'File 53/7 V (D 8) Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs, The Arab Tribes' [‎162r] (339/531)

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No. 2138, dated Bushire, the 15th (received 24th) September 1906.
From M ajor P. Z. Cox, C.I.E., 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. ,
T0 -SIRL0UISDANE K.C.I.E.,C.S.I., Secretary to the Government of India in
the Foreign Department, Simla. ,n
I have the honour to forward herewith, for the information of the Gov-
♦ No.62, dated 31 st August 150s. ernrnent of India, copy of a despatch*
, n , „• t . • . addressed by His Britannic Maiestv's
Consul at Basrah to His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople.
With reference to Mr. Crow's statement as to the channels through which
Ibn Saood and Meta'ab bin Rashid respectively receive their allowances, I am
addressing 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. at Baghdad and the Political Accent at
Koweit on the subject and will forward in due course any further information I
may receive from them.
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No. 62, dated the 31st August 1906.
From—His Britannic Majesty's Consul, Basrah,
To—His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador, Constantinople.
With reference to my despatch No. 59 of August 25th, I have the honour
to report that I called on Lieutenant-General Sudqi Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. last Wednesday. He
had bi'en ordered to Baghdad and left the same evening. It is uncertain whether
he will return to take up his appointment as Commandant at Basrah. Sudqi
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. stated that he had handed over the Command in El Kasim to Sami
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , Acting Mutessarif and Commandant and stayed ten days with him
after his arrival. Sami Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. brought 500 soldiers and one gun with him from
Medina. The troops arrived in excellent condition.
According to Sudqi Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. 's account there are 2,500 troops in Nejd and
El Kasim. The lines of communications are open and caravans arrive freely
and, though supplies are not easily obtainable locally, all necessaries were for
warded to them by caravans.
Information from other sources does not confirm this favourable account.
The tale told by the numerous deserters who have from time to time found
their way to Koweit and thence the Basrah during Sudqi Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. 's command in
Kasim is a very different one. They describe the state of the troops there as
pitiable in the extreme and state that provisions are scarce and they are with
out pay. Sudqi Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. himself is said to be owed 2,000 Turkish for his
services.
Sudqi Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. said that Ibn Saood was jealous of Saleh bin Mohanna's
intercourse with the Turkish Officers and that he got the people of Boreyda
to sign a mazhata complaining of his oppression and then removed him to Riadh.
He attributes his removal to personal animosity. Though Mohanna was
appointed Kaimakam of Boreyda by the Mushir, the appointment had not been
confirmed by Constantinople.
Sudqi Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. marched from Boreyda to Zilfi and thence travelled by way
of Es Safa and Subakeya to Koweit, crossing the northern end of the Dahna
between Koweit and Kasim. From Zilfi onwards he found water once every
four days. The journey was performed on camels. He brought^ 142 men with
him and had no casualties. He seems to have travelled very quickly. He told
me that peace had been established between Ibn Saood and Ibn Rashid but
did not think it would last very long. He described Ibn Saood as a desert
diplomatist and the late Abdul Aziz Bin Rashid as a desert warrior and said tne
lormer displayed considerable ability and adroitness in his dealings while the
latter was a fighting man pure and simple. Meta'ab his son is omy 21 and
Sudqi Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. thinks his youth will prevent him from taking any active line or
the present, but his ambition to make a name for himself and follow in his at er s
footsteps may lead to a recurrence of hostilities between the rival factions at
no distant date. He stated the Arabs had now all retired to their homes ana
their pastures.