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File [10/4] British relations with Ibn Sa`ud: Ibn Sa`ud's complaint about aid given to rebels by King Faisal and Shaikh Ahmad; fighting between rebel and loyal forces; Battle of Injair [‎11r] (21/406)

The record is made up of 1 file (201 folios). It was created in 24 Sep 1929-26 Oct 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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I could liave wished to put forward. It goes with
out saying of course that all of us are anxious to
co-operate whole heartedly with the Royal Air Force
at/t all times, and I in particular shall continue
to do so to the test of my power.
4. The reconnaissance misunderstanding could as
far as I can see have teen avoided, if His Excellency
the Hi&h Commissioner or the Air Officer Commanding
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had set a telegram proposing the reconnaissance the
day before i.e. on 1 st September. Even if the
reconnaissance had only been decided upon the morning
of the 2nd September a "clear line" telegram to that
effect, should, I submit, have been sent me, to enable
me, to stop it if necessary. As it was His Excellency 1 !
telegram informing you and me of the intended move
only reached us after the reconnaissance had come and
gone. This left me in entire ignorance from the very
start of what Baghdad was thinking about or what the
aeroplanes themselves intended doing.
5. A point which may be worth bringing out here
is that news of the world reaches Kuwait very slowly.
We have nothing in the nature of a Reuters Service,
and news of the Palestine troubles had not reached us,
still less any suggestion that the Royal Air Force
Baghdad had been called upon to prepare to send
reinforcements. Our little world in Kuwait consists
almost entirely of Desert Hews and desert happenings.
In this, 1 think, we are up to date and have a better
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knowledge of local situation than other people.
6 . The Air Officer commanding had made the sug
gestion that it was his duty to find out for hi-aself
exactly how the situation stood on 2nd September, as
from my telegram of JOth August, quoted in part by him

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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]. Specifically, the correspondence concerns hostilities between the forces of Ibn Sa'ud and the Ikhwan during the rebellion led by Faisal al-Duwaish [Faysal al-Duwaysh], the movement of Ikhwan members and their followers into Kuwaiti territory, tensions between Ibn Sa'ud and Kuwait, and reports of support for the rebellion coming from the Government of Iraq.

Much of the correspondence in the file is between British officials at the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait, the 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. in Bushire and the High Commission in Iraq, but the file also contains copies of letters, in Arabic with English translations, from Ibn Sa'ud (including a letter of condolence after the death of Sir Gilbert Clayton, folios 138-141) and Fuad Bey Hamza, a diplomatic representative of Ibn Sa'ud's.

In addition to correspondence, the file also contains a number of accounts of the Battle of Injayr (also spelt Inqayr) that took place on 5 October 1929 (folios 83-7 & 96-100) and a hand-drawn sketch map of the events of the battle (folio 88).

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1 file (201 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 203; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-201; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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File [10/4] British relations with Ibn Sa`ud: Ibn Sa`ud's complaint about aid given to rebels by King Faisal and Shaikh Ahmad; fighting between rebel and loyal forces; Battle of Injair [‎11r] (21/406), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/5/33, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100060232941.0x000016> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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