Abstract: This document was written by Gertrude Bell, Liason Officer and Correspondent to Cairo, and briefly details the visit of 'Abd al-' Aziz ibn Sa‘ūd to Basrah on November 27 1916 as part of the Mesopotamian campaign. Bell also describes the following:how Ibn Sa‘ūd came to power and his influence in the Arab world;his relationship with the British;his physical appearance;his character.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 107, and terminates at f 110, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: This printed memorandum was received from the Chief Political Officer, Basra, under Sir P Cox's letter (No 3) dated 18 August 1916 (see IOR/L/PS/10/426: 3744/16), and includes a report by Gertrude Lowthian Bell (signed G L B), originally published in the Arab Bulletin, concerning the rebellion against the Sultan of Muscat, Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd, and, subsequently after his death, his son, Taymūr bin Fayṣal Āl Bū Sa‘īd. Bell gives a description of the causes of the rebellion against the Sultan of Muscat, which, in her opinion, were 'partly due to old and deepseated matters of disagreement and partly to the reflex action of modern European politics'. She goes on to describe various events from May 1913 to July 1916, including: the fall of Nizwa [Nizwá] and Izki [Izkī]; the visit of the Viceroy to Muscat in February 1914; the death of Fayṣal; the religious character of the uprising ('Jihad'); and potential peace terms.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This volume contains correspondence and several documents concerning a number of topics related to the Arabian Peninsula as follows:'Note on the Khurma Dispute by Captain Garland with Sketch Map (with Appendix Dated 10th June 1919)' (folios 5-10)'Notes on the "AKHWAN" Movement' by Harold Richard Patrick Dickson, 1920 (folios 18-32)'Note by Miss G.L. [Gertrude Lowthian] Bell', 1920 (folios 34-37)'Hejaz Post-War Finance' written by the Foreign Office's Arab Bureau, 1919 (folios 39-41)'Note on the political situation in Bahrein as existing at the end of 1919, with suggestions and proposals for improving the situation' (folios 97-101)'Note on history of Zubara and Claims of Shaikh of Bahrein to Zubara' (folio 108)A map of Qatar and Bahrain (folio 110)'Memorandum on the British Position on the Arabian Littoral of the Persian Gulf. 1921' (folios 141-149)'Diary of Journey from Bahrein to Mecca' written by Khan Sahib Saiyid Siddiq Hassan, 1920 (folios 160-173)'Report of Shaikh Farhan Beg Al Rahmah of the Muntafik, Personal Assistant to Major H.R.P. Dickson, C.I.E., Political Agent, Bahrein, who accompanied the Nejd mission from Bahrein to Mecca via Riyadh and back' (folios 173-178)'Note on the tracts and tribes of South Hasa, Trucial Oman, "Independent Oman" and Dhahirah (Oman Sultanate), located between the coast of the Persian Gulf and Ruba' al Khali (the Great Salt Desert)' (folios 197-199)Government of India printed correspondence on Ikhwan raids into Iraq and Kuwait, 1927-28 (folios 208-238).The majority of the correspondence in the volume is internal correspondence between British officials in Iraq, India and the Gulf, but it also contains a limited amount of translations of letters that were sent to British officials by Ibn Saud (‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 239; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence between ff 203-238, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.