'File 5/C Boundary questions: attacks on Ikhwan; dispute between Shaikh Salim and Ibn Sa`ud' [‎82r] (163/230)

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has haan said (COUPLET)
*If affairs ara taken in hand in the first place
hy wisemen.they have only good results: if they
are in the hands of the wicked,then evil conse
quences ara brought on all concerned".
Oh son of Mubarak, I should never have believed or dream
ed that any friction would have taken place between the
As-Baud and the As-Subah, I cannot now fathom the causes
You,however, should ask yourself what they are, in order
that yju may under tand them clearly, or you should ask
those of your class who know the causes well. As to your
remarks that you left Ad^Duwaiah alone for my sake, I may
say that this is what could be expected of you, I trust
the time may never com© for our forces to measure strength
with each other.
Also, may Ckxi keap you safe, you are well aware that
if things are Qoncialed and facts are not stated , then ill
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•feeling is surely caused, ( The above is sarcastic vein in
original Arabic) It is now necessary t at both sides should
disclose facts. As regards myself, God knows that I had no
knowledge of or connexion with this affair, which God has
ordained, nor, as far as I am concerned, did I know of any
outward or inward reason to cause same. On the other hand,
since you became Huler of Koweit, God knows not a month has
passed but I have experienced, worry at your hands, although
I gave no cause for niwh a thing. Many were the reports,
public property, that reached me but which I tried not to
believe, while I may say that others of a more obscure
nature I positively refused to entertained. God knows how
many these have been. However, certain definite events that
have taken place from ’BajaV onwards number five. Such
could not have beon brought about except by either a foolish
man, or one determined on mischief. Of course, you are not
a foolish man, but possess great wisdom
(1) You despatched a mounted force to the people of
Qaraiyah, without sending me a warning beforehand.
(2) Kafiai came to ia« with a varhal masaag* from you
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