IOR/L/PS/10/1248/2

The part concerns the conveyance of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, King of Hejaz and Nejd] to a meeting with King Feisal [Fayṣal I] of Iraq in February 1930, aboard the IGTS Patrick Stewart; the question of liability for the cost of the visit; and the question of liability for expenses incurred by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf in connection with the relief of refugees, and his mission to Ibn Saud.

The papers include: a letter from Ibn Saud expressing gratitude for his treatment aboard the Patrick Stewart (folio 101); a report on the journey by J Marr, Commander of the Patrick Stewart (folios 95-100); India Office correspondence and memoranda, and correspondence from the Colonial Office, the Foreign Office, and the Government of India, concerning the liability for the costs of the journey; and correspondence from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe), the Government of India, and the Colonial Office, concerning expenditure incurred by the Political Resident in supporting refugee women and children from the camp of Faisal al Dawish [Fayṣal bin Sulṭān al-Dawīsh] at Jahrah [Al-Jahrah], and the mission of the Political Resident to Ibn Saud.

The Colonial Office agreed to pay all the expenditure incurred (folios 63 and 43).