded as belonging to
the Bu It an ate of Muscat.
7 # South-east of Dhafrah is the large district
of Dhahirah,containing numerous towns, which indubitably
belongs historically and geographically to the
Oman Sultanate. Lntil lately its political
sympathies appear to have leant to the side o: tne
3ultan of Muscat against the Ibadhi Imam of Oman: but
last year the latter made a determined effort to ttach
it forcibly to hie side,fearing that otherwise the
Sahhabis will absorb it. The attempt failed and it
remains to be seen who will ma*e the next move to deprive
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the Sultan of Oman of this district.
8 . The recent history of all this disputed
country, so far as can
be ascertained, is as follows*
tfhen

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The papers cover the recognition of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] as King of the Hedjaz and Sultan of Nejd and its dependencies by foreign countries, and also contain:

The principal correspondents are the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 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 Colonial Office, the Foreign Office, HM Consul at Jeddah, and the Viceroy.

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File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.' [‎217r] (121/840), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/1165/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100079351207.0x000027> [accessed 14 June 2026]

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