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'File 53/7 D (D 7) Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs, January 1905 - December 1905' [‎113v] (235/366)

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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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Of course if there has been such a decisiou (Karar) the will Tib
i -amtained, but the relations between the Wali of Basrah and the Sheikh nf
K weit cannot remain as they are " (literally there must be a new account
between them ). " It is a matter of common right and common iustice that
I should be able to get back criminals and deserters from Koweit. As it tli,>
Persian authorities at Mohammerab attend to my requests, while'the Sheikh 'of
Koweit will not." I asked whether such cases k the Sheikh harCrinl
criminals ot deserters had occurred lately. He said : " There have been -malf
assault cases. But it is a question of the ordinary rights of men. Such cases
should be impossible, Koweit being so near Basrah." I gathered that tho
Wah iiad really no serious complaint to make of the Sheikh's conduct in thia
matter, but was rather talking because he felt that he should say soVethin^
1 was struck by the fact that he abstained from asserting or implyin.' that the
^heikii was an Ottoman official, a Kaimakam tinder the Wali of Basrah 11
immediate predecessor, Pakhri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , in conversation with me clearly asserted
piracies coramit ted by Katrf Arabs on natives of
Bahrem about which I had already made representations in writing and orallv
I said as clearly as I could : "Thenatives of Bahrein apply to me for assistance
-f ^ 13(3 re P lie41 that proper instructions had been sent to the new
Mutessanf, who was a good man and would certainly attend to them.
I have, etc.,
(Sd.) J. H. MONAHAJf.
(Revived on m June 1905, MVolitioal Secrtta
ARABIA.
[May 6.]
CONFIDENTIAL. ——
— Section 2.
No. 1.
Mr.CrovtoSirN.O'Conor.-^eceM attke Office, May 6.)
(No. 16. Confidential.)
Sir,
v JBasrah, April 14, 1905.
constant telegraphic commun1cation\v!th th*"? ^, authorities here were in
with reference to the disturbed state of affairLu tfi'districr^ MOatmk '
to the Wali, complainini' of Sevhoo . m( d, and (jadban himself telegraphed
at Amara, is supposed to be trvins to A . Commission from Basrah,
Gendarmerie at Amara repoZ J tL P Z ^ Arabs - The of
Saghir, the El Bu Mohammed lost 120 kill^ !. al fi g htill g at Mejer
nephew, Mutlak-el-lCabct and bh
o .rtif" H ""'- - »sssrJsswatr i ~
%hwd, andsMdth^loLonbMli^^wa! 1 Al J lara eo nfi™ed the drfeat d
burnmg huts in Mejer Kebir, and tlm f, 1 ' E1 Azerij were then
He pressed for troops from -Bagbdad and ^vernment offices were in danger.
"S3rr,L'.f"" "■ • "y-. - rc

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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.

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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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