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1. 'File 61/20 I (D 75) Meeting between Kings of Iraq and Nejd'
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- Abstract: The volume contains correspondence relating to a meeting between King Faisal of Iraq and King Ibn Sa‘ud of Najd and Hejaz, overseen by the British. The main correspondents are Sidney Webb, Secretary of State for the Colonies, Francis Humphrys, High Commissioner of Iraq, Harold Dickson, Political Agent at Kuwait, Hugh Biscoe, Political Resident at Bushire, the Government of India, British Chargé d'Affaires at Jeddah, Charles Prior, Political Agent at Bahrain, Robert Clive, British Minister at Tehran, Captain Boyes, Commander of the Triad(at one point Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf), Captain Marr, Commander of the Patrick Stewart, Captain J. M. Alleyne, Commander of the Lupin(also at one point Senior Naval Officer), members of the Iraqi Government, and Ibn Sa‘ud.The documents cover the following matters:the planning and preparations for the meeting, including transporting attendees overland and by sea;the costs of the meeting and who will bear them;what subjects are suitable for discussion during the meeting, in particular the repatriation of a rebel leader, Ibn Mashhur;the outcome of the meeting;an unplanned visit to Bahrain by Ibn Sa‘ud, against British wishes.Notable within the volume are the following documents:a report by Alleyne, Senior Naval Officer, on the meeting (folios 164-172);Humphrys' report on the meeting (folios 182-84);a translation of an article in the Najd and Hejaz newspaper Umm al-Qura,dated 28 November 1930, that contains a detailed account of the meeting (folios 192-98).Folios 199-201 are internal office notes.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence runs from front to back (excluding covers), with encircled, pencilled numbers written in the top right corner of each folio. Foliation anomalies: 1, 1A, 1B, 1C; 104, 104A. An earlier and intermittent foliation sequence appears in the same position, in which the numbers are not circled.
2. ‘File 12/4 I.E.T.S [Indo-European Telegraph Ship] “Patrick Stewart” ran ashore near “Fasht Adbal [Fasht ad Dībal]’
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- Abstract: The file comprises correspondence and telegrams relating to the running aground on 14 March 1927 of the Indo-European Telegraph Ship Patrick Stewart, on sandbanks to the east of the Bahrain islands, referred to as Fasht Adbal or Fasht ad dbal [Fasht ad Dībal].The file includes:copies of telegrams issued by HMS Lupinover Bahrain radio reporting the grounding, and requesting assistance in the form of dhows capable of carrying thirty tonnes, in order to lighter the Patrick Stewart(ff 6-10);a telegram from the Political Agent at Bahrain to the Political Resident, dated 16 March 1927, informing that HMS Lupinis attempting to pull the Patrick Stewartfree, with the hope that, in conjunction with a high tide on 19 March 1927 efforts will be successful (f 16);a further telegram from the Political Agent to the Political Resident, dated 18 March 1927, stating that the Patrick Stewarthas been successfully refloated (f 21);correspondence from the Director of the Indo-European Telegraph Department, and the Political Agent, noting thanks for the efforts of the Customs Director at Bahrain, Claud Crankbrook Lewis deGrenier, for his assistance in arranging assistance for the refloating of the Patrick Stewart(ff 22-23).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 25; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
3. File 57/1928 Pt 18 'Iraq-Nejd Relations: Meeting between Ibn Saud & King Faisal. Incidence of cost of "Patrick Stewart". Appreciation of services of Commander.'
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- Abstract: The part concerns the conveyance of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, King of Hejaz and Nejd] to a meeting with King Feisal [Fayṣal I] of Iraq in February 1930, aboard the IGTS Patrick Stewart; the question of liability for the cost of the visit; and the question of liability for expenses incurred by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf in connection with the relief of refugees, and his mission to Ibn Saud.The papers include: a letter from Ibn Saud expressing gratitude for his treatment aboard the Patrick Stewart(folio 101); a report on the journey by J Marr, Commander of the Patrick Stewart(folios 95-100); India Office correspondence and memoranda, and correspondence from the Colonial Office, the Foreign Office, and the Government of India, concerning the liability for the costs of the journey; and correspondence from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe), the Government of India, and the Colonial Office, concerning expenditure incurred by the Political Resident in supporting refugee women and children from the camp of Faisal al Dawish [Fayṣal bin Sulṭān al-Dawīsh] at Jahrah [Al-Jahrah], and the mission of the Political Resident to Ibn Saud.The Colonial Office agreed to pay all the expenditure incurred (folios 63 and 43).Physical description: 1 item (60 folios)
4. File 815/1917 Pt 12 ‘Persian Gulf: Resident’s Despatch Vessel Arrangements for transporting the Resident.’
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- Abstract: This part contains papers relating to the provision of a despatch vessel for the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to transport him on his regular tours of the Persian Gulf, and his occasional visits to places on the Arabian coast in order to deal with events as they arise.It includes papers relating to the following:The proposal of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Government of India that the steam ship Patrick Stewartshould be hired from the Indo-European Telegraph Department for the use of the Political Resident for his normal touring periodsThe Government of India’s proposal that the Colonial Office should be asked to contribute towards the cost of hiring the Patrick StewartThe question of what arrangements would be made for the Resident’s tours in the Gulf following the transfer of the Patrick Stewartfrom the Indo-European Telegraph Department to the Communications Company (Imperial and International Communications Limited)The proposed purchase of the Patrick Stewartby the Government of IndiaThe Government of India’s position that owing to the need for financial stringency they were unable to purchase the Patrick Stewartor any other vessel for the use of the Political Resident as a despatch vesselThe Admiralty being unable to agree to the suggestion that HMS Triadmight be borrowed occasionally by the Political ResidentThe Admiralty agreeing to the India Office proposal to place on a formal basis the hitherto informal arrangements for making sloops available, through the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf, for the transport of the Resident.The papers mostly consist of correspondence and India Office Political Department minute papers.The main correspondents are as follows: the India Office; the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the India Store Department of the Office of the High Commissioner for India; the Admiralty; the Foreign Office; Imperial and International Communications Limited; and the Agents of the British India Steam Navigation Company Limited, Bombay.The papers also include a photograph of the steam ship Patrick Stewart(folio 530A).Physical description: 1 item (452 folios)