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'File 53/7 V (D 8) Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs, The Arab Tribes' [‎162v] (340/531)

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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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The murder of Abdul Aziz bin Jilwa, while on his way to Koweit with letter
from Ibn Saood, was, I am informed, perpetrated by a raiding party of Shama
Arabs who had not heard the news of peace being proclaimed.
1 learn that the allowance granted by the Turkish Government to Ibn Saooc
is by recent arrangement paid through the Sheikh of Koweit, who deducts itfron
the land tax due to the Government on his Fao property. Meta'ab's allowana
is supposed to be paid through Baghdad, but I have not heard of his receiving
anything as yet.
I can obtain no confirmation of the report from Jeddah, mentioned in Youi "
Excellency's despatch of yth July, that Ibn Saood had ordered the Arab Sheikh; ^
and tribes in Nejd to abstain from communication with Turkish officers anc
troops and to stop carrying their mails and supplies. Sudqi Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. seems tc
have been on very friendly terms with Ibn Saood who visited him several times
during his recent visit to Boreyda and brought his retainers and many Arat
Sheikhs with him. The troops have no doubt suffered from want of money anc
though there was little or no fighting they must necessarily have endurec
Copy forwarded to His Majesty's Resident and Consul-General, with the
compliments of the undersigned.
great hardships.
(Sd.) F. E. CROW.
No. 12.
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His Britannic Majesty^ Consul.
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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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