IOR/R/15/2/35

This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bahrain, Bushire, Baghdad, Kuwait, the India Office and the Government of India, as well as with ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd) and his son, Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd. These correspondence concern the 1919 mission of Fayṣal and Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the son of Shaikh Jābir al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ to London.

Included within the file are details concerning the invitation of Ibn Sa‘ūd to send 'a mission of [his] sons to London' dated 14 May 1919 (folios 4-5) and his response dated 16 June 1919 (folios 8-9); telegrams and letters making arrangements for Fayṣal's trip and his entourage, including Aḥmad al-Thāniyān and ‘Abdullāh al-Quṣaybī (folio 53); their departure for Karachi on the RIMS Lawrence on 6 September 1929 (folio 55-56); letters informing Ibn Sa‘ūd of the progress of the trip via Bombay and Port Said; and their arrival in London 13 October 1919 (folio 69).

Also included are details of the reception of the mission by the King George V and Queen Mary (folio 71); various correspondence with Ibn Sa‘ūd concerning the progress of the trip; their eventual return via Bombay and Bahrain, arriving 9 February 1920; 'Notes of a conversation between The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and the Arab Mission representing the Emir Ibn Saud' dated 26 November 1919 (folios 89-93); and a letter of thanks from Fayṣal (folio 98).