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'File No E/11 Kuwait' [306r] (635/804)
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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hava p^ot the traafluras of Jablr and ^'ubarak, and by God
Almighty, I will apsnd thara all in fl^tinr arain^t Bin Saud
and aaouring halp not only from Kowait itaalf, but alao from
Haooa and Jabal ihamniar, and I, i3in Subab, aball attaok ^aaaa
both by land and aaa* The British tharnaelvaa have nror^isad
me help in fighting against ^in :5aud ,, •
I know all this to ba nara bombaat, and inaraly ror-
tion it for your information# Thank God f the ualim are
strong enough for any one. But, 0 Abdul Azi^, I daaira to
give you sorae atraipcht talk. "Vou hava waakanad youraalf and
alao weakened ua, the iiualeraa, by means of your policy, "hen
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we found Ibn Subah proud and airiRrraaaive, we attacked him,but
no sooner had God and the Huslir's broke* his power, than un
you f^et and say, ''Let him remain in peace, leave him in
hia town, aa i hava to satisfy the iritiih". It is Tarrabah
and the Sharif over aprain. That is to say, when God privas
ua victory, you rob us of the fruits of the same. low you
wish us to spare din Jubah. Jut,Know, 0 Abdul Aziz, if this
is your opinion than know that it is not acoordinpi: to the
religion (Din), nor ia it according to the dictates of
wisdom. lou ought to submit the natter to the decision of
the Alims of tha Muslims. If your action is only dictated by
the ;nftlish, than you are deceiving us.If tha Sharif and ?in
Subah are under their ( ^ritiah) nfotection, then let the
xiritiah atop tham making any hostile movementa against *fa;Jd,
you on your part can alao undertake to do the same, and the
Muslims will reprard your undertakinprs as binding. If the
object (of your undertakinprs with the British) is that military
action is allowed in the Desert, but prohibited whan it comas
to taking towns, then such undertakinpts are useless aa far
as we can see# even though we may be sinmla edouina. "'a do
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not ask you for anythinnr except what you yourself have prrant
ed ua, your servants and subjects, that is "Tahkim A1 'har^ 1 *
(submitting matter to iihara for decision). ">o,now we ask you
for a reference to Shara in this matter.
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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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- IOR/R/15/2/39
- Title
- 'File No E/11 Kuwait'
- Pages
- 262r:263r, 305r:308r
- Author
- al-Dawīsh, Fayṣal bin Sulṭān xx Al Duwaish, Faisal bin Sultan
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- Public Domain