!['File 61/14 III (D 47) Nejd and 'Iraq, relations between, (Mutair raid on Busaiyah etc.)' [‎52v] (113/453)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000228/IOR_R_15_1_579_0114.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'File 61/14 III (D 47) Nejd and 'Iraq, relations between, (Mutair raid on Busaiyah etc.)' [‎52v] (113/453)")
'File 61/14 III (D 47) Nejd and 'Iraq, relations between, (Mutair raid on Busaiyah etc.)' [52v] (113/453)
The record is made up of 1 volume (221 folios). It was created in 31 Dec 1927-13 Feb 1928. 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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
Summavy of covTespondence with Ibu Sa'ud, etc. ^(onclcl.
On November Mthj the Secretary of State instructed
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.
, Bushire, to transmit a message
to Ibn Sa'ud protesting against the attack on the
Busaiyah Post and asking that the offenders should
be punished, compensation paid for killed and
wounded and measures taken to prevent further
raids ; Kuwait Conference also to be postponed.
On 8th December, 1927, a telegram was received from
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.
, Kuwait, saying that Shaikh
Hafidh (Ibn Sa'ud^s representative, who had been
sent to Kuwait to attend the conference) bad been
instructed by Ibn Sa-'ud to warn the High Com
missioner that serious trouble had broken out in
Nejd and that a force was marching north contrary
to 'his orders.
The Secretary of State authorised the Political .Resident,
Bushire, to despatch to Ibn Sa^ud a message
aeknowleding the warning referred to in para. 16
and informing him of the conflict between British
aeroplanes and an Akhwan force in the neutral zone
on December 9th'and adding; that as a temporary
expedient and until Ibn Sa^ud
control of the frontier areas,
would pursue Akhwan raiding
Nejd frontier where necessary
and salutary lesson.
had re established
British aeroplanes
parties across the
to inflict a lasting
On November 30th Ibn Sa^ud wrote to the Political
Resident, Bu o hire, referring to past correspondence
between himself and the High Commissioner claim
ing that his protests against raids from J Iraq had
been ignored and then answered by the crea
tion of frontier posts in defiance of the Uqair
Protocol. He had protested again and again against
the creation of these posts without effect. The re
sponsibility for subsequent events rests with the
3 Iraq "Grovernment.
Reference to correspondence.
Secretary of State's tele
gram No. 409, dated l4tb
November, 192 7 ^ to
Bushire.
High Commissioner's tele
gram No. 596, dated 12th
December, 1927, to Sec
retary of State.
Secretary of State's tele
gram No. 446, dated IStli
December 1927, to Poli
tical Resident.
Ibn Sa'ud's letter No. M.3/
M./3/27, dated 30th
November It27.
869 (c) f&pi)
About this item
- Content
The volume contains telegrams, letters, and reports relating to affairs between Najd, Kuwait, and Iraq. Most of the correspondence is between Lionel Haworth, 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. in Bushire, Henry Dobbs, the High Commissioner in Baghdad, Ibn Sa'ud, the King of the Hejaz and Najd, Leo Amery, the Secretary of State for the Colonies in London, James More, 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, Cyril Barrett, 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 Bahrain, and Edward Ellington, the Air Officer Commanding in Iraq, with the Government of India and the Foreign Office in London regularly forwarding copies of correspondence.
The volume covers the effect of an attack on a frontier post at Busaiyah [al-Başīyah] in Iraq by the Mutair tribe of the Ikhwan under the leadership of Faisal al-Dawish, their subsequent rebellion, and a later raid by the same group into Kuwaiti territory.
The British response to the crisis is the subject of most of the volume, including the proposals and plans for air reconnaissance and bombing in desert areas, and endeavours to set up a personal meeting between Haworth and Ibn Sa'ud.
Other subjects are:
- details of the raids themselves;
- the danger of a large section of the 'Anizeh tribe residing in Iraq defecting to Syria because of the crisis;
- Ibn Sa'ud's own attempts to control the situation.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (221 folios)
- Arrangement
This volume is arranged chronologically.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The sequence begins with the spine, which has been separated, and ends on the inside back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, circled, and found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. There are the following irregularities: 1A, 1B, and 1C; 3A, 3B, and 3C.
There is a second sequence running from ff 4-212. It is also written in pencil in the top right corner, but is not circled and is inconsistent.
- Written in
- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
'File 61/14 III (D 47) Nejd and 'Iraq, relations between, (Mutair raid on Busaiyah etc.)' [52v] (113/453), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/579, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023494307.0x000073> [accessed 30 April 2024]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023494307.0x000073
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023494307.0x000073">'File 61/14 III (D 47) Nejd and 'Iraq, relations between, (Mutair raid on Busaiyah etc.)' [‎52v] (113/453)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023494307.0x000073"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000228/IOR_R_15_1_579_0114.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000228/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/579
- Title
- 'File 61/14 III (D 47) Nejd and 'Iraq, relations between, (Mutair raid on Busaiyah etc.)'
- Pages
- front, spine-a:spine-b, front-i, 1cr:1cv, 2r:2v, 3ar:3cv, 4r:27v, 29r:56r, 56r:56v, 56v:95v, 98r:147v, 150r:154v, 158r:161v, 163r:216v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence