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'File 53/7 D (D 7) Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs, January 1905 - December 1905' [‎58v] (123/366)

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The record is made up of 1 file (181 folios). It was created in 9 Jan 1905-9 Dec 1905. 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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Lieutinant-Cclonil Maun sell to Mr. Townley.
Constautinopie,
28th November 1904.
S ib,
I have the honour to report that the Mauser rifles mentioned in my
despatch No. 68 of the 8th instant are to be despatched as follows:—
Thirteen thousand to arm the Hedjaz Division to be landed at Jeddah, and
the remainder 27,000 to arm the 6th Array Corps and to be landed at Basrah.
These rifles are of the large calibre Mauser (9-5 m.m.) a rather antiquated
pattern, different from those in the hands of the troops in European Turkey^
but better than the Martinis which the troops in the Hedjaz and the 6th
Corps have at p'reserit.
The Austrian Lloyd steamer Colypso was chartered and loaded the
rifles and guns at Topkhane Arsenal, the ammunition from Zeitun Burme and
some military stores and clothing at Harem Ishelesi and left on the 23rd
instant.
Before leaving the Company insisted on an outstanding claim of £9,000
due to them, being settled, which led to some delay.
The vessel has now put into Smyrna damaged and the cargo will be
transhipped to another steamer of the same Company.
I understand the Sultan is extremely angry at the proceedings of the
Company and at the subsequent breakdown of the vessel.
Mon ® irig to a certain Ha i i Evlia Effendi, who trades
witn the L.ed «ea, is alsb loaded with ammunition and military stores for
the Hedjaz, but she has been kept waiting in port for ten days now without
gBRg ag " •"«. 'mam ot H.ii Mi. em,..
■ flp „ A " ot . b , er f £ ea ™® r of t ^ e Deutsche Levante Linia is now loading Mauser
a - ne c rs , < ; for Salonica . wherewith to am the slave or
- ri d class Redif Divisions of the 3rd Army Corps
I have, etc.,
F. It. MAUNSELL, Lieut.-Colcmel,
Military Attache t
Received on 13thFebruavy 1905 with P
the 27th January 1905.)
KOWEIT.
[5 th Januaey 1905.1
CQNP I D EN TIA L.
S ection 1.
No. 1.
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. to Foreign Office.-(Beceived 5th January.)
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. ,
thn tt /i o January 1905.
Under-Seoretary of statJfor Pr ? Se ? ts ,, !li3 compliments to the
Brodrick, forwards herewith for tL S ' ^ y c dlrec,;ion of Mr. Secretary
copy of inclosures in T leker frn^ tv, ^ 011 ° f the Secretarj- of State,
^4th November 1904, relative to Nejd affairs^ 61511 retary ' Simla • dated tbe

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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding political developments in Kuwait and its vicinity.

The correspondence discusses the ongoing 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 [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin Mit‘ab] as well as Ottoman attempts to intervene militarily in support of the Rashidis and re-assert their authority in the region.

A limited number of letters contained in the file are direct correspondence between Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ, the Ruler of Kuwait and various British officials. This correspondence discusses Kuwait's relations with both the Ottomans and the British.

The British authorities' desire for Bubayan island to be considered a part of Shaikh Mubārak's domains (at the expense of the Ottomans) is discussed at length in the file.

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1 file (181 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 printed (using a mechanical stamp) 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.

Physical characteristics

Condition: A bound file.

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'. page. There is an earlier, possibly original, foliation sequence that runs through the volume, which uses a mechanical stamp.

The following foliation anomalies occur: 1a, 102a.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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