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IOR/R/15/5/30
- Record Id:
- 040-000242038
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000241998
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0003b9
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035097785.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/5/30
- Title:
- File 10/4 British relations with Ibn Sa`ud: Royal Navy support for Kuwait; proposal to send Sir Gilbert Clayton on mission to Ibn Sa`ud
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains correspondence related to the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd].
Specifically, the correspondence relates to Ikhwan raids into Iraqi and Kuwaiti territory, Ibn Sa'ud's relations with Kuwait and Iraqi tribes, Royal Navy support for Kuwait and a proposal to send Sir Gilbert Clayton on a mission to Ibn Sa'ud in Riyadh.
The principal correspondents in the file are officials at the British High Commission in Iraq, the Political Agency in Kuwait, the Political Residency in Bushire and the Secretary of State for the Colonies in London.
Also enclosed are a number of letters exchanged between Ibn Sa'ud and British officials (in Arabic with English translations).
On folios 155-163 the file contains a translation of an article entitled 'Iraq and Najd' that appeared in the Mecca-based newspaper Umm al-Qura on 24 February 1928.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000241998
037-000241999
038-000242031
040-000242038 - 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/15/5 : Political Agency, Kuwait
IOR/R/15/5/1-108 : Kuwait Agency, First Series subject files
IOR/R/15/5/24-42 : File 10: Ibn Sa'ud
IOR/R/15/5/30 : File 10/4 British relations with Ibn Sa`ud: Royal Navy support for Kuwait; proposal to send Sir Gilbert Clayton on mission to Ibn Sa`ud - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0005]/036-000241998[0001]/037-000241999[0009]/038-000242031[0007]/040-000242038
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (256 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0003b9
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1928
- End Date:
- 1928
- Date Range:
- 7 May 1928-23 Jun 1928
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 258; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-257; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- First Series File: 10/4
- Arrangement:
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
An index of topics discussed is contained at the rear of the file (on folios 256-257); the folios used in this index relate to an earlier incomplete foliation system that is in uncircled pencil in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)