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'File 53/1, 3, 5, 6 A (D 1) Koweit [Kuwait] affairs, 1896-1901' [‎189r] (399/788)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (387 folios). It was created in 24 Jul 1896-3 Oct 1900. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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Prom the Political .resident in Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. ,to
the Secretary to the Governmertt of India,Foreign Department,
Calcutta,i'o.-Jo > dated 22nd December 1J^7.
wnn
Sir,
with reference to my cypher telegram dp.ted 16th
December I. have the honour very respectfully to place below
for the information of Government news regarding the recent
movements of troops reported therein.
2. On my return from Basrah on tour on the Icth inst
I was informed of the concentration at Baghdad of troops as
1 Battalion from rZerkook. to Baghdad
1 do do —Mosul to do
1 do do—Salahiyeh (.Kifri; do-had been issued and that these
•1 do do rlillah to Baghdad
1 do do — Shatra to Baghdad
1 do do— ai to Baghdad.—
1 do do Amarah to Baghdad
per margin or rather that
orders for the concentration
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seven Battalions with three
already at Baghdad together
with 6 guns 4 Officers 120
Gunners ,150 "orses, aggregating
*
in all about 6000 men were to hold themselves in readiness to
proceed on service,it is rumoured to 'oweit. I communicated
this intelligence to -.J], the Ambassador at Constantinople in
cypher and received a reply to the effect that the troops,so
he had heard,were to be used as a punitive force to cover a
rumoured disaster to Turkish arms with the Arab tribes
somewhere south. A few hours after receipt of the above
telegram another telegram was received from the Embassy
quoting one from the Assistant 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. at Basrah,Fir.
Forbes,saying th:,.t no news of a Turkish disaster had been
received there but that a rumour was prevalent at Basrah
that. Sheikh -asim bin Thani the well known Sheikh of El iCatr
was collecting forces at Katr near Bahrein and was about to
attack Sheikh Hubarak who had usurped the Chieftainship of
iCoweit. Sheikh Fubarax has, I am informed,been in communi-
-cation
m
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This file contains correspondence between various British officials regarding political affairs in Kuwait.

The file includes copies of direct correspondence between Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait and British officials regarding Mubarak's desire for British protection and the nature of Kuwait's relationship with the Ottoman Empire.

The file contains a number of reports (in their original Arabic with English translations attached) concerning political affairs in Kuwait that were written by Ali bin Ghulam Reza, a news agent in Kuwait employed by the British.

On folio 7 the file contains a geographical and historical summary of Kweit [Kuwait] that gives details regarding the recent takeover of power by Moubarec [Mubārak]. The file contains further information on the location, population and economy of Kuwait on folio 99.

Extent and format
1 volume (387 folios)
Arrangement

The file is arranged in chronological order and is divided into four sections as follows:

Pages 1-86: 53/1 Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs 1896-1897

Pages 87-216: 53/3 Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs 1897-1898

Pages 217-349: 53/5 Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs 1899-1900

Pages 350-373: 53/6A Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs 1899 - 1901

A title page is included in the file at the beginning of each new section and an index of topics discussed in the file is contained on folios 2-5.

The page numbers used in both the index and the four chronological sections relate to the original foliation system of the file that uses a mechanical stamp.

Physical characteristics

Condition: Formerly a bound correspondence volume, the file's sheets have been unbound and are now loose.

Foliation: The volume has been foliated from the first page of text in the volume until to the inside back cover using circled pencil numbers in the top right-corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . There is an earlier, possibly original, foliation sequence that runs through the volume, which uses a mechanical stamp.

The following foliation anomalies occur in the file: 27a, 27b, 130a, 130b, 170a, 170b, 174a, 179a, 179b, 293a, 293b, 310a, 310b, 323a and 323b.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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