IOR/R/15/1/599

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.