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'File 8/33 Saudi Arabia - Kuwait Weekly Diaries' [‎3r] (5/44)

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The record is made up of 1 file (20 folios). It was created in 13 Dec 1933-22 Mar 1934. 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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COIlJlDamAL.
SPECIAL B»S»2> (AIR MAIL).
POLITICAL AG-MCY,
KUWAIT.
Dated the 20th December 1933.
To
The 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. ,
BAHRAIN
ITS MO rANLLT.i.
There is no news to report from Riath regarding
Saudi ye h Yemen affairs.
2. An Arab friend cf mine who w has been in Riath for
the past 2 months and left there on 4th December to Kuwait,
was able to give me no reliable news except to confirm the
"Nejran" affair (See para 4 of my memorandum "Special B.S.l
of 13th December.) He stated that the strictest censorship
Aaas be«n^maintained in Riath, and all officials, great and
small, seemsd loath to discuss nothing with strangers.
3. From the Awazim country comes the news that 7 members
of the tribe were killed in the Nejran affair and 33 wounded
4. Letter from Bin Jaloui to a Kuwait merchant, dated
13th December mkes no mention of any fight or disaster
Nejran way.
5. Letter from Aden, dated the 6th December (received
by last air nail) to another merchant mentioned that no battle
had up to then been fought by Yemen and Saudiyeh main forces
facing each other in Asir, but that the probabilities were
that Yahya would be the first to attack as he was in great
strength, and Bin Baud was on the defensive.
6. A letter from Bin Baud to Shaikh of Kuwait, dated
the 19th November, makes no mention of any fighting anywhere,
though he must have been aware of the Lejran reverse by then.
* Lt.-Colonel
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

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The file contains periodic reports on Saudi Arabian affairs written by the 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. The reports were sent to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain on a roughly weekly basis and contain brief summaries of intelligence gathered in Kuwait on tribal affairs, the activities of Ibn Sa‘ūd, and the Saudi-Yemeni conflict in Asir [ʻAsīr].

On folio 21 are internal office notes.

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1 file (20 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 22; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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