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'Administration Reports 1925-1930' [‎129r] (262/418)

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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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A small raid on some Shammar in the Hajarah by Ibn La$ii apparently
did take place, bat this is of little or no political importance, as nothing
further happened. The explanation of this may be found in the report of
a reliable man who left Riyadh on the 21st December, where he said there
had been talk of impending raids for some time. According to him Ibn
Sa'iid recently sent word to Ibn Humaid that, as he would not come and
visit him in Riyadh, he proposed coming to see him at Ghatghat. Ibn
Humaid replied that he would not agree to this either, but that he was will
ing to meet him in the desert if he liked. Eventually it was agreed that a
meeting should take place at Shauqi, ninety three miles north by west of
Riyadh, and Ibn Humaid had invited Da wish and Ibn Hithlain to attend
as well.
Nothing more is likely to happen until this meeting has taken place,
but whether or not Ibn Sa'iid can induce the Ikhwan to keep the peace after
wards remains to be seen. He will presumably try to persuade them to do
so until the arbitration is over.
Defence of Kuwait.
At the end of February the situation was so obscure that to guard
against the danger of a possible attack on the town of Kuwait, H. M. Ss.
"Emerald'', "Lupm" and "Crocus" were ordered to Kuwait, and a land
ing party was disembarked and maintained on shore. A temporary air
base was also established, and a flight of aeroplanes and a section (later tem
porarily increased to two sections) of armoured cars ordered to Kuwait.
Meanwhile the organization of the Kuwait forces progressed satis
factorily, and by the beginning of March every man knew his post. There
were certainly over three thousand well armed riflemen in the town, not
counting the garrison of Jahrah, which it was intended to withdraw to
Kuwait on the approach of a large force.
H. M. S "Enterprise" relieved H. M. S. "Emerald" in the beginning
of April, but it was not until the middle of that month that any reduction
in the number of ships was made, and at least one ship remained in Kuwait
until the 4th Jane.
The Royal Air Force detachments were finally withdrawn at the end of
May.
The Shaikh of Kuwait was allowed to purchase two machine guns and
three Lewis guns, but these did not arrive until after the menace was over.
Visits.
Captain H. G. C. Franklin, R. N., Senior Naval Officer in the Persian
Gulf arrived in Kuwait in H. M. S. "Emerald" on 23rd January and left
on 30th January. He was again in Kuwait from the 17th February until
the 4th April.
Captain G. S. H. R. V. de Gaury, Essex Regiment attached Royal
Air Force, Special Service Officer, Basrah, visited Kuwait on the 2nd Feb
ruary and again on the 9th February. From the 2nd March until the 3rd
May he was on duty in Kuwait as Special Service Officer.
Squadron Leader A. H. Peck, D.S.O, M.C., R.A.F., visited Kuwait
from the 16th to the 21st February.
Air Vice Marshal Sir Edward L. Ellington, K.C.B., C.M.G., C .B.E,,
Air Officer Commanding in 'Iraq, visited Kuwait by air on 25th February,
accflmpanied by Colonel W. Dent; and again on the 21st and 22nd March,
accompanied by Wing Commander F. L. Robinson, D.S.O., M.C., D.F.C.
Group Captain W. Bohill, C.M.G., D.S.O., visited Kuwait by air on
the 16th March, as did various other senior officers of the Royal Air Fore#
during the existence of the temporary air base.
Mr E. S. Berry, Administrative Inspector, Basrah, arrived by road
on the 31st March, and returned on the 1st April.

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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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