'File 61/14 III (D 47) Nejd and 'Iraq, relations between, (Mutair raid on Busaiyah etc.)' [‎164r] (346/453)

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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.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

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