IOR/R/15/1/560

The volume consists of letters, telegrams, administrative reports, memoranda, and hand-written notes concerning the affairs of Ibn Sa'ud and the Najd. The correspondence is between the Political Residency in Bushire, the Political Agencies in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jeddah, the High Commissioner in Iraq, the High Commissioner in Egypt, the Resident in Aden, the Colonial Office, the India Office and the Foreign Office, all in London, the Foreign Department of the Government of India, and Ibn Sa'ud. There are some letters written in Arabic.

The main subjects that the documents relate to are: the final payment of Ibn Sa'ud's subsidy; the unrest and movements of a number of tribes of the region, particularly the 'Ajman and those in the Kuwait area; and the expulsion of Hindu merchants from Qatif by Ibn Sa'ud.

Other topics are:

• Ibn Sa'ud's liability for Ottoman Public Debt repayments;
• diplomatic development and policy of Ibn Sa'ud;
• the absorption of the 'Idrisi state into Ibn Sa'ud's territories;
• Ibn Sa'uds's assumption of the title of 'King';
• anti-Wahabi propaganda distributed among Muslims in India.

Near the end of the volume is mention of treaties signed by Ibn Sa'ud with the German Reich and the Turkish Republic. Also of note is a 'Green Book', an official Najdi document, on the administration of the 'Idrisi province.