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'File 53/7 V (D 8) Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs, The Arab Tribes' [143r] (299/531)
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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from 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 the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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She ihh Mobarek~ul-Sabah, Ch ief of Kowe i t.
I was much gratif ied to receive your honoured letter
and enclosure of 12th Jamadi-Xani 1324, I understand all
its contents and thank you for the cordial sentiments
which you have expressed therein and which are outcome of
your friendly feelings to ny roveminent and its Officers.
I forwarded your telegram as requested to His Excel 1^
ency Lord Curzon and send you the receipt thereof herewith
jrWiwhich you will see that the cost was . ?4/l3/~. If you
will kindly give that amount to Captain Knox sometime he
will credit, me with it.
Perhaps you have received a special answer, via Fao*
In case you have not I attach the translation of a public
telegram issued by Lord Curzon in which ho expresses his
gratitude to all those who condoled with him in his be
reavemnt.
I understood what you told ine about tliB ajfairs oj
ojd and am very glad to hear that a reconc iliatiou f&s
been completed or is about to be completed between B*n
Saood and bin /las hid- thanks to
quiet will now rem in in the country and there will be a
cessation of bloodshed.
& YM&V&MxfxWxtxkkZ
"May you he preserved and salaam.
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- Content
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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/1/478
- Title
- 'File 53/7 V (D 8) Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs, The Arab Tribes'
- Pages
- 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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence