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'File 53/7 V (D 8) Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs, The Arab Tribes' [249r] (515/531)
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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{Letter received on 23rd October 1906, from ihe Secretary, Political Department,
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.
,
No. 40, dated the oth October 1906.
ASIATIC TURKEY. [August 20.]
CONEIPENTIAL. S ection 3.
No. 1.
Sir N. 0' Conor to Sir Edward Grey.—{Received August 20)
(No. 561.)
Therapia, August 15, 1906.
Sir,
With refGronce to my dospatch. No. 523 of the 81st ultimo, reporting the
conclusion of the court-martial and the sentences passed iipon the persons
accused of complicity in the attack on Messrs. Lynch's depot at Maghil and
in tlie murder of Mr. Glanville, I have the honour to transmit herewith copy
of a despatch from His Majesty's Consul at Bussorah, giving an account ot
interviews which he had with Medjid Bey, the Acting Vali of the province, dur
ing his visit to Bussorah, and in the course of which he had pressed for a settle
ment of the Maghil case and for the punishment of the persons who had
attacked the house of the British-Indian Joseph Pollock.
Mr. Crow also discussed with the Acting Vali the ^tacks
hv rebellious Arab tribes at Amara on the vessels of the Tigris and Euphiates
Steam Navigation Company and the necessity for steps being taken to pre.en
order.
T titodosp to! make fresh representations on this snhjeet to the Sublime
Porte and will enquire when the appointment o£ a capable and strong Yah for
the province of Bussorah may be expected.
I have, &c.
(Signed) N. K. O'CONOE.
Inclosure in No. 1.
Consul Crow to Sir N. 0'Conor.
(I>0. 47.)
Sir ' Medjid Bey, Vali of Bagdad an^ Acti^ Vali^ orT'the ISth
on the 10th instant. I visited his Excel e y ? ^ o£ the Magll il case
"ntfor the puni^cl'Tf Ibe persons who attacked the house of the British-
TTulian Joseph Pollock and wounded him. _
-i t ivcmr v»k E^cellencv's attention to the
In regard to the Magbil case ' ( patch the remaining culprits, and
apparent inability of the local ' 0 t aly been given to effect their arrest,
His Excellency Hdrajtled ^ P^^.^^VCTnuneSielly delayed,
observed that the proceedings o arrest should be tried at once. His
and urged that the oulpnts already undei ar e j t r{ere w ith the working
Excellency remarked that it was regulations, and admitted
of the court -martial, which was subject to ^ Y = rep i it d that the busi-
of no intevference on the part, ^ 0 ! ffen ders ; and that,
ness of the court -martial was not to catch, but to try, 5
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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.
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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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- 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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