'1/C Volume II Miscellaneous'

Content

The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to miscellaneous topics, with the main ones being:

• The Dhafir raid, 1921.
• Shaikh Ahmad's loan to Ibn Sa`ud, 1921.
• Further raids by Iraq tribes and Najd counter-raids, 1921.
• Repairs to water plant, 1921.

An index on folio 3 lists other issues discussed such as: restitution of plunder, slave cases, gazetteers, King Faisal and accusations of inciting raiders. Also listed are the names of tribes and individuals involved.

Included in the volume are two printed documents: 'Notes on Kermanshah Affairs, May 1921' (ff 41-43); 'Black List – Of Ex-Officials of the Civil Administration of Iraq and the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force' (ff 87-88).

A number of letters in Arabic from Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir al-Subah [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], Ruler of Kuwait, are included in the volume.

The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Secretary to the High Commissioner, Baghdad; the Under Secretary to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Walter Frank Quantock Shuldham; the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kuwait, James Carmichael More; and Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir al-Subah, Ruler of Kuwait.

Extent and format

1 volume (119 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 117; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The front and back covers, along with the leading and ending flyleaves, have not been foliated. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-114; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 10-56 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/5/95

Former external reference(s)

First Series Files: 1/C II

History of this record

Date(s)

1 Sep 1921-8 Oct 1923 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Raids (Military science)

People & organisations

Emir of KuwaitSecretariat of the High Commissioner, Iraq

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