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[Un-numbered file] 'Correspondence of RAF Special Service Officer, Kuwait (Cpt De Gaury)' [8r] (15/270)
The record is made up of 1 volume (133 folios). It was created in 4 Feb 1928-2 May 1928. It was written in English. 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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7
Telegram (C).
(D
Prom Political, Kuwait*
To S« of 3* for Colonies; repd* to Bushire, Baghdad &
Jerusalem*
No. 333.
Dated 27th April 1928 *
A Najdl, known to the Shaikh of Kuwait and considered
reliable, left Majma'ah in Sudair on 18th April and arrived
here yesterday evening, Thursday* He says that the whole of
Najd is practically stripped bare by locusts* On 10th April
Ibn Sa'ud left Riyadh for Buraidah, and was still there
when he left* Ibn Humaid was at Ja'lah, about twenty five
miles north of Buraidah, with his standards and all his
forces* On the 14th April Dawfsh, also with a large force.
Joined him there. No meeting between them and Ibn Sa*ud had
taken place,as Ibn Sa'ud demanded that they should both
come in to Buraidah together, and they demanded that he
should come outside the town and meet them in the desert*
They had offered to go in and see him one at a time, but
Ibn Sa'ud said they must come together* Matters were
consequently at a deadlock, but messages were still passing
between them*
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Kuwait.
2 ?th April 1928 .
A copy of the above telegram is forwarded here
with, with compliments, to:-
The Senior Naval Officer,Persian Qulf, H.M.s* Enterprise.
The Special Service Officer, Kuwait*
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- Content
The volume comprises the correspondence, signals, expenditure accounts and message notes of RAF Special Service Officer, Kuwait (Captain Gerald Simpson Rutland Hillairet Vere De Gaury) during the period 4 February to 2 May 1928.
The discussion in the volume relates to his involvement in intelligence gathering and operations against the akhwan [Ikhwan] in the desert area around Kuwait, Iraq and Najd. It also concerns the arrangements for his departure and return to England. Included in the file are reports on the topography of Kuwait (ff 29-30; 33-34) and strategic use of desert ports.
The volume also includes (folio 114) De Gaury's handwritten notes on phrases in Arabic (with accompanying English translation) he considered would be of great use during his special service in the desert.
The bulk of the correspondence is with Air Staff Intelligence, Air Headquarters, Baghdad.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (133 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 135; 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; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/5/107
- Title
- [Un-numbered file] 'Correspondence of RAF Special Service Officer, Kuwait (Cpt De Gaury)'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:134v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence