Publication Date
8 Apr 1921-12 Jun 1928 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
247
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/74
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x000329
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
8 Apr 1921-12 Jun 1928 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between 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 Bahrain, the Secretariat of the High Commissioner in Baghdad and the
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 the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
regarding ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd) , Sultan of Najd and Dependencies, and British relations with him, including the payment of a £520,000 subsidy in 1923-1924 and British visits to Rihad [Riyadh].
The volume includes:
Petition denouncing Ibn Saud's occupation in Katiff [Al Qatif, Saudi Arabia] and Hassa [Hasa, Saudi Arabia] from inhabitants claiming to be Bahraini nationals and requesting the British Government's help (folios 61-63);
Petition from the Shi'ah community in Al Qatif to the Ruler of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah, asking for help to maintain their religious freedom against Ibn Saud's persecutions (in Arabic on folio 209 with English translations on folios 201-203 and 210-212 and notes on the signatories on folios 204-206);
Hejaz Nationality Law (folios 214-215).
There are some letters in Arabic, to and from Ibn Sa‘ūd.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
File 1 Political /2 (Vol I)
