The King’s Oryx: Ibn Saud’s Diplomatic Gift to George V
Resource type
Learning object
Creator (person)
Lowe, Daniel
Date published
October 14, 2014
Abstract
In 1920, a gift from Ibn Saud in the form of a female oryx was the first ever to have survived the difficult journey from Arabia to London. In correspondence between HM the King and the Amir of Najd of 1920 it was noted that an animal ‘unique of its kind’ had arrived in London, indeed ‘no other specimen having reached England from Arabia alive’. The person writing the note viewed the arrival of an oryx, presented by Ibn Saud, with some degree of national importance. But the manner in which the creature made its way to London had been challenging and circuitous.
Publisher
British Library
Qatar Digital Library
Place of publication
Doha, Qatar
UK
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