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File 10/12 Desert news: defeat of Ikhwan by Ibn Sa`ud (Battle of Sibilla, 1929); operations against rebels [70r] (146/382)
The record is made up of 1 file (187 folios). It was created in 31 Mar 1929-5 Aug 1929. 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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Froia Adiaintor, Basrah 0
Political, Kuwait; repeated Hig,hcoiaa for Ministry 0
Dated 21st February 1929^
Your No * 8t e Summaries of important information received here
have been telegraphed to you either or by me,, I
have no fresh information except that the Ikhwan have with
drawn from the frontiero Understand they did this last year
before raiding, I presume you understand that if the Mutasar-
rif declare the road open he is legally responsible for the
security of the 'Iraq portion and that he has an insufficient
force to police it. Does the Shaikh similarly accept responsi
bility for the safety of the persons and possessions of all
travellers on the Kuwait section when he opens It? Neverthe
less the Mutasarrif and I are always ready to collaborate
We do not expect a large raid to be directed specially on
car traffic, but that small bands might molest single cars,
and I do not yet feel Justified in advising the Mutasarrif
to accept the responsibility if ail traffic restrictions be
removed*
Telegram (0)*
From Political, Kuwait*
Your No.<78. I have discussed the question of the road mth
little to fear from raiders unless it r*ns right into them
No.
178 .
with you special measures for the protection of the aail car.
A&mintor, Basrah; repeated to Highcoiaa, Baghdad.
No, 32,
Dated 22nd February 192 ?*
the Shall* of Kuwait. He does not consider a raid likely In
the Immediate future,
and in any case thinks that a car has
property of Kuwait subjects even in ' Iraq territory if he wi?
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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] and related political developments.
Specifically, the correspondence in the file relates to tribal movements and disturbances in and around the Iraq-Kuwait border, the closure of the road between Kuwait and Zubair and the killing of an American missionary named Henry Bilkert.
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.
In addition to correspondence, the file also contains a report on the situation in the Southern Desert of Iraq and Ibn Sa'ud's territory of Najd that was written by the Special Service Officer in Basra (folios 37-41).
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- 1 file (187 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 187; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 5-186; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- File 10/12 Desert news: defeat of Ikhwan by Ibn Sa`ud (Battle of Sibilla, 1929); operations against rebels
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:5v, 6v:19v, 20v:48v, 49v, 50v:81v, 84r:109v, 110v:118v, 119v:121v, 125r:136v, 137v:146v, 149r:158v, 159v:161v, 164r:179v, 180v:186v, 187v, back-i
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