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File 7251/1920 Pt 2 'Arabia: Nejd-Iraq and Nejd-Kuwait Boundaries; Iraq-Nejd Treaty; Nejd-Kuwait Agreement' [175r] (345/360)
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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FAR&PHHASE TJ£L’ from the High Cdx&mlftsloner of Irao to the
Secretary of State for the Coloniee*
'hited 13 th Kareh
(Hf>eelYed Colonjal Uffic# Z.im.m.m. 14th 3^arch, 1922).
Clear Uu?
JK 0 . 20 U of 13th .. irch
C:y telegraia Co. 169 of CVbruayy 4th to Political
Bahrein wae ae follotre (Begins}.
3ond following to hin 3aou4 (begins)
Sheikh Hamood Bin 8u«*it ms your Highness is probably aware,
has for ao|ie ye-^rs been in receipt of * regular stipend from
Iras A Ministr ation.
He has recently bee/i Behawifig badly by oeanslttlng raids upon
subjects of o-eit and on your Highness* tribesmen. He was
consequently sunaaned to Bmsrah or haeiriyeh to explain his
conduct to British Bepresentmtire and neeanwhile his salary
was suspended.
I now hear that he has left with Sharshab Sheikh of Budoor for
/
your territory with presents for you, and in the circumstances
I earnestly hope and request that you will not recsiretJiem
but will send them back. We can then discuss their case
further at bur Meeting (ends).
Secondly following was ay telegra»ii , <o.5JO of March ?th to
I realise that my message sent from her? on February 4th
regarding iiamood Bin auwalt may not hare reached you until
after you had giren hi* a ffiendly reception. It is now
reported to »« that he was not only welcomed by your Highness
but received handsome presmts and has returned to his tents
accompanied by Abdur MmhMUA Bin Maaisir on your behalf and
that latter with Hamood* a ascistance is atteaipting to lery
tribute on ecwsral untafip tribes gracing in desert.
mrthermore
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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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