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'File 53/57 I (D 35) Jariyah [Jahra] Affair and Boundary Dispute between Bin Saud and Shaikh of Kuwait' [116r] (244/660)
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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APPSUDIX III.
on tkic Sua. 1 oan ( 11tn i^ay 1^20 ) ay son Da'ij with my
servants, herdsaen and Araiodar were encadped at naaidh near
uariyan, grazing their herds as usual, when Faisal ad-Dawish and
his Toiiowers suddenly attacked tnea, and seised all their herds
and other property and jiilled a large number of tnea; and that
at at a time wnen they considered tneaiselves safe, as tuere was
no reason for it, I wrote a friendly leuoer to Ion Sa'ud at tne
time, asking him to order restitution to "be made for tue proper^-
which Dawisxi a^id his followers had seized and tne people wnom
they had killed without ^ust cause. I received a reply from him
in which he said that he had not ordered, or wished Dawisn to do
what xxe iiad done, but "j. did kiiow that Dawish was making prepara
tions, and I wrote to him forbidding an attack, but wnen my
servants reached him the affair had already taken place, and
wnen that nappened 1 was not angry# he seno 1 oij camels, a riding
camel and a mare, and he wrote a paper containing conditions, and
said that if 1 signed it ne would return tue rest of tne property:
out tuat ix 1 did not agree to sign', X must excuse him from doing
so. X wrote to him a second time on the subject in a frxeudly
manner and asked him to return the property, but xiave receivea
a reply in wnich txiere is no benefit. Therefore tue aroitration
of Government is asked for in tne mati»er.
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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)
- Arrangement
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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Title
- 'File 53/57 I (D 35) Jariyah [Jahra] Affair and Boundary Dispute between Bin Saud and Shaikh of Kuwait'
- Pages
- 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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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