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File 10/12 Desert news: defeat of Ikhwan by Ibn Sa`ud (Battle of Sibilla, 1929); operations against rebels [101r] (208/382)
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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Telegram p.
I’rom
H.: ! . the High CommisGioner for Iraq,
Baghdad.
H.M’s. Beeretary of ftate for the Colonies,
London, Bo. 78.
To
Ht seated
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
, Bush ire, Ho. 19-S.
Bated 2 lBt (received 2 Bnd ) tfebruajrjr 1929.
BIA7E. * *
There is no grassing or water in Iraq desert for
flocks of shepherd tribes now concentrated 50 miles south
of BU 8 AIYAH: they will suffer very heavy mortality unless
they get at least one month more of good grazing before
retiring to summer quarters. Good grazing is obtainable
only in neutral zone or Kuwait. In view of general un
certainty of situation and of reported concentration of
Ikhwan tribes at Jarab, impossible to allow tribes to
graze either in neutral zone or in Kuwait without
adequate protection. Paragraph 13 (2) of nummary of
*
Pobb’s memorandum on Desert Defence — vide despatch
Secret A of 12th October 1928 — provides for entry of
Iraq army ;& 2 £ 3 Uft and police cars into neutral zone in
situations such as that which have no?# arisen, but does not
provide for entry of armoured cars into neutral zone.
r Officer commanding does not consider armed cais oi
police and array sale without furoucr protection of armed
oars so long as there is serious danger of raid. Un „he
other hand neutral zone in nearer xiuutx than Kuwait, and
move to latter place my involve considerable casualties
appear#
to stoch. Also it sjteMJ. from Bhshire telegram dateu
the 16th February that there may be difficulty about armed
cars of Iraq army or police accompanying tribes to Kuwait.
Tlbes must leave present location in three days' time at
moot. I request immediate permission to adfpf at ^
Moo received in Bushire.
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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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