'File 12/C(2) Najd Mission: operation of blockade'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'File 12/C(2) Najd Mission: operation of blockade'
- Date:
- 1918/1918
- Description:
- Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the mission of Harry St John Bridger Philby to Ibn Sa'ud in Najd. Correspondence discusses the operation of the blockade of all land trade to Kuwait.Correspondence includes Philby's handwritten notes (folios 2-22; 42-46; 51-59; 51-73; 111-13; 131-140; 142-154; 162-165; 173-178; 182; 185-186) where he discusses personalities, events, tribes, policies. The policy to be pursued is also discussed by other high officials. The file also includes a folio (187) with an index listing topics.Included in the volume is a copy (folios 105-107) of the treaty between 'The High British Government ... and Abdul Aziz bin Abdur Rahman bin Faisal Al-Saud, Ruler of Najd, El Hassa, Qatif and Jubail ... 'The principal correspondents in the volume include: Harry St John Bridger Philby; the Political Agent at Kuwait (Percy Gordon Loch); Political Agent at Baghdad; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Percy Zachariah Cox); the Viceroy; the Office of the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; the Political Agent at Basra; Ruler of Najd (Ibn Sa'ud).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 189; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 1-187; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Colonial administration
Marine navigation
Rulers - Geographic region:
- Hijaz
Najd
Hail
Riyadh - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000032_ar
81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000032_en
IOR/R/15/5/103
IOR/R/15/5/103