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[Un-numbered file] 'Correspondence of RAF Special Service Officer, Kuwait (Cpt De Gaury)' [101r] (201/270)
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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T2th Itarch 19^8.
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T a,rhdad.
I forward herewith a letterfin Arahic f douhXc plain cover)to
the director of t.ie 'ultan* ? £aiage in Tiyadh from a cloFe
friend of his • The letter will probably be productive of
inf oration to ur ,but the fender rt^rulated that the letter
would only be. glean if it could be guaranteed that ii would
reach the hand of the add/eefee. The latter if a feja^i and
although he often receive lettere froat thai direction a letter
to him from Iraq might cause puepicion. The canel pont from
Kuwait and TTar?a If cloeely watched by the agentn of the r ultan
and tie camel ridera are all in their pay#
In view of the abov^ and that the content* of the letter in
order to be effective ere *okewhat unguarded(although in no
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way mentioning or comiting thi.* office Jit teear be. t to forwad
the letter to you with the request tiu.t you wil rend it to
whatever agents or officers we may have in Kgypt or the I-eja?;
for urgent onward delivery. I understand that in the latter
place there is now a regular mail service and even stamps and
if the letter war sent on from Baghdad by overland .mi 1 not
much time would be lost.
(Other normal letters have recently beer, rent from this end
in the hope that they mry produce items of interest in the
ordinary course of corz’espondance.)
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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