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'File 53/57 I (D 35) Jariyah [Jahra] Affair and Boundary Dispute between Bin Saud and Shaikh of Kuwait' [128r] (270/660)
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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Always provided that attack or an aggression act is
committed against me by the other party.
You ask me to agree to the above conditions and state also
that Ibn Subah has been asked to comply with exactly similar
ones.
Yes,I beg to advise you that as regards the first condi
tion I agree to accept on behalf of myself and my people the
decision of the arbitrator who will be appointed by His Majesty
government and I now give an undertaking on behalf of myself and
my people not to interfere with those tracts of Koweit which
*
were not claimed or administered by my grand-father.
As regards my informing your Honour as a priliminary to
- negotiations of any aarks ,wells,mountains,or a feature such as
grazing grounds etc.
My answer is that I do-not recognize that Ibn Subah has
any boundaries(in the hinterland)neither mountain nor land-marks,
nor do I recognize that he has any tribesmen who depend on him,or
on whome he depends,nor do I recognize that he has any shore in
the hinterland of Koweit beyond the surrounding walls of Koweit
town and this has been the situation from the days of his fore-
«
fathers and mine. If Salim has any proofs to the contrary let
him produce them in order that I may admit or deny same. Any desert
Arab you will know these facts and will be willing to give evidence
to the above effects.
As regards the conditions that I should guarantee if His
Majesty Government undertake to settle the matter namely that no
hostile^ act should be committed or any kind of aggression
against the terrotories of Ibn Subah by any of my troops or tribes
men (except I am attached by the other party)l undertake on behalf
of myself and all who are under me that this shall be complied with.
I would further inform your Honour that I have equipped a
party under the command of one of my sons to guard my nothern
frontier ,they have orders to resist any sort of aggression on the
part of the tribesmen of Ibn Subah ;should any of the tribesmen
of Ibn Subah commit a hostile*s act,and get punished for his action,
I fear it may creat some difficulty for His Majesty Government .
Hence
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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.
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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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- 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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