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'File 53/7 (D 3) Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs, 1900-1901' [45r] (100/697)
The record is made up of 1 volume (349 folios). It was created in 23 Apr 1900-30 Apr 1901. 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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Conridantial .
No. ^ ^ of 1900.
From
The OiTg:
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
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.
.
To
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.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
Bushire.
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.
,Baghdad,
June 26th 1900.
Sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt oi your letter
No.159,dated the 10th instant,forwarding an extract from a
letter from the Political Assistant at ?iahrein.
2 m Suleiman-al-Shobeili is a merchant ol Basrah,not
of Baghdad,and I am therefore sending a copy of your letter
to Her Majesty's Consul at Basrah with the request that he
will communicate to you any information, i/jhich he ma^ be able
to obtain,regarding the reported purchase ol camels. I hear
that Suleiman-al-Shobeili is at present tMNejd,and that it
was his son who sent men to Koweit to purchase cameis,nh±ch
are intended for export to Egypt,hut I ajfl unable to say what
reliance can be placed on this statement.
I have the honour to be.
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant:
' Major
Offg:
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
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.
.
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- Content
The file contains correspondence between various British officials and correspondence directly between Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ (the ruler of Kuwait) and British officials. The correspondence discusses the Ottoman state's efforts to re-establish its authority in Kuwait and to convince Shaikh Mubārak to move away from the British. This correspondence includes details of the annual subsidy allocated to Mubārak by the Ottomans and reports that he was appointed to the Ottoman rank of Mir Miran ( Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ).
The file contains reports and correspondence regarding the rivalry and conflict between Shaikh Mubārak (and his tribal allies including the Al Saud) and the ruler of the Emirate of Jabal Shammar and head of the Rashidi tribal dynasty, Abdul Aziz Ibn Mitab [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin Mit‘ab]. This includes detailed reports of the Battle of Sarif that took place between the two sides on 17 March 1901.
The file also contains an account of the re-capture of Riyadh by Abdul Aziz ibn Abdulrahman ibn Faisal Al Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud)] in 1901.
The file contains a number of reports (in their original Arabic with English translations attached) concerning political affairs in Kuwait (and the conflict between Mubarak and the Amir of Nejd) that were written by Ali bin Ghulam Reza, a news agent in Kuwait employed by the British. Many of these reports are addressed (in Arabic) to Hajji Abbas bin Muhmmad bin Fadhil, a munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. employed by the British in Bahrain and it appears that he translated the reports into English.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (349 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 contained on ff. 1a-2. The page numbers used in this index relate to the pagination sequence in the file that uses blue or red pencil numbers in the top-right corner of rectos and the top-left corner of versos
- Physical characteristics
Condition: Formerly a bound correspondence volume, the file's pages have been unbound and are now loose.
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'. . An original pagination system runs throughout the volume, using blue or red pencil numbers in the top-right corner of rectos and the top-left corner of versos.
The following foliation anomalies occur: 1a, 2a, 2b, 63a, 121a, 259a.
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- Title
- 'File 53/7 (D 3) Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs, 1900-1901'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1ar:1bv, 2ar:2bv, 3r:35v, 36v, 37v, 38v, 39v, 41v:47v, 48v:49v, 50v:62v, 63ar:63bv, 64r:121v, 121ar:121av, 122r:164r, 165r:183v, 184v, 185v:223r, 224r:225r, 226r:228r, 229r:259v, 259ar:259av, 260r:274r, 275r:281v, 282v:342v, 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