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File 10/12 Desert news: defeat of Ikhwan by Ibn Sa`ud (Battle of Sibilla, 1929); operations against rebels [149r] (304/382)
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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SECRET
Kuwait,
7th March, 1929.
HK/1/1
giren hy surTiyors, of the raid on the Bani Malik
near Kuwait on the 3rd March.
A section of the Bani Malik numbering 40
tents, known as Ahl as Sa’afa whose summer camping
ground is in the vicinity oi Basran ana ZuDair and
whoc^laim to be aistinct from the Bani Malik of the
Muntafiq Liwa, were camped on the 1st instant at
Sulaibikhat (Sulabiyah) some 8 miles 8 W of Kuwait
town.
Harint heard rumours of raids, they state
they had approached the Shaikh oi Kuwait lor pi otect-
ion on their proposed march to join the main concent
ration of fraq tribes near ttom al Madafah ana the
Shaikh had promised to communicate witn txie Iraq Got
ernment on the matter.
They had not, however, received any reply
up to the morning of the 3rd instant when^ney were
raided at the time of the dawn prayer, by a body of
Akhwan whose strength they were unable to estimate
Amongst the shepherds were about 30 men possess-
inr rifles and these maintained a running fight witi
thl raiders for afcout 4 hours
towards Kuwait town. About two miles from ^ walls
hnrRemen of the Akhwan succeeded m getting between tnem
^d the toL tn an endeavour to force them eouthwestwards
but ’."ere driven out by rifle fire ana gave up the battle.
of tne attackers, tne shepherds claim to have
Wiled and 1 *^*^“*^
i i-U-j , S'
was Sha af go camels from the camp of Ibn
MijaiMm"near Se^sa-nat ridge, which arrived today
rrnnf*i-rmR this casualty*
About one hour after the fight was broken off,
aircraft arrived in pursuit of the raiders.
The shepherds losses are as under
Total number of tents raided, 40. 01 these, ^0 families
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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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