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18119/33 [No, 83A].
. No. 248.
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. to the SECRETARY OF STATE
(Received 10th April, 1933.)
(Contidential.)
(No. 19/220-S.)
The Honourable 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. presents his compli
ments to His Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, London, and has the honour
to transmit a copy of a letter from 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. , Kuwait, on the subject of the
Oil Concession.
British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and Consulate-General,
Bushire.
16th March, 1933.
Copies sent to the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, New Delhi, and
His Majesty's Minister, Jeddah.
Enclosure in No. 248.
(Secret.)
(No. 44.)
Sir , Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Kuwait, 5th March, 1933.
Letters from His Majesty King Ahdul Aziz al Saud to His Excellency the Shaikh
of Kuwait.
I have the honour to enclose for your information translation of a letter. No 863,
dated the 14th Shawwal, 1351 (9.2.33) together with two Mulhaqs, which His Excel
lency the Shaikh of Kuwait received from His Maiesty the Kins of Sa'udiyah on 19th
February, 1933.
2. The letter was brought by the x King's most confidential emissary, one Abdul
Aziz al Riba ai, a man never employed unless there is work of a special nature afoot.
3. Al Ribai left Kuwait again for Riath on 26th Februar}^, and during his stay
did not come near the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , although 1 know him well.
4. After receipt of the King's letter His Excellency the Shaikh made two long
and mysterious car journeys far to the south, and although I have nothing definite to
go on at present, I rather suspect they were made as a result of a secret and verbal
message which Al Ribai delivered to the Shaikh.
5. The first journey was made on the early morning of 20th February. The
Shaikh only returning late at night on the 23rd of February. The second journey was
made in a violent dust storm on 2oth Februarv, the Shaikh returning on the 27th
February again late at night.
/i oa 6 ' •. The sh , aik p admitted t0 me 011 2nd March that he reached Khabari Wadha
(120 miles) on the first journey, returning by the same route; and on his second trip
got as far as a point slightly south-east of Safa (1-50 miles) and said that he could see
the Summan escarpment in front of him. His Excellency was insistent that he had
only gone to hunt gazelle and hnbara, taking advantage of the lovely sprino weather
which we are having now. r 0
7. The Shaikh took with him on each occasion the following persons
Shaikh Abdulla al Salim (first cousin);
Shaikh Salman al Hamud (second cousin);
Shaikh Ali al Kalifa (second cousin);
His son Mohamed;
Yusuf al Sahm, brother of Abdul Aziz al Salim, his Basrah Agent;
Major Holmes Confidential Agent, Mohamed Yatim.
8. Incidentally, the Shaikh never takes members of his family with him when
out hunting and conversely only does so if engaged on an important mission as for
instance, when he went to Riath in April, 1932. f mission, as toi
9. Another curious feature about these two iournPv« woo-ft. ^ ++ on.u
February the Shaikh was to have ^neA with Mr. Chisholm of the Anglo plrsL oU
Company and Shaikh Abdullah a S -Sahm with me. Both dinner parties werf - cut "
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