ملف ٦٤٩٩/ ١٩٢٠ الجزء ١ "شؤون الكويت: النزاع الحدودي بين الكويت ونجد؛ عدم شعبية الشيخ محلّيًا" [و‎‎١‎٠‎٠] (٢٩٤/١٩٣)

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