Publication Date
19 Apr 1918-2 Aug 1918 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
191
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/5/101
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x000030
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 1918-2 Aug 1918 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, for the period April 1918 to August 1918 relating to the main topics:
Harry St John Bridger Philby's Mission to Ibn Sa`ud.
Friction between Najd and Kuwait because of the British blockade of land trade.
The volume also includes an index (folio 192) listing key individuals and subjects mentioned in the correspondence including: the blockade; King Husain [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī]; Ibn Rashid [Saʿūd bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Āl Rashīd]; an alleged Turkish agreement with Ibn Sa'ud; Imam Yahya [Yaḥyá Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn].
The principal correspondents in the volume include: 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.
, Kuwait (Gordon Percy Loch); Ibn Sa'ud; the Office of the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; the Viceroy; King Husain of the Hijaz.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
First Series Files: 8/C