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File 6499/1920 Pt 1 'KOWEIT AFFAIRS: KOWEIT-NEJD BOUNDARY DISPUTE; LOCAL UNPOPULARITY OF SHEIKH' [59r] (111/294)
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2 .
agreement asked before doing so, but he told me last night
he nad decided to sign now*
He is much pertusbed at present by a report that Ibn
Jilawi has commissioned a »Jolly-boat" manned by 40 Bani
Hajir pirates to attack Koweit sailing vessels.
Addressed Baghdad repeated Bushire and Bahrain.
Telegram R.
From D* P. R., Bushire«
To P. A., Bahrain, Reptd. P.
No. nil.
A*> Koweit, & Civil Commis#
sianer, Baghdad.
Dated 24th Reed. 25th August 1920.
Your telegram No.261-C.
wisri b Commissioner has wired his general concurrence
and requested me to deal direct with you and Koweit on the
subject please therefore write Bin S$ud in the sen^e Civil
Commissioner telegram 9996 and in addition request him if
he (accepts) conditions laid down to submit in writing what
he considers his boundary mentioning landmarks and giving
grounds for his claim.
Addressed Bahrain Repeated Koweit with request that
he will take similar steps Sheikh of Salim, and to
Baghdad. I
Telegram P.
From D. P. R. , Bushire,
To Civil Commissioner, Baghdad.
No. 1545.
Dated 24th Reed. 25-8-1920.
Your telegram 9993.
I do not know much about Arab tribal customs in regard
to boundaries and in this connection independent Arabs if
they could be found would be most useful. Anyhow I would do
my best as Bin Saud and Salim seem to dislike each other so
cordially I think that it would be better to seeihem
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The papers concern the Kuwait-Nejd boundary dispute.
Correspondence discusses the arbitration of the British Government in the matter of the border of Kuwaiti territory under the Shaikh of Kuwait [Shaikh Sālim bin Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ] with that of the Ruler of Nejd [Najd], Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, popularly known as Ibn Sa‘ūd]. In this connection correspondence discusses the supersession of the Anglo-Turkish Convention 1913 by the British Government's 1915 agreement with Bin Saud in which he pledged to resolve disputes by peaceful means and submit to arbitration by the British Government. In addition the correspondence discusses potential hostilities between the Ruler of Ha'il led by the Rashidi dynasty of the Shammar tribe and the Ruler of Nejd, Bin Saud. Also discussed is the Battle of Jahra and the involvement of British military forces by air and sea.
Correspondents include: the Civil Commissioner Baghdad; the High Commissioner, Mesopotamia; 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 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. , Bahrain; the Deputy 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; the Under-Secretary of State for India; the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department, Simla; the Air Ministry; Abdul Aziz bin Hasan Qusaibi, Agent of Bin Saud in Bahrain; Bin Saud; the Shaikh of Kuwait; Abdullah al Mut'ab Al-Rashid, Shaikh of Jabal Shammar.
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