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'File No E/11 Kuwait' [343r] (709/804)
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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Tran slation of a latter dated 10th ^abi-al-\wT7al 1^9
(ss 23/24th Novanbar 1920) fron llln :?iud to Political Affent #
jahraln.
Aftar oocml i ne^ntf-i
I hava racaivad a lattar from my countn ABDUL AZIZ bin
TUKKIf in whiob ha conveys aoma nawa which you will sa^ your-
aalf* I wiah to trannmit thana to your honour for two raanonaj
firatly, bacauoa Bin Jubah is uncaaainrly continuing hla
intriruea -ha aenda for ray tribanraan and briber thara. Ha finds -
out those frora among then who are raost foolish and rivas them
bribas. oacondly, I \70ndar, how it ii that t>>e question of my
goinpr to 3A3RAH, which should be a secret betvraan your honour
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andmysalf, is bainr onanly talked in Koweit, wha^e it is P-lven
out that this visit has bean made compulsory for ma in order
to causa an insult from His Majesty's '-ovemment to 3in '"aud.
This, probably, i\ t.ha outcome of 3in Bubah'a machinations.
Moreover, His dritannic l/ajaaty's Political vrrant in ^owoit
has bean spreadinp advarsa rumours and even his conversations
with JUFRAlf, when the lattar intarviawad him - not at all frood
or desirable. Jut I lid n6t like to pjiva expression to tMs
bafora, as I did not know fully what has emanated from him.
Uow his adverse reports rafardinrr the question of my froitir to
dAoRAH have bean confirmed by the letters of the aforesaid Bin
TURKI an I DHaIDAN bin hathlkm (bnclosed in original). T am now
convincad that tha adverse remarks and renorts which have bean
imputed to him wera really ^ivan out by him. his is, no
doubt, unbacomin/r for both sides. His Majesty's Government at*t
a3 well as myself.
s
\our Govarnment have bean constantly forbidding me to
act against dn 3ubah, and in return ha has be »n catohinf? hold
of my own foolish and lisloyal tribasman, and rivinr tham bribes
And if I neglect him, you are wall aware o* 1 the condition
of the jedouins and the ill-di ipojad. The numbar of nen vvho
will be thus persuaded to rro over to him will ro on incraasinr.
On tha other hand, if I punish them while they are in the naiptfj
bourhood of Koweit, it will brin^ blame on me from His "alasty'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).
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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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- 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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