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'File 53/7 V (D 8) Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs, The Arab Tribes' [147r] (307/531)
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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No. G24 of 1906.
From
liajor J. Ramsay, C. i. e . ,
Political ivesident in
Turkish Arabia
A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
and Acting British Consul General,
Baghdad,
To
Sir Louis Dane, K, C. I. , C. 3. I,,
Secretary to the Government of India
in the Foreign Department, Simla.
British
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.
.1 Consulate General,
Bagdad, 16th July 1906.
Sir,
In continuation of my letter No. 007 dated the 9th
instant, re^ardin^ the disturbance^ on the lower Tigris, I
have the honour to submit, for the information of the
Government of Indi« # p. ro-ny of a statement made to me by the
Commander of Messrs Lynch c Go's steamer ''Medjidieh'.
2. I telegraphed the purport of the above statement to
H.B.L's /imhassador at Constantinople and His Excellency has
informed rae that the Grand Vizier has sent most stringent
orders to the Commandant at Baghdad and to the ofi Icials of
the districts adVinin : the river to take all necessary
measures for the safety of vessels plying on the river.
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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.
- 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