'File 61/6 Vol. V. (D 39) Bin Saud, Nejd affairs'

Title:

'File 61/6 Vol. V. (D 39) Bin Saud, Nejd affairs'

Date:

1921/1923

Description:

Abstract: The volume contains letters, telegrams, memoranda, reports, and a newspaper cutting concerning the affairs of Ibn Sa'ud and the Najd. The correspondence is mostly between Percy Cox, the High Commissioner of Iraq; Arthur P. Trevor and then Stuart G. Knox, who were respectively, Political Resident and Acting Political Resident in Bushire; James C. More, Political Agent in Kuwait; Clive K. Daly, Political Agent in Bahrain; Winston Churchill, Secretary of State for the Colonies (later the Duke of Devonshire, Victor Cavendish), in London; the Government of India, in Calcutta and Simla; the Foreign Office and India Office, in London; and Ibn Sa'ud.The main subjects covered are the payment of Ibn Sa'ud's subsidy and the defining of the Najd-Iraq border and the Najd-Kuwait border, including the Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] and Ojair [Uqair] talks.Other subjects include:the fall of Hail [Ha'il] to the Ikhwan;trouble in Bahrain between Najdis and Persians, including several papers to do with negotiations on this matter between Knox and Syed Hashim, Ibn Sa'ud's envoy;conflict between the Ikhwan and Ruweilah [Rawalah] tribe;enquiries into the business of a Dr Mann, visitor of Ibn Sa'ud;and administrative matters concerning Daly's leave and cover provided by Harold R. P. Dickson.Physical description: Foliation: The numbering starts on the first folio, begins 1A through to 1D, and then runs consecutively to 251. The numbers are written in pencil in the top right corner of the recto of each folio.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Ikhwan, military and religious brotherhood
al-Ruwallah (Tribe)

Geographic region:

Ojair
Mohammerah
Hail

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000214_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000214_en
IOR/R/15/1/559
IOR/R/15/1/559

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