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File 57/1928 Pt 7 'Iraq-Nejd relations: Frontier Situation (1928). Printed Correspondence.' [12r] (23/188)
The record is made up of 1 item (99 folios). It was created in 8 Jan - 19 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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Enelo. VIII to Serial No. 61.
Telegram from the Secretary of State
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.
, Bushire, No. 410,
1927.
lor the Colonies to the
dated the 14th November
(Repeated High Commissioner, Baghdad.)
! .n.l TiS . M ^?, ty ^ G0 7 ernment have learnt amazement of this unnrovnke^
j , y " V? , t '° i feel convinced cannot have been authorised by YourMaiestv
but for which Your Majesty cannot divert yourself of responsibility J X
T1 17 . ha 7 e instructed me to inform Your Majesty that they must look to
1 l f n a l es t v to secure immediate and rigorous punishment of those resnonsi
ble, full compensation for families of killed and for wounded men and n
inriraq territory meaSUreS haV6 ^ *o prevent further raids
bntil this is done Kuwait Conference must be postponed.
Enclo. IX to]Serial No. 61.
Telegram from the High Commissioner, Baghdad to the Political
Resident, Bushire, No. 604, dated the 15th November 1927.
Km *“ ■ lou ‘ *"*“ “ d
Enclo. X to Serial No. 61.
Telegram P., from the
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.
, Bushire to the Political
Agent, Bahrein, No. T.-15, dated the 16th November 1927.
Yon should arrange for despatch to Ibn Sand by quickest available
means ot message contained in my immediately following telegram No. 16.
Enclo. XI to Serial No. 61.
Telegram from the
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.
, Bushire to the Political
Agent, Bahrein, No. T.-16, dated the 16th November 1927.
On the night of the 5th November a raiding party of Mutair led by
Misiyir ibn Abdulla al Majid Faisal al Dawish attacked Busaiyah post, killed
six police, one Civil Government official, twelve
coolies
A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory.
and one woman and
wounded one policeman. This has been verified by British oihcer who visited
Busaiyah by air on the following day.
His Majesty’s Government have learnt with amazement of this un
provoked attack which they feel convinced cannot have been authorised by
Pour Majesty but for which Your Majesty cannot divest yourself of
responsibility.
They have instructed me to inform Your Majesty that they must look to
Your Majesty to secure immediate and rigorous punishment of those responsi
ble, full compensation for families of killed and for wounded men and an
assurance that adequate measures have been taken to prevent further raids into
Iraq territory.
Until this is done Kuwait Conference must be postponed.
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The part contains copies of correspondence from British Government officials concerning the situation on the frontier between Iraq and Koweit [Kuwait], and the Kingdom of Hijaz [al-Ḥijāz], Nejd, and Dependencies, particularly in terms of raids by Akhwan [Ikhwan] tribesmen (also referred to as 'Wahabis').
The part includes correspondence from the Colonial Office, the High Commissioner for Iraq, the 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and 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. The correspondence is dated roughly November 1927-February 1928. The part also contains correspondence from Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd].
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