Author
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
Publication Date
13 Jul 1919-28 Mar 1924 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
428
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/L/PS/10/843
Record ID
vdc_100000000419.0x0002e1
Library Location
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.
Date
13 Jul 1919-28 Mar 1924 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
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.
