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'File 53/57 I (D 35) Jariyah [Jahra] Affair and Boundary Dispute between Bin Saud and Shaikh of Kuwait' [222r] (458/660)
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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^ translation of a lattar 'latad thn 134th lafar ^959
(rs ,5 -» \}Si*4 as-* \ ~ .
from Bin 'aud to Major H.R.^.Dio^son
0• I.E #f politloal Aft&nt # Bahrain.
alftar oorap ltrartnt.a
iha Objaot of wrltlnir thla frlairily lattar la to
Inquire of your honour's health ana to Inform your honour
that my oonditlon by the fcraca of no<l will plaana you In
avory reapsot, and that nothing Inportant has ooourod whloh
nay ba worthy of nantlon to your honour, axoapt the queatlon
of Koweit.
I hava already atatad the true facta of tba affair in
ny previous lettara. a day or two asp I reoelvel a letter
froia falaal Ad Oawlah, enoloalnst a proolamtlon a ant to Mn
by the Political Af^nt of my frlenda, Hla Majesty's (Jovern-
raent.at Kowelt. I an forwarding both these to your honour
In order t.hat you my peruse the same and Imow that the
afore-said Ad Uawleh enoanped at Al-3afah, after reoalvln^
my orclara to ratira.
Aa I have mentioned to your h-nour In my previous
letters r8 K ardln^ the Jhalkh of f 'owelt, ^ should ha not
dealst from Intrlpruea, I an afraid soBethlnf very serious
nay take plaoe. "Jou will, therafora, kindly brin« this to
the notice of the High Oomnlssloner in 'eaonotanla in or^lsr
that ha may urga upon the afore-rentloned Ibn lubah to stop
all his evil raovanenta, aa,aooordln* to reliable inforwatlon,
ha la atill oontinuinfr to atir up trouble.
1 an reatraining nyaalf and rnaVltip; no wove nyaelf
in orMer to pleasa ny frlenda, the. High British Oovemnent,
aaeinr alno they have requastad this; but am iubah la in
creasingly busy in hia dark intriguea with ray people, 'nowlug
all I know, I cannot keep patience much longer, a reraedy
must be found and settlenent effected with utmost noaalble
deapatoh. The whole situation is a moat serious and urirent
one, and if not taken in hand aoon, aonething vary serious
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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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- '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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