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'File 53/7 V (D 8) Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs, The Arab Tribes' [‎152r] (317/531)

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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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Letter ^o. 30 dated 27-7-1906,
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Sir Edward Grey to Sir T\ • 0*Conor (Constantinople)
Foreign Office,' July 10th 1906, 4.30 p.m
Euphrates and Tigris Company's agent at Bussorah
reports 9th July renewed disturbances at Amarah, wire
destroyed, and local authorities helpless. Fears enter
tained for safety of nail-steamer '^ejidieh," due Bussoeah
from Bagdad 7th July, with six British subjects on hoard
Please communicate with Consuls at Bagdad and Bussorah ,
and urge Porte to take immediate protective measures.
Company suggest placing guard of Indian troops on their
mail-steamers. This does not seem to us likexy to be
effective, but we think it desirable to give any protection
we can
gun-
even
# Would it be feasible at this season to send a
boat to patrol the route 0 ® 00 or twice ? Its presence,
though it could not regularly escort Lynch*s steamers,
might deter Arabs from firing on the British flag

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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.

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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
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