Author
Faisal al-Duwaish [Faysal al-Duwaysh]
Publication Date
6 Sep 1928-9 Jul 1929 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
285
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/5/31
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x0003ba
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
6 Sep 1928-9 Jul 1929 (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 concerns hostilities between the forces of Ibn Sa'ud and the Ikhwan during the rebellion led by Faisal al-Duwaish [Faysal al-Duwaysh], a conference of Nejd tribal chiefs that was held in Riyadh by Ibn Sa'ud, and Ikhwan raids into Southern Iraq.
Much of this correspondence is between British officials at 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 High Commission in Iraq, but the file also contains copies of correspondence, in Arabic with English translations, that were sent by al-Duwaish to the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber, in which al-Duwaish offered leadership of the Ikhwan to Shaikh Ahmad (folios 208-212).
It also contains an account of a visit made by al-Duwaish and other Ikhwan leaders to Kuwait in July 1929 in which they proposed an alliance with the British Government against Ibn Sa'ud (folios 262-267).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
First Series File: 10/4