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'File 53/57 I (D 35) Jariyah [Jahra] Affair and Boundary Dispute between Bin Saud and Shaikh of Kuwait' [25r] (62/660)
The record is made up of 1 volume (328 folios). It was created in 18 Apr 1920-16 Nov 1921. 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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and th©} have done no harm. Latar however they agreed to
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maroh and startad southwards• When Bin Shaqair heard this news
he at once sent for his kinsmen asking their help as he was
afraid of Bin Subah for reasons that his women and ohildrexi
were with him# He sent a message also to Bin Saud who wrote and k
ordered him not to proceed North of Qaryah, and that should any
one come and attack them at Qaryah they should resist by force
of arms.
The next move in the act was that Bin Suhah's forces
camped at Hamdh about five hours distant from Qaryah and to
the Southeast of it» From there Dhaij sent out a patrol which
met a Mutair patrol from -taryah. There was a fight - The news
having reached the respective Headquarter (DhaiJ and ibn Shqair)
reinforcements were urgently called for. These coming up
Joined battle with each other. We now know that Bin SubaJji was
defeated although we do not know actfta^ly what were the casual
ties on both sides. As regards the people of Mejd all wore
sorry to hear the news,and extremely indignant to hear of tfie
action of Bin Subah*
They also infomned Bin Saud of this misdeed and ho replied
telling them that the question did not concern them.
Mow the Imam Abdul Aziz has written asking me to inform
your Honour and to put two questions,^If Bin Subah is under
the protection of the High British Qove'rnment, then the matter
can be settled between him and Bin Subah through His Majesty's
Government• If on the other hand Bin Subah is an independent
ruler then he would like to deal direot with him. M
The truth of the whole matter is that Bin Saud and the
inhabitants of JHejd have nothing against Bin Subah and the
people of Kuwait, on the contrary they have affection for them,
and in like manner the people of Kuwait like Bin Saud and the
inhabitants of Ifejd. Since however Salim Bin Subah became
Shaikh ho has adopted a strangely contrary policy towards Bin \
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Saud which is not hidden from you.
Bin Saud has been exercising patience for the sake of
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your Government no doutt all Government officials are aware
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of this change of attitude•
Bin Saud has urged mo to inform you of this affair for
the
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This file contains correspondence regarding the conflict between Shaikh Sālim al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ of Kuwait and Abdul Aziz ibn Abdulrahman ibn Faisal Al Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud)] of Nejd [Najd].
As well as correspondence between British officials on this topic, the file contains a large number of translations of correspondence between Ibn Saud and 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. in Bahrain and Shaikh Sālim and 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. in Kuwait. The file also contains translations of letters from Ibn Saud to various tribal leaders and translations of correspondence between Ibn Saud and Shaikh Sālim. The original copy of a letter (and a number of enclosures) sent by Shaikh Sālim to 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. in Kuwait in September 1920 is contained in the file on folios 118-122.
The file contains an account of the Battle of Jahra (between the forces of Kuwait and Nejd) authored by James Carmichael More, 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. in Kuwait in October 1920 (ff. 170-174).
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- 1 volume (328 folios)
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File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
An index of topics discussed in the file is contained on folio 1.
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Condition: A bound correspondence volume, some its pages have come unbound.
Foliation: The file's foliation is written in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins with the first item of correspondence, on number 1, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 319. The file contains the following foliation errors: f 125 is followed by f 125A; f 308 is followed by ff 308A-B and f 284 is omitted.
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- 'File 53/57 I (D 35) Jariyah [Jahra] Affair and Boundary Dispute between Bin Saud and Shaikh of Kuwait'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:1v, 1ar:1av, 2r:117v, 122v:125v, 125ar:125av, 126r:283v, 285r:308v, 308ar:308bv, 309r:319v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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