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'22/16 Mr Philby's Mission to Najd - 1918.'

Title	'22/16 Mr Philby's Mission to Najd - 1918.'
Author	Harry St John Bridger Philby
Publication Date:	2 Feb 1918-2 Nov 1925 (CE, Gregorian)
Type	Document
Language	ara,eng
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	269
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	IOR/R/15/5/66
Record ID	vdc_100000000831.0x00000d
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	2 Feb 1918-2 Nov 1925 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the Najd mission to Ibn Sa‘ūd by Harry St John Bridger Philby, Political Officer. Correspondence mainly concerns the dispatch and arrival of supplies for St John Philby: tea, tobacco, film, ammunition and arms, camping equipment, and medical supplies. After some correspondence (folio 64) St John Philby, signs his name and 'Pol Dept' thereafter. St John Philby also requests tents for Ibn Sa‘ūd. After St John Philby's mission is finished, arrangements are made to send his kit to his brother Ralph Montague Philby, Naval Transport Officer, Basra. Correspondence also discusses the dispatch of geological and natural history specimens to the Bombay Natural History Society. The volume includes correspondence in Arabic with Ahmad El Jaber Es Subah and Abdullah en-Nafisi who were helping with the supply operation. Correspondents include: Harry St John Bridger Philby, Political Department, 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. at Kuwait; (Percy Gordon Loch; Daniel Vincent McCallum) Director of Sea Transport, Basrah; Deputy Civil Commissioner, Basrah Wilayet; Officer Commanding, H.T. Kalika .
Erişim Koşulları	Unrestricted
Düzenleme	The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)	First Series: 22/16

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'22/16 Mr Philby's Mission to Najd - 1918.'

Author Harry St John Bridger Philby

Publication Date 2 Feb 1918-2 Nov 1925 (CE, Gregorian)

Type Document

Language ara,eng

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 269

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID IOR/R/15/5/66

Record ID vdc_100000000831.0x00000d

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 2 Feb 1918-2 Nov 1925 (CE, Gregorian)

Notes The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the Najd mission to Ibn Sa‘ūd by Harry St John Bridger Philby, Political Officer. Correspondence mainly concerns the dispatch and arrival of supplies for St John Philby: tea, tobacco, film, ammunition and arms, camping equipment, and medical supplies. After some correspondence (folio 64) St John Philby, signs his name and 'Pol Dept' thereafter. St John Philby also requests tents for Ibn Sa‘ūd. After St John Philby's mission is finished, arrangements are made to send his kit to his brother Ralph Montague Philby, Naval Transport Officer, Basra. Correspondence also discusses the dispatch of geological and natural history specimens to the Bombay Natural History Society. The volume includes correspondence in Arabic with Ahmad El Jaber Es Subah and Abdullah en-Nafisi who were helping with the supply operation. Correspondents include: Harry St John Bridger Philby, Political Department, 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. at Kuwait; (Percy Gordon Loch; Daniel Vincent McCallum) Director of Sea Transport, Basrah; Deputy Civil Commissioner, Basrah Wilayet; Officer Commanding, H.T. Kalika .

Erişim Koşulları Unrestricted

Düzenleme The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

Eski Harici Referans(lar) First Series: 22/16