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'File 53/32 III (D 53) Kowait - Miscellaneous' [88r] (180/486)
The record is made up of 1 volume (240 folios). It was created in 3 Sep 1912-4 Jun 1928. 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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Basrah to establish friendly relations with theirii in fact they
probably did not consider such a proceeding to be part of thei
duty as it would have been regarded by the Turks with grave sus-
-pioion if not with resentment. It may also be remembered that
the Muntafik land lies in the direct route of Turkish troops ad-
-vancing on Basrah from Baghdad and in districts which have for
centuries been governed or mis-governed by Ottoman officials. It
would have been strange indeed had they elected to oppose the
Turkishe forces with, so far as they could see, everything to
lose and nothing to gain thereby. The small tribes west of Bas-
-rah mentioned above, who know little of the British, were bribed
or forced to give what help they could like the Basravis,numbers
«
of whom had been compelled some months earlier to join in oppo-
-sing our first advance, on pain of destruction of their lives
and property and those of their relatives.
4. The conduct of the Iraqis seems to have been correct ^rom the
Turkish point of view, except that they occasionally displayed
a lack of discipline and perhaps courage. But in the course of
the engagements of April 12-15 the Muntafik shewed clearly that
their hearts were not in the struggle from any national or reli-
-gious enthusiasm, but that while motives of self preservation
had led the chiefs to take up arms, the common people were out
for plunder from whomsoever it might be taken. On 13th April,
these same Muntafik plundered the Turkish encampment during their
retreat after being repulsed by our troops, the ostensible reasor
according to eyewitnesses, being that the Turks had promised then
victory whereas a severe rebuff was all they received.
5. In the circumstances detailed above, little need be said upon-
the subject of the Tu&kish efforts to arouse religious feeling
among the Arabs of these regions. Such an aspect of the war has
entered but little into the considerations of the Muntafik, and
the Basravis seem to be quite unaffected by it. The attemjbtto
raise a Jehad has had no effect upon the large and important
tribes of Central and North-Central Arabia, and I have not met
any Arab who has taken seriously the supposed conversion of
prominent Q-ermans to Islam.
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This file contains correspondence related to a number of different matters all of which concern Kuwait. Of particular interest are the following:
- Correspondence between Sir Percy Zachariah Cox, the British 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 Paul Wilberforce Harrison of the American Mission, November 1912 (ff. 16-17).
- A sketch map of the area south west of Riadh [Riyadh], October 1913 (f. 22).
- Correspondence regarding William Henry Shakespear's desire to travel in Arabia and details of his subsequent trip, November 1913-March 1914 (ff. 23-26, f. 30, ff. 43-46).
- Discussions between British officials regarding whether or not the ruler of Kuwait should be addressed as 'His Excellency', May-August 1914 (f. 50 and ff. 54-70).
- A letter from William George Grey, British 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 that discusses reasons for remaining Arab support for the Ottoman Empire in the war, June 1915 (ff. 86-90).
- Information concerning Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ's visit to London, December 1919 (ff. 125-136).
- A report concerning an attack on two Kuwaiti subjects and four Najdis in which three of the party were killed by two assailants, March 1925 (f. 169). A list of items stolen from the party is also included (f. 170).
- A detailed briefing note compiled by James Carmichael Moore, the British 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, December 1927. The note contains profiles of several prominent figures in Kuwait (and the surrounding region) and information on the state's schools, economy and trade (ff. 217-226). The note also contains a map of Kuwait and its neighbouring areas (f. 221) and details of the different types of shipping vessels used in the country with hand-drawn sketches of the different vessels (ff. 223-226).
- A letter from Lionel Berkeley Holt Haworth, the British 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. discussing Britain’s desire to keep Kuwait separate from Iraq and outlining the rationale behind such a policy, April 1928 (ff. 231-232).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (240 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
An index of topics discussed in the file is contained on folios 4-6.
- Physical characteristics
Condition: Formerly a bound correspondence volume, the file's sheets have been unbound and are now loose.
Foliation: The file has an incomplete foliation sequence and a complete foliation sequence. The complete sequence, which should be used for cataloguing, is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the first folio after the front cover, on number 2, and ends on the last folio of writing, on number 237.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:12v, 13v:15v, 16v:19r, 20r:21v, 23r:47r, 48r:189v, 189ar:189av, 190r:214v, 214ar:214av, 215r:220v, 222r:237v, i-r:i-v, back-i
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