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'File X/3 Disorders & Raids near Basra & in Koweit [Kuwait] Hinterland' [116r] (231/303)
The record is made up of 1 file (150 folios). It was created in 20 Apr 1909-23 Sep 1917. 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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no. 2 Of 1911.
iiritiah uasidanoy and Ooneulato-uaneral,
<J9th January 1911.
//f
From
Lieutenant-Colonol F.Z. Lox,
Political keoident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
To
The nonoarable -*r. J.L.^ood, U.I.i£, f
oecretary to the Government of India
In the Foreign Department,
CALCUTTA.
Dir,
I have the honour to forward, for the information of
the Gcomment of India, copies of the correspondence
(1) .
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.
A.oweit to keeident. }
ko. J-l dated 10th January 1911. 0
(2) . (with 3 enoleaurea) j
(a). Resident to
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.
. *ire-
leas telegram dated 27th January j
1911. {
(3) .
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.
to keaidont through $
k.ji.G. ^Fox'*, wireless telegram }
dated 28th January 1911. 9
(4) . resident to
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.
, .vire- 5
less telegram lio.91 dated 29th )
January 1911. \
marginally
cited which
has passed
between the
Political
Agent, nowait
and myself.
in connection with an apprehended attack on Jahara and
noweit Town by Caadoon
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
and a force of Luntafik.
2 . Jhen Captain Lhaicoapear * o letter of 18th January
reached me, M Philomel M was at my disposal in con
nection with the presence of a large force of ^aahgai and
other armed tribesmen in liushire, and nis Txcellenoy the
liizam-ee-bultaneh and the bowiet-ed-Dowleh having just
departed, I was in a position to ask Captain Gurner to
proceed to ivoweit, both in order that I might be kept in
and
wireless touch/that the presence of Lis majesty’s bhip
might
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the conflict between the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Mubarak Al Sabah, and Shaikh Sa'dun Al Mansur of the Muntafich [Muntafiq] tribe as well as political developments in Kuwait and the Ottoman Province of Basra related to protracted tribal unrest and fighting in that region more broadly.
The majority of the correspondence in the file is between British officials (including 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. in Kuwait, Captain William Shakespear, and 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. , Major Percy Zachariah Cox), but also enclosed are copies of a series of letters (in Arabic with English translations) that were exchanged between Shaikh Mubarak and the Ottoman Governor of Basra in 1911 (folios 85-96,120-121 & 124-125).
In addition to correspondence, the file contains several relevant extracts from the diary of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait, including detailed descriptions of a number of armed clashes between the forces of Shaikh Mubarak and Shaikh Sa'dun.
The file also contains a memorandum entitled 'Disturbances on the Tigris' written in 1909 by Francis Edward Crow, the British Consul in Basra (folios 8-13) and a cutting in Arabic from the Cairo newspaper Al Moayed from 19 June 1910 that gives details of a battle between a force under the leadership of Shaikh Jaber Mubarak Al Sabah and Shaikh Sa'dun Al Mansur (folio 71).
The file also contains correspondence concerning the robbery of a British individual named William Hickey in Kuwait in 1910 (folios 63-65).
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- 1 file (150 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 152; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-151; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- 'File X/3 Disorders & Raids near Basra & in Koweit [Kuwait] Hinterland'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:70v, 71v:84v, 87r:107v, 110r:119v, 120v, 122r:123v, 126r:149r, 150r:151v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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