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'File XXV/7 Arabian Politics (including Iraq). Bin Saud, Akhwan, the Hejaz, 1920-1928' [‎228v] (467/494)

The record is made up of 1 volume (239 folios). It was created in 16 Jul 1919-1 Mar 1928. 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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Snclo. II of Serial No. (99). ■
, ■, , r ,,o. ™ 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. , Kowl„ >« E '
(Kepeated High Commissioner, Baghdad.)
Baghdad telegram of yesterday, Na 7?fi. f £or and a i raos t
Air reconnaissance is all that E ‘ . h er a remote possibility of
certainly all that will be neceasary^ Tnere^how might th be
Ikhwan attacking Kuwait town and ai ^ gubieots i£ for no other
necessary to protect hves a P should not be overlooked and Secretary o
reason. I venture to suggest chis should. re5t rictions about bombing in
S* i. dtws it will be
“deTood thore . ill be no time to refer —ttr then,
Enclo, III of Serial No. (99)-
-p 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. , Kuwait, to the Political
TELE REtl M DENT, BUSHIRE, No. 268, DATED THE 31 S T DECEMBER 1927.
(Repeated High Commissioner, Baghdad.)
Pollowin 0 * is opinion regarding situation of affairs in desert country,
following t ji aoiirpo wishes and the latter is just as
Dawish is acting contrary _ lie preseil t time as we are. He is in a very
anxious for peace on the bor , f . tt j * az an( t R as enemies in Nejd
difficult position however as he is hated H d I almost certa i n i y a t
even among ^LtTo mSr bfson ^ last summer), and the
the bottom of tip him on his throne are the Ikhwan
hdhe! 6 CoMemently! aUhough he is extremely annoyed with them he will
not dare to trv to punish the Mutair, particularly in view o the oath taken by
Dawdsh Sultan bin Humaid, Ibn Hithlain in 1926 mutually to support each
other in such a case. On the other hand it is probable he will re-establish his
authority by persuasion and peaceful means and will then he in a position to
keep tribes qmet, at any rate for some time This is what is hoped wi 1 happen
as anvthing would he better than the appaling chaos which would follow revo-
lution in Nejd even if it did remove ban on trade with Kuwait.
Meanwhile recent events and success in raid which Dawish has up to the
present enjoyed are having a very prejudicial effect on our prestige in Arabia
(Iraq Government has no prestige and is looked on as a negligible quantity).
It is argued our aeroplanes cannot protect the frontier or harm raiders. Our
respect°for treaties and frontiers is not understood : our reason for not retalia
ting and punishing Mutair by bombing them or their villages is that we Cannot ?
or dare not. Were we to take such a course and go right into Nejd to punish
them Ibn Sand might possibly protest but really he would be very pleased.
Unless our aircraft have good fortune to get an opportunity to teach them a
severe lesson soon not only will all desert tribes inevitably become Akhwan
soon but the movement would probably spread to the Jezireh.
Such is opinion here among intelligent people.
Enclo IV of Serial No. (99).
Telegram from 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. , Kuwait, to the High Commis
sioner, Baghdad, No. 269, dated the 31st December 1927.
(Repeated to Bash ire.)
Your No. 722. Sheikh Hafidh leaves to-day for Baghdad and expects to
arrive there 3rd or 1th January.

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Content

This volume contains correspondence and several documents concerning a number of topics related to the Arabian Peninsula as follows:

The majority of the correspondence in the volume is internal correspondence between British officials in Iraq, India and the Gulf, but it also contains a limited amount of translations of letters that were sent to British officials by Ibn Saud (‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd).

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1 volume (239 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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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 239; 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, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence between ff 203-238, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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