Author
an agent.
in Kuwait
Publication Date
7 May 1928-23 Jun 1928 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
256
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/5/30
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x0003b9
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
7 May 1928-23 Jun 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 relations with Kuwait and Iraqi tribes, Royal Navy support for Kuwait and a proposal to send Sir Gilbert Clayton on a mission to Ibn Sa'ud in Riyadh.
The principal correspondents in the file are officials at the British High Commission 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).
On folios 155-163 the file contains a translation of an article entitled 'Iraq and Najd' that appeared in the Mecca-based newspaper
Umm al-Qura
on 24 February 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 256-257); 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 File: 10/4
