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'File No E/11 Kuwait' [103r] (219/804)
The record is made up of 1 file (389 folios). It was created in 21 Apr 1920-9 Feb 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
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Political Fowsit
Politioal Su^Mre
Civoon Ba^Mad
Pol itioal Bahr9in
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14tb frscei^ei l^th) September,19^0
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I^y tele/rram No. 9^-0. Boat in quention, a 1HUAI,
has returned Koweit and crew state on norninr of AUfcuat
28th, while watering at spring xn sea called C-HAMIoAH^a
,1 o 11 j 7 boat and BAQARAH annroached them one from each
3ide and opened fire on them. Nakbuda was killed and
rect jumped overboard whereu-non pirated boarded their
o HU a I and ceized every tbinp - including nearla and 1400
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
cash. They promised crew their liveSi^w* if
they came on board which they did. ^ ■ rit i ' *• taken JUSAIL
where detained 8 days v/hilst communicated with TBN JTLA" T I
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they were then released and all their nronerty returned
except cash was 31o/~
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
short,
I have examined twelve of crew, and am satisfied
that story is not fabrication.
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Addressed Bushire Baghdad Bahrein.
A.
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This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bahrain, Bushire, Baghdad, Kuwait, the 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. and the Government of India, as well as with ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd) and Sālim al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ of Kuwait.
These correspondence concerns relations between Britain, Ibn Sa‘ūd and Kuwait. Issues covered in this file include Ibn Sa‘ūd's boycott of the port of Kuwait in favour of the ports on the Eastern coast of Arabia; raids on Kuwait by the Ikhwān Movement (folios 6-14); relations between Ibn Rashīd, Ibn Sa‘ūd and the Āl Ṣabāḥ family of Kuwait; and defining the boundaries of Kuwait via-à-vis the territories held by Ibn Sa‘ūd (folios 41-44, 109 and 124).
The latter part of the file (folio 126 onwards) concerns the Battle of al-Jahrā’ in October 1920, when the Ikhwan Movement, under the leadership of Fayṣal al-Dawīsh, laid siege to the Red Fort (Qaṣr al-Aḥmar) in the town of al-Jahrā’, Kuwait. There is correspondence concerning the extent to which Ibn Sa‘ūd had control over Fayṣal al-Dawīsh and the Ikhwan forces (folio 148); copies of Arabic letters (with translations) between Ibn Sa‘ūd and Fayṣal al-Dawīsh (folios 246-263); and correspondence detailing British intervention on the basis of Anglo-Kuwaiti Treaty of 1899, including the provision of military assistance by sea and air (folios 160-63 and 170-71).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (389 folios)
- Arrangement
This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: This file has an uncircled foliation number in the top right hand corner or the centre of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. each folio.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/39
- Title
- 'File No E/11 Kuwait'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1ar:1fv, 2r:9v, 11r:17v, 18v:38v, 40v:45v, 50r:60v, 62v, 63v:98v, 99ar:99bv, 100r:115v, 116v:218v, 219ar:219bv, 220r:230v, 232r:243v, 247r:261v, 263v:265v, 266ar:266bv, 267r:272v, 273ar:273bv, 274r:279v, 280ar:280bv, 281r:283v, 284v:294v, 296r:297v, 298ar:298bv, 299r:304v, 308v, 309v:316v, 317v:320v, 321v:323v, 324v:332v, 333v:338v, 339v:344v, 346v, 347v, 351r:353v, 355v, 359r:361v, 362ar:362bv, 363r:376v, 377v:388v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence