‘I. Saudiyeh. (3). Saudiyeh State Prisoners.’ [‎4r] (7/26)

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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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