‘I. Saudiyeh. (3). Saudiyeh State Prisoners.’ [4r] (7/26)
The record is made up of 1 file (11 folios). It was created in Aug 1933-2 Mar 1934. 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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(3) The following news wassupplied by the Shaikh of
Kuwait on 19th October:
(a) On the 18th October an Ajman tribesman in Kuwait
service arrived from Riath confirming the motor drivers
report in detail.
(b) The man also brought the news that it was pretty
certain that the now famous Riath prisoners Naif bin Rithlain
I bn Lami and Ibn Humaid , had been murdered by Bin Baud T s
orders. They had apparently been sent in 3 lorries ostensibly
to Hoffuf, in response to the long made demand of Ibn Jaloui
that the prisoners should be dealt with by him. The lorries
had, it seems, never reached Hoffuf, but returned empty
to Riath the next day. It was everywhere in Riath whispered
that the prisoners had been shot and buried in the Dahana
sands by a party sent by Ibn Jaloui to take them over. In
this co nection see para V.b.(ix) and V.c.(i) of this
Office Summary for August 1933.
CGI.II5IH?. The story of the murder of these unfortunate wretche;
has reached Kuwait from so many sources during September
and October that I cannot but come to the regretful con
clusion that the incident is true.
The Ajman and Kutair tribes hoping against hope
that Ibn Hathlain and Ibn Lami, their chieftains were still
alive, have refused so far to believe that Ibn Baud would
lend himself to such a dastardly deed, but even they have
resigned themselves to what they believe to be the truth at
last.
It is said that no one but members of Bin Saud T s
slave bodyguard accompanied the prisoners when they set out
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Papers relating to the reported murder of Ibn Hithlain [Nāyif bin Ḥithlayn] of the ’Ajmān tribe, and Ibn Lami of the Mutair [Muṭayr] tribe, and others, at the orders of the King of Saudi Arabia Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd)], at Hoffuf [Al Hufūf]. The file includes:
- Extracts from the Kuwait Intelligence Summaries for August 1933, October 1933, and November 1934, reporting the abductions and rumours of murders.
- A letter from the British Minister at Jedda, Andrew Ryan, to Sir John Simon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, dated 25 January 1934, concerning the veracity of reports of the murders, discussion with Ibn Saud’s adviser Faud Bey Hamza, and his reluctance to call Ibn Saud to account over the matter.
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- 1 file (11 folios)
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 13; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-11; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- ‘I. Saudiyeh. (3). Saudiyeh State Prisoners.’
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