‘I/9 Forming of Army in Saudi Arabia’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘I/9 Forming of Army in Saudi Arabia’
- Date:
- 1944/1944
- Description:
- Abstract: Copies of correspondence from the British Minister in Saudi Arabia (Stanley R Jordan) to the Foreign Office, dated 2 March 1944, and subsequently forwarded by the India Office to the Government of India, describing the Ruler of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Saud’s [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] request that Britain send financial and military advisers to Saudi Arabia. In his correspondence Jordan describes Ibn Saud’s dissatisfaction with his country’s financial structure, and his stipulation that the adviser should be a Sunni Muslim, as most of the work would be based in Mecca.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 7; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Financial administration
Military administration
King of Saudi Arabia - Geographic region:
- Saudi Arabia
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000046_ar
81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000046_en
IOR/R/15/5/123
IOR/R/15/5/123