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[Un-numbered file] 'Correspondence of RAF Special Service Officer, Kuwait (Cpt De Gaury)' [‎24r] (47/270)

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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tne'palace in the orjin&r^ t Just ua it dio to us and
tnut they took diraotiy tne opposite action and worked
it for ail it was worth.
(iou might connect in your mind Sh.Ali Shuwairabat with
aii this but he did not arrive here until karcg bth t so
he waa too late to get the credit for starting tne ^ih^d.)
ky own conclusion after all this,which I am,.afraid is vary
long,is that Shaikh Ahmad as Sabbah of Kuwait started the
story of a"yihad"and that the Sherif kept it going for all
he was worth,ably asaisted(for what ends except his own noto
-iety I dont ujiow)by kr „ones,tne journalist of Basrah,who
picked up some garbled yarns,in Zobair,from perhaps the
servants at £haibah,and from a olerk in the A.i.'s office
at Basran,

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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.

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1 volume (133 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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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 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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[Un-numbered file] 'Correspondence of RAF Special Service Officer, Kuwait (Cpt De Gaury)' [‎24r] (47/270), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/5/107, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100038451272.0x000030> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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