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'File 53/57 I (D 35) Jariyah [Jahra] Affair and Boundary Dispute between Bin Saud and Shaikh of Kuwait' [251r] (516/660)
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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Telegram
From
To
Repeated
No.
Dated
R.
Political Kowelt.
High ConnniBBioner,Baghdad.
Political Bushire and Bahrain#
203-C o
December 28th received 29th 1920,
On the morning of December 26th Dawish with a force of Akhwan
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esttwnated at 150 to 300 horse and between 500 and 400 camel men
attacked camp of the Ajman and Rashaidah at Mutla three miles
.
north-west of Jahrah,killed large number captured their camels
and sheep. On the evening of the 27th the Akhwan were still at
Zaghlah about 15 miles north-west of Jahrah. Shaikh has sent
Ali-al-Khalifah,Daij,etc to Jahrah with all available tribesmen
to resist possible attack,it is thought probable that the Akhwan
will today either raid Ghadai 16 miles north-east of Jahrah and
go thence to Safwan for next water,or else to withdraw to Safah.
Polifical.
... ; r.
Telegram
From
To
Repeated
No.
Dated
R.(Priority).
Political Koweit»
High Commissioner,Baghdad,
Political Bushire and Bahrain#
204-0 »
December 29th received 30th 1920,
I
I
My immediat^y preceding telegram. Camp attacked was at Zagh-
-lah itself,not at Mutla. I^wish remained there until Dec.20th
as his son Uzaiyiz severely wounded and not expected to live.
Women refugees arriving at Jahrah say all men taken alive most
likely killed and some women raped. Akhwan took permission to
visit Zobair for Musabalah and intended then to go to Safwan
hai
from which to raid. (Corrupt Group} left for GhadMi Dec.28th
Shaikh is greatly perturbed by this rumour about Zubair and
Safwan. He has written me a letter which I send by post. Gist
. ' 1; 1
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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).
- Extent and format
- 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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