ملف رقم ٢١٨٢ لسنة ١٩١٣ الجزء ٧ " الجزيرة العربية: السياسة تجاه ابن سعود" [و‎‎٧‎٥] (٤٢٠/١٤٥)

with a. following among ail the tribes of il&ja, go so far a?
to ©ay that the Kuwait is are surer of damnation tixan even
tha Knglishj. the latter* poor thin^©* are ignorant of the
true religion, while the Kuwaitis know, but do not follow
it. In f&Gt there is a strong prejudice agaioat Kuwait in
Hlyadh. Hot 30 in asim, iuraidaa, it is true, does not
love Kuwait my morn than tiyadh, oat zhe other towns are
more in sympathy with Kuwait than with Riyadh# 'ahabiiaa
is dreaded by the townsmen of Hajd. Khair feelings are
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mueh the sane as the modem Kngllshaaxi , s towards Kuritaniom.
A few years experience of Old IIoil and raise Ood Barobones
in the 17th century have ^iven us a horror of tiiat regimo
which has lasted down to the present time, fhe same is the
feeling of the average Kohamiaedan towards the ahabi. If
the Ikhwan move men t threatened to bring isxstk. back ahabiam
Kuwait mid the Bhmm&r would again be called on by the
asimis to rid them of the bugbear.
(15). ’Abdul 9 Aziz ibn ^a’ud is baching this religious
movement heavily* Ue conoeivos that it will help hiu. to
realise his ambition tc establish an Arabian empire
once more. Already he is ooginning to look out for
opportunities to encroach on territorial as well as tribal
boundaries of other shaikhs. Ha io a terrible coaster.
His latest effort, brought to lallm’s ears the other day
and retailed to mo the latter, is that m will plant
hie standard at Mal«h (8 miles from Kuwait) as his ancestor
did* 1 Abdul 9 Aziz himself told me that all the Pe&uin tribes
of Jentral Arabia including tlio coast line of the Gulf fXm
B&nrmh to Oman belonged to him sod, as for the merchants
of Kuwait, had they not all come from H&Jd and could they
ever divest themselves of their nationality as Uajuie or
cease to be his subjects ■
(16) oalim and the Ibn dsbbah are ponderij^ all those
things in their hearts - or their brains and therefrom springs
their policy*
i’her.jTor. they gravitate towards dim Hash id;
therefore