Author
Ibn Sa'ud. Other issues include:
the extradition of rebel leader Ibn Mashhur from Iraq back to Najd
Publication Date
30 Apr 1930-25 Jan 1932 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
216
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/1/593
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x000236
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
30 Apr 1930-25 Jan 1932 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The volume contains correspondence pertaining to relations between Najd and Iraq. It is mostly between Harold 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, Hugh Biscoe,
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in Bushire, Andrew Ryan, British Minister in Jeddah, Francis Humphrys, High Commissioner in Iraq, the Lord Passfield, Secretary of State for the Colonies in London, Arthur Henderson, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in London, the Government of India, Ibn Sa'ud, King of Najd and the Hejaz, Sheikh Hafiz Wahba, advisor to Ibn Sa'ud, Ja'far al-'Askari, Minister for Foreign Affairs in Iraq, and Nuri al-Said, Prime Minister of Iraq.
The volume covers the months following the collapse of the Ikhwan rebellion and is mostly concerned with the payment of £10,000 compensation to Iraq and Kuwait by Ibn Sa'ud. Other issues include:
the extradition of rebel leader Ibn Mashhur from Iraq back to Najd;
meetings between representatives from both Iraq and Najd in order to come to a '
bon voisinage
An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders.
' agreement and to settle all claims of compensation for past raids and damages;
the channels of communication to be used by 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.
in Kuwait;
reports of Najd agents crossing the border into Iraq;
the death of Faisal al-Dawish.
Documents of note are the intelligence reports (folios 8-10, 13-16, 110-112) by Dickson on tribal movements, including a genealogical map of the Mutair tribe (folios 66-67), and summaries and translations of articles (folio 31 and folios 117-147) appearing in the Saudi newspaper
Umm al-Qura
that cover the recent affairs of the region and mention Britain. This was part of press monitoring carried out at Jeddah.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The volume is arranged chronologically.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
A Series: 61/14 XVII Confidential Series: D 76
