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'File 53/7 D (D 7) Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs, January 1905 - December 1905' [102ar] (210/366)
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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00095
{Received on 17th April 1905, with Political Secretary'* letter No. 13, dated 31st March 1905)
Enclosures in Foreign Office covering letter of March 9, 1905,
| Mr. Townley to Marquess of Lansdowne.
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Constantinople,
February 28, 1905.
(No. 132.)
My Lord,
WITH reference to my despatch No. 124 of the 21st instant, I have the
honour to forward to Your Lordship herewith, copies of despatches from His
Majesty's Consul-General at Baghdad, reporting movements of troops acconi-
panying the Turkish expedition in Central Arabia.
I have, etc.,
WALTER TOWNLEY.
Consul-General Newmarch to Mr, Townley.
Eagedad,
27th January 1905,
(No. 73.9.)
(Giving extbacts from diae? of same date sent to Government op
India).
Consul-General Newmarch to Mr, Townsley.
British Rbsidenct and Consulate General,
Baghdad,
January 25, 1905.
(No, 69-8.)
Sir,
I HAVE the honour to submit herewith information which I have received
confidentially^regarding the details of Turkish troops lately assembled at Nejef
for tb6 expedition into Central Arabia.
I have, etc.,
L. S. NEWMAECH, Major.
The troops sent to Nejef are as under
Musll i r ... ... Feizi
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
* * * « « * ,
The other half were used as transport animals.
P.S.—Liwa (Major General) Yusuf
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
* * * to
join the expedition.
P.P.S'.—It is also rumoured * ♦ * * proceed
when and how he liked.
75
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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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- IOR/R/15/1/477
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- 'File 53/7 D (D 7) Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs, January 1905 - December 1905'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:19r, 20r:101v, 102ar:102av, 102r:178v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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