IOR/L/PS/10/1126

Correspondence and other papers relating to the invasion of the Hejaz region of Arabia by Wahabi [Wahhabi] troops under the Sultan of Najd, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]. The papers cover: the Wahabi attack on Jeddah, and a blockade of the coast to the south of Jeddah; reports from the British naval vessels HMS Cornflower and HMS Concord, posted to the Red Sea to monitor the situation at Jeddah; the movements of the deposed King Hussein of Hejaz [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī]; appeals made by King Ali of Hejaz [‘Alī bin Ḥusayn al-Hāshimī] for the British Government to intervene in the war between Hejaz and Najd forces; King Ali’s attempts to raise funds in England to pay for Hejaz troops; concerns over the security of pilgrims travelling to Mecca during the war.

The volume’s principal correspondents are: the British Consul at Jeddah, Reader William Bullard; the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India; the Foreign Office; Commander and Senior Officer of the Red Sea Patrol on board HMS Cornflower, Commander Stuart Elton Holder, superseded in February 1925 by Commander Evelyn Twysden Wickham.

The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence (f 4).