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Coll 30/45 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Kuwait Intelligence Summaries, 1932-1936' [‎15r] (40/1208)

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The record is made up of 1 file (594 folios). It was created in 14 Feb 1933-19 Jan 1937. 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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among whom the best known are
(a) Muhammad al Khidhri , Shaikh of the al
Da f ajin section of the Ataiba,
(b) Sallal Ibn Hijna, a Shaikh of the ANFA
section of the Ataiba,
(c) Mijad al Daihna, a Shaikh of the Al Musaid
section of the Ataiba,
(d) Shafi ash Shuraicha, a raid leader, (AQJD)
of the Al MUQQTTA division of the Ataiba.
(c) and (d) have both just gone over to Ibn Saud and Shaikh
Naif e Ibn Humaid himself recently received an invitation
from Ibn Saud to go over too and was promised a oar from
Kuwait to Riyadh.
It is however reported in Kuwait that in the
last few weeks, since the coup d’etat, His Majesty the
King of Iraq has increased the monthly allotments to the
remaining tribal and Hejazi refugees; allotments which
had been steadily cut down since the late King Faisal’s
death.
Naif, as his allotment has been increased, is
therefore doubtful about leaving Iraq. He was recently
camped at Rutba wells and it is reported that he is in his
customary way about to move into the Al .ifudain (Iraq -Saudi
Arabia frontier) after the rains and in the company, as
usual, of Abdul Muhsin al Daghaim and Sahan Ibn Hadhal,
Shaikhs of the Anaiza leading family.
Note.
Naif Ibn Hums id as the paramount Shaikh of the Ataiba
and by character is with the possible exception of the
rather colourless young Emir Muhammad ibn Abdul Muhsin
Ibn Rashid of Hail the most important politically of the
remaining refugees in Iraq.
The Ataiba are the largest tribe in Arabia and
Naif is a chieftaii of courage and ability, whotas
probably benefited by the opportunity of new contacts
outside Arabia proper during his exile. His present age

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This file contains copies of monthly intelligence summaries that were prepared by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait. The summaries are divided into a number of different thematic sections, the exact composition of which varies slightly from month to month, but usually includes a mixture of the following headings:

  • Royal Navy
  • Royal Air Force
  • Imperial Airways
  • Shipping
  • Aviation
  • Visitors
  • Local interests
  • Foreign interests
  • Banking interests
  • Oil interests
  • Meteorological
  • Rain situation
  • Kuwait Oil Company
  • Tribal locations
  • Relations with Iraq
  • Relations with Saudi Arabia
  • Relations with Palestine.

The reports also frequently contain information concerning the second Italo-Ethiopian War (1935-1936) and the Saudi-Yemeni war of 1934.

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (594 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 596; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

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Coll 30/45 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Kuwait Intelligence Summaries, 1932-1936' [‎15r] (40/1208), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3757, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100057214323.0x000029> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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