Author
the British authorities in response to them.
The principal correspondents in the file are British officials in Iraq
Publication Date
1 Jan 1928-25 Nov 1928 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
299
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/5/29
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x0003b8
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
1 Jan 1928-25 Nov 1928 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This file contains correspondence related to the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd].
Specifically, the correspondence relates to Ikhwan raids into Iraqi and Kuwaiti territory, Ibn Sa'ud's inability to stop them and what measures (including military force) should be adopted by the British authorities in response to them.
The principal correspondents in the file are British officials in Iraq, the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in Kuwait, the Political
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
in Bushire and the Secretary of State for the Colonies in London. Also enclosed are a number of letters exchanged between Ibn Sa'ud and British officials (in Arabic with English translations).
In addition to this correspondence, the file contains the following items:
a summary of correspondence exchanged between Ibn Sa'ud and the British High Commission in Iraq, October 1926 - November 1927 (folios 69-74);
a record of conversations between Shaikh Hafiz Wahba (an adviser to Ibn Sa'ud) and British officials, January 1928 (folios 104-111);
a list of pre-written replies to arguments used by Ibn Saud in his letters regarding the Ikhwan and Iraqi sovereignty (folios 146-164, 209-214);
a 'Note on the Situation in Najd from Kuwait' written by Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson,
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.
in Kuwait, 25 November 1928.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
An index of topics discussed is contained at the rear of the file (on folios 299-300); the folios used in this index relate to an earlier incomplete foliation system that is in uncircled pencil 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.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
First Series Files: 10/4
