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IOR/R/15/2/74
- Record Id:
- 040-000228330
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000329
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023626479.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/74
- Title:
- File 1/2 (Vol I) Matters affecting the Sultan of Najd
- Scope & Content:
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The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Secretariat of the High Commissioner in Baghdad and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf regarding ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd) , Sultan of Najd and Dependencies, and British relations with him, including the payment of a £520,000 subsidy in 1923-1924 and British visits to Rihad [Riyadh].
The volume includes:
- Petition denouncing Ibn Saud's occupation in Katiff [Al Qatif, Saudi Arabia] and Hassa [Hasa, Saudi Arabia] from inhabitants claiming to be Bahraini nationals and requesting the British Government's help (folios 61-63);
- Petition from the Shi'ah community in Al Qatif to the Ruler of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah, asking for help to maintain their religious freedom against Ibn Saud's persecutions (in Arabic on folio 209 with English translations on folios 201-203 and 210-212 and notes on the signatories on folios 204-206);
- Hejaz Nationality Law (folios 214-215).
There are some letters in Arabic, to and from Ibn Sa‘ūd.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000228327
038-000228328
040-000228330 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/73-138 : Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/73-95 : File 1 Political
IOR/R/15/2/74 : File 1/2 (Vol I) Matters affecting the Sultan of Najd - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0002]/037-000228327[0001]/038-000228328[0002]/040-000228330
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (247 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000329
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1921
- End Date:
- 1928
- Date Range:
- 8 Apr 1921-12 Jun 1928
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- The foliation is in pencil, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The numbering commences at the first folio with 1, 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D and 1E; then 2-132; 133 and 133A; 134-143; 144 and 144A; 145 and 145A and terminates at the last folio with 239. Circled index numbers in blue crayon can also be found throughout the volume.
- Former External References:
- File 1 Political /2 (Vol I)
- Arrangement:
- The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)