'E 12 Ibn Rashid' [41r] (81/94)
The record is made up of 1 file (46 folios). It was created in 1 Mar 1920-12 Sep 1920. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the 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. .
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Telegram
From - Politloal, Bahrain.
To - Oivoom, Bahgdad
- Political Kuwait
Eepeatad (by post) Political, Buahire
Ho. '73,^ '
Datad 1st July 1920•
lour 7870• Private letter to Shaikh of Bahrain from Hejd
source stated reliable gives following version recent reports
Shammar Alchwan affajr# Begins#
About 10th June Ibn Rabian Shaikh Ataibah with Akhwan
attacked section JBUiKB and HUT AIM tribes at BAITHA HATHAIL sixty
miles west EAIL captured all their camels losses both sides
approximatfciy 500• Later Al Harb oounterraided camp Shammar
who recently converted to Akhwanism at Guara 20 miles west xuxai;
^usaiba. Harb raid successful Shammar Akhwan practically wiped
out• Ends•
Above confirmed by mainland Bedouin^ sources. Bin Saud
writing me from ftiath on 24th June re: Kuwait affair makes
mention anything unusual. Present is regular season for
Bedouin to Ghazzu.^y opinion little importance need be attached
stories fighting which are obviously only ordinary raids.
According v ^usaibi relations between Bin Saud and Bin Raschid i
continue friendly.
Addressed Baghdad repeated kuwait,^Bushire by post
I I
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This file contains correspondence between the British 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. at Bahrain, British 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. at Bushire, the British Civil Commissioner at Baghdad, as well as officials in the Government of India and ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd).
The correspondence concern British involvement in Central Arabia and relations between Ibn Sa‘ūd and the Āl Rashīd family of Ḥā’il. Covered within the correspondence are details about the assissination of Sa‘ūd bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Rashīd at the hands of his cousin and the subsequent succession of ‘Abdullāh bin Mit‘ab Āl Rashīd, the son of the seventh Amīr of Ḥā’il, Mit‘ab bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Rashīd.
The file also contains a genealogical 'Table of the Ruling Al Rashid (Shammar) Family of Jabal Shammar' (folio 28) and details of the 1920 deputation from Ḥā’il to Riyadh to arrange a treaty with Ibn Sa‘ūd (folio 20).
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- 'E 12 Ibn Rashid'
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