IOR/R/15/2/92

The file deals with revolts against the King of Hejaz and Najd [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] (commonly referred to in the papers as Bin Saud or Ibn Saud) by Akhwan [Ikhwān] tribes in Najd (also referred to as Nejd).

The file consists of a small amount of direct correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain (and Indian Assistant, Bahrain) and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; but the majority of the correspondence is between the Political Agent, Kuwait (Lieutenant-Colonel James Carmichale More); the Political Resident; the High Commissioner for Iraq; the Government of India; the British Agent, Jeddah; the Colonial Office; the Foreign Office; and other British officials in the region, copies of which were sent to the Political Agent, Bahrain for information. There is also some correspondence with Bin Saud.

The file covers: operations of Bin Saud against rebel tribes, particularly Ajman and Mutair; activities of individual Akhwan leaders, especially Faisal al Dawish [Fayṣal al-Dawīsh]; cross-frontier movements of tribes; effect of operations on neighbouring states, particularly Kuwait; attitude of the Shaikh of Kuwait [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], including suggestion of 'leakage' of supplies from Kuwait to the rebels (folio 70); consideration of British military action against rebels in Najd (e.g. folio 57); the position of the Awazim tribe; and accounts of Bin Saud's successes against the rebels, September - October 1929.

The Arabic language content of the file consists of ten folios of correspondence between Bin Saud and British officials.