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'File 53/7 V (D 8) Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs, The Arab Tribes' [7r] (22/531)
The record is made up of 1 volume (264 folios). It was created in 22 Sep 1905-20 Jan 1907. 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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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government,]
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ARABIA. [December 18.]
CONFIDENTIAL. Section 1,
No. 1.
Sir N. 0 Conor to the Marquess of Lansdowne.—(Received December 18.)
(No. 902. Confidential.)
My Lord, Constantinople, December 11, 1905.
I HAVE the honour to forward to your Lordship herewith copy of a despatch
from His Majesty's Consul at Bussorah relating to the condition of Turkish troops in
Central Arabia and the political situation there.
I have, &c.
(Signed) N. B. O'CONOB.
Inclosure in No. 1.
Consul Crow to Sir N. 0'Conor.
(No. 75. Confidential.)
Sir, B ussGvoh, JSovemher 18, 1905.
FROM information collected here, I learn that of the troops who went to
Ghassim last year many died of starvation and many deserted. Some forty fugitives
reached Kovveit three weeks ago in a pitiable plight. The Sheikh provided them
with clothing and money, hired a
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
for them, and sent them on to Bussorah.
Two officers, Beshid Bey, a Major, and Husni Bey, a Lieutenant-Colonel, left the
troops in Grhassim and arrived recently in Bussorah. The latter came by way of
Koweit with about fifteen men. He is said to be on his way to Egypt.
Orders were sent from Bagdad some weeks ago to Sudgi
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, in command of
the troops in Ghassim, to discharge about 180 time-expired men. On checking the
list it was found that of the 180 men only 18 remained, and the rest had died.
It is stated that the soldiers in Ghassim have received no pay, and that half the
provisions sent from Medina were looted by the Arabs on the way. The troops now
in Ghassim are said to number about 750.
Husni Bey seems to have quarrelled with his commanding officer, Sudgi
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
,
and to have left his post without leave. His account of the condition of the troops in
Central Arabia may be highly coloured, but as regards numbers his version seems to
agree roughly with that given by the Sheikh Mubarak to 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.
at
Koweit.
The .Resident at Bushire has sent me a copy of a statement made by Sheikh
Mubarak to Captain Knox, describing the political situation in the interior of Arabia
in October 1905. The Sheikh's account is as follows :—
Bin Beshid is not strong, even in Hail,Hamood, his uncle, and brother of
Mohamed-bin-Reshid, is in charge, and has lost four sons in the recent fighting.
Their names are Maid, Salim, Mohamed, and Obeyd. He has three sons left. The
eldest is Sultan, who is at enmity with the rest of the family and lives at Jof. He has
recently been in correspondence with Sheikh Mubarak. The other two, Saoud and
Eeysul, are with their father Hamood in Hail. Abdul Aziz-bin-Metaab, the Chief of
the Bin Reshid family, has not resided at Hail for the last six years, but is constantly
wandering in the desert.
The state of the town of Hail is deplorable. The population consists of Bin
Reshid's soldiers. The residents, having no means of livelihood, have dispersed to
other towns, selling their property to provide money for their journey.
Abdur Rahman-bin-Eeysul, the head of the Saoud family, is at Riad. The town
anu district are prosperous. There is no truth in the story of a rising at Sedeyr
against Bin Saoud's power.
There are no Turkish troops or Turkish Representatives in Riad. Abdul Aziz-bin-
Saoud, the eldest son of Abdur Rahman, lies armed in Boregda. There are fifty Turkish
^ soldiers in Boregda, and thirty in Aneyza, but no Turkish civil Representative. The
main body of the Turkish troops is at Shebiyeh, five hours north-west of Boregda.
[2294 s—1]
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding political affairs in Kuwait and its vicinity. The correspondence focuses on developments in the conflict between Abdul Aziz ibn Abdulrahman ibn Faisal Al Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud)] and the ruler of the Emirate of Jabal Shammar and head of the Rashidi tribal dynasty, Abdul Aziz Ibn Mitab and includes a report that describes the killing of the former by forces of Ibn Saud (folio 135).
The correspondence also discusses relations between Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ (the ruler of Kuwait) and the Ottoman Empire and the file contains copies of correspondence between Shaikh Mubārak and British officials on this topic. A letter sent from Shaikh Mubārak to Lord George Nathaniel Curzon passing on his condolences after the death of Curzon's wife (Mary Victoria Curzon) is contained on folio 116.
On folios 12-17, the file contains a telegram to Sultan Abdul Hamid II from the ruler of Qatar, Shaikh Jasim Al Thani [Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī] on behalf of Ibn Saud. The file contains copies of the telegram in transliterated Arabic, English and the original Arabic. The file also contains a report written by Stuart George Knox, the British 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, after a trip he made to Hafar in January 1906 (folios 23-45) and another report also written by Knox after a tour he made around southern Kuwait in March 1906.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (264 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
An index of topics discussed in the file is included on ff. 2-3. This index uses numbers related to the foliation system using blue pencil numbers in the top-right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. pages, and the top-left corner of verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. pages.
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Condition: A bound correspondence volume.
Foliation: The volume has been foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using circled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . There is an original pagination system which runs through the volume, using blue pencil numbers in the top-right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. pages, and the top-left corner of verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. pages.
The following foliation anomalies occur: 1a, 1b, 80A, 80B, 80C, 117A, 117B, 159A, 175A. Folio 80B is arranged in front of folio 80A.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1ar:1bv, 2r:60v, 60ar:60av, 61r:79v, 80ar, 80br:80bv, 80av, 80cr:80cv, 81r:106v, 107v:108v, 110r:113v, 115v:116v, 117ar, 117br:117bv, 118r:121v, 123r:159v, 159ar:159av, 160r:175v, 175av, 176r:205v, 205av, 206r:256v, back-i
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