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'File E/17 Kuwait Deputation to Riyadh. Death of Sh. Salim of Koweit' [6r] (11/24)
The record is made up of 1 file (12 folios). It was created in 5 Jan 1921-13 Mar 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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Nc,S>0-C. Political Ar©rcy,B8.hrain,
Snd February IPP-1.
» t
To,
Bin Saud.
After cowiplinente.
Your Excellency Ib probably aware that a MiBBion
conBiatlng of Shaikh Ahrad tin Jatir, Shaikh <?lia6it) Mn
rhazaal,Abdul Latif Al -iiindll and othsrr arf oorinft to meet
your Fxoellnnoy in yeur capital Riyadh Tery Bhortly.
Ct learning fron our friendrf AkK± Abdul Aziz
Al-QuasaiM, I asked the Eifih cornier,ioner Sir Percy Cox
about this telefrrphlcally and have received a telegrar li
reply stating that the lUssion is sent on the advioe of seme
mutual friends of Your Excellency and Shaikh Salim and ii !
going to meet Your Excellency in the hope of removing mtKEX
mlsumderstanding and bringing about personal reconciliation
between both of you old friend*. Sir Percy Cox further
mentions in his telegram that although the MiBsion is not
sent officially by him, but that it carries his cordial
wishes for the ££££**of its object, that is to say, that
His Excellency hopee, ^insha-Allah, a reconciliation will
take place between Your ExcellMcy and Shaikh Ealim for the
good both b 1de b .
This is what had to be communicated to Your
Fxoellwncy and may you be preserved.
Khan Sahib,
Indian ABBiBtant,
I k charge Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,Bahrain.
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This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bahrain, Kuwait, Bushire and Baghdad.
The papers within this file concern relations between Ibn Sa‘ūd and Kuwait following the events of 1920 when the forces of the Ikhwan Movement under the leadership of Fayṣal al-Dawīsh laid siege to the Red Fort (Qaṣr al-Aḥmar) at al-Jahrā’, Kuwait.
Also included within the file are details concerning the death of Sheikh Sālim al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ of Kuwait in February 1921, and the succession of his son, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ.
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- 1 file (12 folios)
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This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.
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Foliation: This file has a foliation number in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The number is enclosed by a circle.
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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/15/2/44
- Title
- 'File E/17 Kuwait Deputation to Riyadh. Death of Sh. Salim of Koweit'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:11v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence