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'File 4/30 Activities of Shaikh Subah al Nasir As Sabah' [83r] (165/220)
The record is made up of 1 file (108 folios). It was created in 29 Dec 1944-18 Nov 1949. 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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(180/10/49)
BRITISH EMBASSY^
Bagdad.
21st March, 1949•
Dear
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
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Please refer to correspondence ending
with our telegram No. 20 of March 14th to you. We
are now enclosing an extract from the letter of H.M.
Consul, Amara, in which he reports Agab al Mutlagjs
intention of attacking Koweiti territory and makes
a new suggestion for the settlement of this tiresome
case.
You will have seen from our telegram
under reference that the Jtutasarrif of Basra believes
he can restrain Agab from carrying out his threat
and it may be that the threat itself was not quite
as serious as His Majesty^ Consul thought.
Nevertheless, it is surely to the advantage of all
parties that this question should be satisfactorily
settled soon and it seems that the major responsibility
for its remaining unsettled so long line with the
Shaikh of Koweit.
We would not agree to Colonel Berkeley's
going to Koweit himself, as he proposes in the fourth
paragraph of his letter, since the British interest
in this matter is on the Koweiti side; but we should
welcome your views on the possibility of a settlement
on these lines being reached without the intervention
of Colonel Berkeley. We ourselves are not too happy
about this form of settlement, involving as it does
the by-passing of Abdullah al Falih, the paramount
Chief. In any case, If the Shaikh of Koweit cannot
be prevailed upon to make Sabah ask Agab's pardon,
the only solution appears to be the re-exile of Sabah
and in that case we hope that means will be found to
persuade him to take this course.
We are sending copies of this letter to
Kov/eit and Basra.
Yours ever,
CHANCERY.
Political
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
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Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning the activities of Shaikh Subah [Sabah] al Nasir as Subah [al-Sabah], a member of the ruling family of Kuwait.
The majority of the correspondence in the file relates to an incident in 1948 when Shaikh Nasir is alleged to have killed a number of Iraqis smuggling sugar from Kuwait into Iraq. One of the slain Iraqis was a member of the Sa'dun tribe of Iraq and so his killing sparked a lengthy disagreement between members of this tribe and the al-Sabah. This disagreement and British attempts to mediate are discussed at length in the file.
In addition to correspondence, the file contains a document prepared by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait titled 'A Note on the Activities of Shaikh Subah Al Nasir Al Subah' (folios 6-7).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (108 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 110; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- 'File 4/30 Activities of Shaikh Subah al Nasir As Sabah'
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- front, front-i, 2r:26v, 28r:40v, 42r:54v, 57r:61v, 64r:76v, 79r:85v, 90r:92v, 93v:97v, 98v:109v, back-i, back
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