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'File 53/57 I (D 35) Jariyah [Jahra] Affair and Boundary Dispute between Bin Saud and Shaikh of Kuwait' [308ar] (630/660)
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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^ Extract from Confidential ^Summary of News
KUWAIT.
evening of the 10th instant, the messenger, who
-^en s^nt ^rom laiwait to the Najd Mission with the notifi
cation of sheikh Saiim's death, returned with letters from the
Fission and from Ibn Sa'ud.
The letters gave little information beyond the fact that
peace had been arranged between Ibn sa'ud and Kuwait. Accord
ing to the statement of the messengers, however, Ibn Sa'ud said
when the Kiesion first arrived, that lie felt nothing but the
most friendly feelings towards the people of Kuwait, and
the subah family, with the exception of Sheikh Salim. Sheikh
r .alim had brought all the recent'troubles on his own. head by
declaring war on the Mutair and by similar acts. He himself
desired nothing more than that there should be friendship
between Kajd and Kuwait, but Sheikh saUm was a great obstacle.
He thought, however, that peace was possible if Sheikh Admed
al-jabir acted for sheikh Salim. in all dealings with himself.
He drew up a document describing a frontier from Kuwait which
he said he was willing to recognise at once. The "MAQTA"
stream, which flows into the Persian (Tulf, 75 miles S.S.E. of
Kuwait formed part of this line, but what it was further West
is not known. Then came th^ news of Sheikh Saiim's death,
and Ibn Sa'ud tore up the document and'said 'that the two
houses of Sa'ud and Subah were once again united in perfect
friendship and that there was no longer any need for any
boundary between#
Sheikh*Admad al Jabir arrived at Kuwait on the 24th March
and was given a great ovation. He was accepted as Saiim's
successor by the Subah family on the same day, and on March
the 25th he summoned a meeting of the notables of the town
who also accepted him. He at once told them that he had no
intention of taking'any important step without first consul
ting them. One of them suggested that there should be regular
ly constituted council to meet regularly once or twice a week.
To this Ahmed replied that he would welcome his people every
day if they had anything they wished to discuss with him,
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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'
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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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