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'Administration Reports 1925-1930' [‎47v] (99/418)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (205 folios). It was created in 1926-1931. It was written in English. 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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On the 3rd May a party of Jiblan, a sub-section of the 'Ilwah section of the
Mutair, under the son of Saihud bin Lami, attacked the Diyahin, a sect ot the
Auiad \Vasii sub-section of the Buraih section of the same tribe, who had secede
from the tribe and were encamped on the north-west shore of Kuwait .bay, some
18 miles from Jahrah, and, after a sharp tight in which each side lost tour men
killed, captured everything they had.
On the 8th May Ibn Shuqair and Haif al-Fuqm, both of the Muwahah sub
section of the 'Ilwah Mutair, with a party of over a hundred camel udeis and
some twenty horsemen, attacked a mixed camp of Diyahin and other sece eis
from the Ikhwan about live miles north-west of Jahrah. They killed six men
and captured nearly two hundred camels, and themselves lost one man killed and
three wounded. The seceders wanted to take refuge m Jahrah village, but were
refused admittance by the Shaikh's representative. The following day die
Ikhwan sent a message to the Shaikh of Kuwait, saying that it they had inadveit-
ently plundered anything belonging to him or his subjects, they would re am i..
The Shaikh thanked them, but said that nothing had been taken.
On the 7th June a party of about thirty Ikhwan, mostly 'Ajman, who v ere
returning from an unsuccessful raid towards Eumailah, arrived at Kar
seven miles north-east of Jahrah. Here they met a raiding party 01 ioit\
seceders, who were returning from the Dahanah, after raiding forty camels neai
Artawiyah. A fight took place, in which each side lost three or four killed, ine
Ikhwan did not recover any of the plunder.
On the 2 : 5th June 'Ali bin 'Ashwan, accompanied by Jazza' bin 'Ashwan,
Mukhailif al-Jarbu', Salim al-Busaiyis, Dhaif Ullah bin Muhailib, Ibn Majid ad-
I) a wish and Muhammad bin Munaikhir, with a force said to consist of over a
thousand men, attacked the Dhafir at Habbariyah and Khanaqah near Abu Ghai r
where the 'Araif and 'Askar sub -sections«and the Mosamir sect ot the bamic a 1
section, and the Kathir sub-section of the Butun section were camping together.
The Dhafir were taken bv surprise and lost several killed. The Ikhwan, win?
themselves lost three men killed, captured a very large number of camels an(_
retired via Tuqaiyid. The Dafir who were delayed by the fact that they hsd
TDractically no camels in camp at the time of the attack, eventually sent out a pait r
in pursuit, which succeeded in recovering about a hundred camels.
Under orders from the Traq Government the seceders from the Ikhwan
tribes of Najd who had taken refuge in 'Iraq, and had been disturbing the peace
of the Frontier for so long, started to move towards the Northern Jazirah, m
May and by the end of June the Frontier was free from them. Since then the
country has certainly been more peaceful.
In the beginning of September the Ikhwan detachment, which had been sta
tioned near the southern frontier of Kuwait since June 1924, was disbanded by
Ibn Sa'ud's orders. Its commander, Muhammad as-Suhali, went back to Hasa,
and the men, who were mostly drawn from the 'Awazim, returned to their tribe.
At the end of the month, however, another detachment, consisting of thirty camel
riders under Hamad bin Hadfah, arrived.
On the 1st October this detachment went to the Zaur Hills on the north-west
of Kuwait Bay, and on the following day on their way back to Jahrah they caught
ten men whom they suspected of being seceders from the Ikhwan. On their
arrival at Jahrah they released seven of these on the assurance of the villagers
that they had no connection with the seceders, and shot the other three. On the
6th October they left Jahrah and returned to Najd territory.
Pearl Fishery. —About 285 Kuwait pearl divers left for Ceylon at the end
of January, to take part in the Pearl Fishery at Marichchukkadi. They re
turned in the beginning of May, bitterly disappointed with the result.
The Kuwait Pearling Fleet started to leave Kuwait on the 20th May, but,
owinc; to exceptionally rough weather at the end of that month, it was not till
the beginning of June all boats had left. In all about 250 larger boats proceed
ed to the main banks off Bahrain and Qatar, and some 225 smaller boats to the
northern banks between Eas-al-Qulai'ah and Ras Mish'ab, including a few boats
from Failakah Island and from the villages 011 the coast to the south of Kuwait.
The fleet returned during the last week of September, after which a larger
proportion than usual returned to the banks for a few weeks for the " Raddah " y
or second dive. " ' *
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The volume includes Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the year 1925 (GIPS, 1926); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the year 1926 (GIPD, 1927); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the year 1927 (GIPD, 1928); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the year 1928 (GIPS, 1929); [ Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the year 1929 ] (GIPS, 1930); and Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the year 1930 (GIPS, 1931); . The volume bears some manuscript corrections.

The Administration Reports contain separate reports, arranged in chapters, on each of the principal Agencies, Consulates, and Vice-Consulates that made up the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , and provide a wide variety of information, including review by the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. ; details of senior British administrative personnel and foreign representatives; local government; military, naval, and air force matters; political developments; trade and economic matters; shipping; aviation; communications; notable events; medical reports; the slave trade; and meteorological details.

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1 volume (205 folios)
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The Reports are bound in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover and continues through to 207 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio.

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