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File [10/12] Tribal and desert information: Ikhwan raids on Kuwait and defensive measures [264r] (527/576)
The record is made up of 1 file (286 folios). It was created in 1 Jan 1928-31 Mar 1928. 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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KU.7AIT - IK2ELLIGE]:CE IKP0BIH2I0M.
l^:dikg mzhmm
'2roo. a If local craft and labour aro enployedj
trop ;.)0 can be landed in the boat harbours very quickly
although the landing will be better if carried out at high
’7ater. If transport or nan of vrar’s b ats are used, landing
except in a strong kaus or S.E* wind would be better on the
beach to the south of Eao A1 Ajusa /here boats can get close
to the shore at all states of the tide.
Aninala :- Host easily landed in local dhows.
Hea?:; Vehicles :- C uld be landed in local craft.at the
Customs landing at High jfater but it would probably be a
better plan for these to be landed at Basrah (llargill) and
driven down.
Ths whole question of landing depends on
(a) Whether is is to be assumed that loca2 facilities are
available or not.
(b) Whether the landing is to be carried out as an
emergency or not.
A good camping site is inside the wall which
surrounds the to n. Plenty of room is available for any
number of tents and the ground is reasonably hard. .
mm*
At present all water has to be imported by boat and
so it is scarce. Artesian wells are being drilled but are ::c<
yet in working order. Loc;l water is too brackish for horses
but suitable for local camels.
sm.
None available. All has to be imported.
MPmca gg ma mm .
She town is surrounded on the land side by a mud vd
3*1 miles long with 31 towers at intervals along it and 3 gatee
The wall between the towers is 141* high and is loop holed
in most places.
The towers are of one storey with a living room
on the ground level. The wall toweirs and gates make most
excellent machine and Lewis ;un posts and the use of sand
bags can transform then into almost erfect emplacements.
All towers project forward from the wall and give e: filading
arcs along the wall.
Th e ground outside the walls is entirely o an and
passable to troops, horses and vehicles in all directions and
there is very good field of fire for 2,000 y^rds from the
wall. There are certain areas of broken and dead round
beyond this but they are not extensive and would afford
little cover for advancing troops.
An outpost could be established at Sifra Port,
miles from the main Gate, This is a disused mud fort standi it
on a slight hill and commanding the whale of t he ^surrounding
country.
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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.
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- 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.
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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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- File [10/12] Tribal and desert information: Ikhwan raids on Kuwait and defensive measures
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- front, front-i, 2r:9v, 10v:18v, 19v:28v, 29v:37v, 38v:42v, 43v:45v, 48r:74v, 75v:89v, 90v:93v, 96r:114v, 115v:128v, 129v:141v, 142v:153v, 154v:182v, 183v:193v, 194v:202v, 203v:205v, 206v:211v, 212v:287v, back-i, back
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