File 10/11 Ibn Sa`ud and the Hijaz: cession of `Aqaba; conquest of `Asir; abdication of Amir `Ali; fall of Medina; fall of Jidda; establishment of Ibn Sa`ud's administration in Jidda
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- File 10/11 Ibn Sa`ud and the Hijaz: cession of `Aqaba; conquest of `Asir; abdication of Amir `Ali; fall of Medina; fall of Jidda; establishment of Ibn Sa`ud's administration in Jidda
- Date:
- 1924/1926
- Description:
- Abstract: This file contains correspondence related to the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd].The correspondence primarily relates to the military capabilities of the Government of Hejaz, the conquest of the cities of Medina and Jeddah by Ibn Sa'ud's forces, the abdication of King Ali of the Hejaz and the establishment of Ibn Sa`ud's administration in Jeddah. As well as correspondence, the file contains a number of detailed accounts of these events that were written approximately once every two weeks by the British Agent in Jeddah, Reader William Bullard, and from August 1925 onwards, Stanley R Jordan .The majority of the correspondence in the file is between British officials, but the file also contains a limited amount of correspondence from Ibn Sa'ud and officials of a number of Indian Islamic organisations. These letters are translated into English and the file does not contain copies of the Arabic originals.The file also contains a number of extracts from the Mecca-based newspaper Umm al-Qurathat are primarily related to proclamations made by Ibn Sa'ud. These extracts are translated into English and the file does not contain the original Arabic articles.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 287; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-286; these numbers are also written in pencil but are not circled.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- 'Alī bin Ḥusayn al-Hāshimī, King of Hejaz
- Geographic region:
- Kingdom of Hejaz
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0003c0_ar
81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0003c0_en
IOR/R/15/5/37
IOR/R/15/5/37