Author
an agent.
in Bahrain
Publication Date
19 Apr 1923-6 Nov 1924 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
295
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/1/564
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x000219
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
19 Apr 1923-6 Nov 1924 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to relations between Najd and the Hejaz. The majority of the correspondence is between Reader Bullard, the British Agent in Jeddah, 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, the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in Bahrain, the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in Kuwait, the High Commissioner in Baghdad, the Colonial and Foreign Offices, both in London, the High Commissioner in Jerusalem, the Government of India, and Ibn Sa'ud himself, or his representatives.
Most of the volume covers events leading up to, and immediately after, the Ikhwan's capture of Taif, including Hussein ibn 'Ali's abdication and his son 'Ali's attempts to retain control of the Hejaz. There is a detailed report of the capture of Taif by Bullard (folios 186-201, 273-281). The documents reflect British concern with the reaction of Indian Muslims, with duplicates of correspondence regularly forwarded to numerous offices back in India. Some papers are about the effort to evacuate British Indian refugees and pilgrims from the region.
Other subjects covered in the volume are:
the build-up to and ultimate failure of the Kuwait Conference of 1923-24;
King Fuad of Egypt's suspected financial backing of Ibn Sa'ud's takeover of the Hejaz;
the defining of the Hejaz-Trans-Jordan border;
the motivations and movements of St John Philby and Rosita Forbes, both of whom were thought to be trying to gain entryinto Central Arabia.
Notable in the volume are a newspaper cutting from
The Times of Mesopotamia
, dated 13 July 1923, regarding treaty negotiations between Britain and King Hussein (folio 4), and extracts of letters from Ameen Rihani to Ibn Sa'ud that had been intercepted by the British and which offer advice on foreign policy.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The volume is arranged chronologically. The internal office notes at the back of the volume (renumbered as folios 247-258) include a chronological list of the main contents, together with a simple, running index number from 1 to 111. These index numbers are also written on the front of the documents they refer to, in red or blue crayon and encircled, to help identify and locate them within the volume.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
A Series: 61/11 I Confidential Series: D 41
