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File 7251/1920 Pt 2 'Arabia: Nejd-Iraq and Nejd-Kuwait Boundaries; Iraq-Nejd Treaty; Nejd-Kuwait Agreement' [164r] (323/360)
The record is made up of 1 item (179 folios). It was created in 12 Jan 1922-2 Jul 1923. 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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TELEGrHM from the High Commissioner for Iraq tJPbhe Secretary
of t State for the Colonies. 1214
Dated 16th March.
(Received Colonial Office 11.45 a.m. 18th-Marclir 1922).
No. 211 of the 16th March.
Plea.se send following to Ibn Sand by urgent raossenger begins
A little more than a year ago I had occasion to protest to your
Highness with regard to Hostile activities of your adherent Faisal
Dawish and the force of Akhwan accompanying him who were then
threatening Zobeir. They then only retired under threat of
bombardment. Same thing has happened this season. For some
weeks past the southern frontier of Iraq has been continually
disturbed by constant threats of Akhwan raids against Iraq tribes
On March 7th/belegraphed Your Highness via Bahrein urging you to
control him and to put a stop to his mischievous activities your
approval of which cannot be believed in view of negotiations which
were current between us. I have now to inform you that on March
11th a la£ge force of Akhwan numbering between 2,000 and 3,000
under the leaxl of Faisal Dawish ? Dhaydan A1 Hithlain, Salman
Mandil, Khalaf A1 laid and others attacked the Iraq tribesmen
grazing round the wells at Abu Ghar and after killing large
numbers and capturing quantity of camels and livestock advanced
on ?Sharqah and attacked the Iraq Camel Police who w r ere camped
there at the time. All this was entirely without provocation.
On hearing the above news aeroplanes were sent to reconnoitre
and to keep me informed as to movements of Akhwan. They naa
specific orders not to attack without reference to me unless they
were gratuitously attacked by tne Akhwan. On March 14th they
located the Akhwan near the Lake of Abulia ana were received
by them with heavy rifle fire. They accordingly had no N
alternative but to ?retaliate and punish the Akhw r an which they
did. Now although it is reported to me that your Highness had
been ? sending supply to Haffar for I tin DuwaiiMiS force I ^ annot
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This part of the volume contains correspondence and other papers concerning relations between Nejd, Iraq, Kuwait, and the British authorities. The majority of the correspondence is interdepartmental in nature and is between the Colonial Office and the 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. . Further correspondence, included as enclosures, comes from the High Commissioner in Iraq, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], the Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), 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. in 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. in Bahrain, 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 Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir as-Subah [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], ruler of Kuwait.
The main subject of this part is the lead up to and events following the conferences involving the Arab rulers of Nejd, Iraq, and Kuwait, or their representatives, in Mohammerah and Uqair, under the presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. of the British. Treaty relations were established that dealt mostly with the delineation of boundaries between the three territories. Other subjects covered by the papers include the activities of the Akhwan [Ikhwan], relations between some of the desert tribes, and the reported death of Ibn Rashid.
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- File 7251/1920 Pt 2 'Arabia: Nejd-Iraq and Nejd-Kuwait Boundaries; Iraq-Nejd Treaty; Nejd-Kuwait Agreement'
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- 4r:8v, 10r:17v, 17ar:17av, 18r:20v, 22r:23v, 25r:31v, 42r:59v, 62r:84v, 86r:95v, 97r:127v, 129r:148v, 150r:158v, 160r:182v
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