File [10/12] Tribal and desert information: Ikhwan raids on Kuwait and defensive measures [‎179v] (358/576)

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This file contains correspondence related to the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd].

Specifically, the correspondence in the file relates to raids made by Ikhwan forces in and around Kuwaiti territory, military action taken against these raids by British and Kuwaiti military forces, discussions regarding the possibility of supplying armoured cars and machine guns to Kuwait and logistical arrangements for the defence of Kuwait from attack. It also contains broader discussions concerning developments between Ibn Sa'ud and leaders of the Ikhwan, notably Faisal al-Duwaish [Faysal al-Duwaysh].

British military action against the Ikhwan involved the use of aeroplanes and as such, the file contains details of ground signals that Kuwaiti forces were to use to signal to British aircraft in English (folio 117) and Arabic (folio 124)

On folio 210, the file contains a list of British subjects and British protected persons that were to be evacuated from Kuwait in the event of an attack.

The majority of the correspondence in the file is internal correspondence between British officials but letters exchanged between 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, Major James Carmichael More, and the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (in Arabic with English translations), also appear throughout the file.

Extent and format

1 file (286 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

An index of topics discussed is contained at the rear of the file (on folios 285-286); the folios used in this index relate to an earlier incomplete foliation system that is in uncircled pencil 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

Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 288; 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. Two additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 2-286 and ff 3-286; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

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