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File 6499/1920 Pt 1 'KOWEIT AFFAIRS: KOWEIT-NEJD BOUNDARY DISPUTE; LOCAL UNPOPULARITY OF SHEIKH' [100r] (193/294)
The record is made up of 1 item (144 folios). It was created in 16 May 1920-28 Jul 1921. 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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Translation of a “letter dated 4th Shawwal 1338 (21st
June 1920) from Bin Saud to Shaikh Salim As-3uhah.
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After compliments .
I have received your letter of the 12th Ultimo and
have understood what you intimated therein,especially about the
attack of Ad-Duwish,and about Daij and his men.Also your remarks
about the two houses of As-3aud and As-Subah being ever united,
3.3 also that you have left Ad-Duwish unpunished in order to avoid
the blood shed of Muslims and that you expect payment of compensa
tion and would not excuse or forgive me if I failed to exact the
penalty from the wrong doers.
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All these good remarks of yours are appreciated and I
feel that I have an obligation towards you and you have every
right to expect all this from me. Thank God, thereXis not one who
can give me orders and I am strong enough to enforce my orders
with or without his (any body * s) consent.
I,your brother,wpuld,however,like to explain to Your
Excellency certain matters.
As to Ad-Duwaish 1 s attack. God knows that I did not order
him to attack,nor did I wish it,especially the thing that happened.
Of course I knew of their (the Mutair’s) gathering (in Qaraiyah)
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and their taking defensive measures. Wh&nGod ordained tne incident
in question I was however not sorry for reasons I shall now
explain. I did as a matter of fact despatch messengers to stop
them,but they had already taken action. As regards my own feelings
towards Koweit its Huler and people,I call 3 od to witness that
from the time I left Koweit till this moment I have always meant
well by them. This is known to God as well as to man. As to the
relations of As-Saud and As-Subah, I can only repeat what has
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been said (Couplet).
"If affairs are taken in hand, in the ofSe
they have only good results, !- t- ^ , oono en&dr¥.
wicked then evil consequences are brought on all coneen
Oh son of Mubarak, I should never have believed or dreamed tha t
any friction would, have taken place between the As-Saud and th.s
As-Subah. I cannot now fathom the causes. You,however should ask
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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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- File 6499/1920 Pt 1 'KOWEIT AFFAIRS: KOWEIT-NEJD BOUNDARY DISPUTE; LOCAL UNPOPULARITY OF SHEIKH'
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- 21r:22v, 97r:106v, 112r:114v, 128r:128v, 135r:137v
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- Government of Sultanate of Nejd and Dependencies
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