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'File 61/14 XIV (D 61) Relations between Najd and Iraq' [76r] (158/550)
The record is made up of 1 volume (271 folios). It was created in 19 Nov 1929-31 Dec 1929. It was written in English. 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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Telegram
From
To
Repeated
61/14.
Secretary of State for Colonic, London.
Political Re s ident, Buehi re,
High ConniBFinner, Baghdad, No. 291.
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.
, Kuwait.
Bated 7th received 8th December 19?.9.
&
IMMEDIATE.
From ray telegrpjn of 29th November you will
have seen that H•M , s. Government attach particular irr-
-pcrtance to the removal of the Awazim from the vicinity
of the frontier or the possible scene of conflict.
You will also have seen from Foreign Office telegram
to Jeddah No. 154 (which was repeated to you) that H.M*
Government & informing Ibn Saud that instructions for
the above measure to be taken have been given. I am
disturbed to learn from your telegram under reference
that the Awaaim are at present in the neutral z»ne and
that no attempt to move them into Kuwait is apparently
contemplated. I consider their presence in the
neutral ?.one to be inconsistent with the assurances
given to Ibn Saud and initself most undesirable. In
Bin Saud's eyes it would seem confirmation of his
belief that the rebels intend to use the Awazlm as
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
for obtaining supplies from Kuwait ( see Jeddah
telegram No. 170) and, if defeated, to escape by mingl-
^ing with Arabs in neighbouring territories. Moreover
Bin Saud would be provided with an incentive for entefr*
„ir.g Kwisdbbdatxxxtexy the neutral zone with his forces
if the Awazim remained In their present position.
Unless impracticable you should at once
arrange with the Shaikh of Kuwait for the removal of
the Awazim from the neutral zone and for their con**
~ccntration in Kuwait in some region distant from the
frontier or the possible scene of conflict. Should
the Awazim decline to leave the neutral zone I suggest
that t ;i
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The volume contains letters, memoranda, and reports concerning relations between Najd, Iraq, and Kuwait. The majority of the correspondence is between Hugh Briscoe, 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 Bushire, Harold Dickson, 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. at Kuwait, Ibn Sa'ud, Sheikh Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah of Kuwait, Francis Humphrys, High Commissioner at Baghdad, Robert Brooke-Popham, Air Officer Commanding in Iraq, Abdul Qadir Rashid, Secretary to the Council of Ministers in Iraq, Sidney Webb, Secretary of State for the Colonies, and the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Jeddah.
The volume covers a period after the defeat of the Ikhwan rebels by Ibn Sa‘ud and their attempts to find safety and regroup in Kuwait and Iraq. Within this broad context several subjects are contained by the documents:
- rebels, both Awazim and Ajman, seeking refuge in Kuwait and Ibn Sa‘ud's response to that;
- a short conference held in Basra attended by 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. , the Kuwait 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. , the and the Air Officer Commanding;
- Wahhabi propaganda in Kuwait;
- Ibn Sa‘ud's complaints about King Faisal of Iraq's alleged intriguing with the Ikhwanrebels;
- reconnaissance missions in the Kuwait desert and along the frontier zone;
- the possible necessity of an airbase in Kuwait;
- the visit of rebel leader Naif al-Hathlain [al-Hithlain] to Kuwait;
- intelligence of tribal movements and whereabouts in general.
Documents of note within the volume are the following:
- Dickson's report (folios 49-55) on a reconnaissance trip between the Shaqq Depression and al-Batin, with information on wells;
- Biscoe's report (folios 120-29) on the Basra conference;
- Dickson's report (folios 165-71) on the 'Shaikh of Kuwait's point of view vis-à-vis H. M. King Bin Saud, and his fears of a coming attack on his territories by the latter.'
At the back of the volume (folios 263-265) are internal office notes.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (271 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged chronologically. There is an alphabetical subject index to the contents, at the front of the volume (folios 3, 4). The index entries include the folio numbers of relevant documents, to help identify and locate them within the volume.
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Foliation: the sequence runs from front to back, excluding covers. Numbering is written in pencil, circled, and found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. Two Arabic letters (folios 191A-191B and 192A-192B) are folded and enclosed in envelopes which are addressed in Arabic. The back of each envelope has been attached by adhesive to a separate blank page (folios 191 and 192). There is a second, inconsistent sequence. It is written in pencil but not circled.
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