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'File No E/11 Kuwait' [291r] (603/804)
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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Trarmlation of a letter no. 558-0 IBth October
1918 from polltloal A^ant Jl^hraln to lhallch 31r Abiul A2l« bin
Abdur Uahroan Al falaal As 3aud, Rular of Ff«j(l 9 IIa8sa
and Uepanluncias*
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I hava not written before to Tour ^xoallency baoause
there has be n news of Imnortanoe to irrtpart to you. I^however ^now
aend you a abort auTOTnary of events aooordin^ to lateat tele*rrara«.
As you know Sir Peroy Oox, Mr. phllby and I arrived
baok in >iahraln af'a nont adventurous journey in a rourrb sea.
dy GJod's help all want well with ua. Zk&znsntxxisf Aa I exnected,
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3ir Peroy Oox'a arrival in Iraq has had the greatest effect for
good throughout the land. The news of his arrival has snread
abroad far and wide and has acted llVe water on fire. On all sidei
i hear the tribseraan are aubnittin^.
i3. The vory lateat news re odived yesterlay was to the
effect that ^aniawah had bean relieved by a strong force from
Nasiriyeh Al Muntafik, and the small narty of Mrltalh troons
whioh had been beaeired there since two months had bean ralieved#
Tha Arab forces whioh tried to prevent them from dolns? so were
defeated and scattered Just outside the walls of "amawah.
5. ^rom the direction of Karbala cornea still better newa
The Provincial Government which the 4rab rebels had set up there
Burrenderel in a body to the General Officer Jon r mndin^ the troopi
which were marching arainst the city. The surrendered nriioners
have btHia sent off to Baghdad to "ir Percy Cox. Doubt leaa he
will know how to deal with them.
V
4. ^rom the direction of Syria comes vary little news
indeed. The French are keeping their own council an I donot allow
nuoh to ^et out. One thing ia certain,howsvir^ The French have
separated the Province of Lebanon from that of lamascua and have
up a special (*overnment for the Lebanese, with Beyrout as its
0& pital. This has been done at the expreas desire of the neople
Lebanon*
In Damascus all the people have been ayatematically
v^aanaed by the French authorities.
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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).
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- 1 file (389 folios)
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This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.
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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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- 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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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