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File 10/12 Desert news: defeat of Ikhwan by Ibn Sa`ud (Battle of Sibilla, 1929); operations against rebels [117r] (240/382)
The record is made up of 1 file (187 folios). It was created in 31 Mar 1929-5 Aug 1929. 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 (0).
Frocj Highcoma, Baghdad.
Political, Kuwait.
No. 92.
Dated 4th H&rch 19^9.
Your No. 119. Please request the Shai^di to take all »i»s.xiJs
possible steps to recover the sheep looted from the Banl
Malik tribe yesterday, reminding him of the action taken by
the ’Iraq Government in 19«*6 to recover the Kuwait camels
looted by the Sharnmar under Shi brum bin Jibhan.
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Letter No.122 dated 4th March 1929 from P.A., Kuwait, to
* ^ •* J
HpEt Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir as-Subah, Ruler of Kuwat
After compliments.
I have the honour to inform Your Excellency that I have
received an urgent telegram from H,E, the High Commisslonei
for 'Iraq,in which he asks me to request Y.S. to take all
possible steps to recover the sheep plundered from the
sKhisran yesterday, and to remind Y.E. of the assistance
given to you by the 'Ulraq Government in U45 in recovering
the Kuwait camels plundered by the Shammar under Shibrum
bin Jibhan.
Usual ending.
'elegrara (G).
'rom Political, Kuwait.
’o Highcoaa, Baghdad.
Io. 123.
)ated 4th March 19^9*
rour No.92. X urcea the Shsikh yesterday mornlne, Sunday,
,o do anything he possibly could to help the 'Iraq tribee-
asn and sugsested his sending out a force in c a rs as he
lid last year,but he said the ratders «ere too strong to
ihinlc of attacking.He said that beyond sending out car
patrols to watch them & if necessary Indicate their where
abouts to aircraft he was powerless to help auch as he
would like to. I have conveyed your message to him out
ioubt If he could do anything now in any case,as sheep
are presumably outside Kuwait territory before this.
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This file contains correspondence related to the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and related political developments.
Specifically, the correspondence in the file relates to tribal movements and disturbances in and around the Iraq-Kuwait border, the closure of the road between Kuwait and Zubair and the killing of an American missionary named Henry Bilkert.
The majority of the correspondence in the file is internal correspondence between British officials but letters exchanged between the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Kuwait, Major James Carmichael More, and the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (in Arabic with English translations), also appear throughout the file.
In addition to correspondence, the file also contains a report on the situation in the Southern Desert of Iraq and Ibn Sa'ud's territory of Najd that was written by the Special Service Officer in Basra (folios 37-41).
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- 1 file (187 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 187; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 5-186; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- File 10/12 Desert news: defeat of Ikhwan by Ibn Sa`ud (Battle of Sibilla, 1929); operations against rebels
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:5v, 6v:19v, 20v:48v, 49v, 50v:81v, 84r:109v, 110v:118v, 119v:121v, 125r:136v, 137v:146v, 149r:158v, 159v:161v, 164r:179v, 180v:186v, 187v, back-i
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