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'File 61/11 III (D 66) Relations between Nejd and Hejaz.'

Catalogue reference: IOR/R/15/1/566

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Reference
IOR/R/15/1/566
Title
'File 61/11 III (D 66) Relations between Nejd and Hejaz.'
Date
22 Oct 1925-9 Mar 1928
Description

The volume consists of letters, telegrams and reports concerning events in the Hejaz. The correspondence is between the Colonial Office, the India Office, the Foreign Office, the Political Residency in Bushire, the Political Agencies in Bahrain and Kuwait, the British Consulate in Jeddah, and the Government of India. The subjects covered in the volume are two Indian Muslim delegations that travel to the Hejaz for talks with Ibn Sa'ud, the abdication of 'Ali, Hussein's arrival in Iraq, and new coinage introduced in Najd-Hejaz. Included is a report by S. R. Jordan, the acting Agent in Jeddah, on the activities of one of the Indian delegations (folio 18), and a copy of the regulation for the new coinage (folios 31-34).

Arrangement

The volume is arranged chronologically.

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
1 volume (40 folios)
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Unrestricted

Physical condition
Foliation: The sequence starts on the first folio, begins with 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D, and then proceeds as normal from 2 through to 37 on the inside back cover. The numbers are written in pencil in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. It should be noted that there is no f 19, the number 19 is written on the verso side of f 18.
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'File 61/11 III (D 66) Relations between Nejd and Hejaz.'