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'File X/3 Disorders & Raids near Basra & in Koweit [Kuwait] Hinterland' [46r] (91/303)
The record is made up of 1 file (150 folios). It was created in 20 Apr 1909-23 Sep 1917. 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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•‘"thalulsT °' V H n ^ ha ' khs K i/J 1 ^, e P^ouin join bringing their own mounts.mares or
t uls , and arms, whilst Shaikh Mubarak would supply them with food. He
penman. 50 SUPP y ^ Wh ° le f ° rCe W ‘ th ammunition . probably =o rounds
of the T M^Zfi\ e are a as1on U ows°: r i he P 1656 " 1 (SeC ° nd) eXpediti0n agai " St Sadun
15 well-to*do Merchants to provide
Small merchants and tradesmen provide...
Divers and Boat-owners provide M<
Shaikh will fit out
75 “khabra”.
200
25
300
a
ft
Total
600 khabra com
plete.
This means a force of 6,000 men with 4,200 ,f thaluls ” exclusive of Bedouin.
Cost to Shaikh.
210.000
105.000
15,000
as the cost of food for one man
cd 'r ^ ~ w *
for 10 days, we get :—
Cost to merchants.
2,100 “ thaluls ” at $ 100
... 210,000
3,000 rifles at $ 35
••• 105,000
3,000 men’s food at $ 5
15,000
3,000 „ hire „ $ 7
... 21,000
$ 351,000
The Shaikh will probably have at least ...
6,000 other Bedouin to feed.
$ 330,000
... 30,000
35 . 000
And supply ammunition to whole force ...
at 50 rounds per man for $ 3.
This will give the Shaikh a force of some 12,000 men of whom half will be
Bedouin, and the force w r ill comprise some 3,000 cavalry, 7,000 camelry and 2,000
infantry. Its cost to the Shaikh for a 10 days’expedition will be about $ 396,000
and to the Kuwait merchants another $ 351,000. This estimate is, if anything,
below the mark as no guess can be made at the cost of grain for horses, dates
for camels, if worked hard, and clothes and cash presents to Bedouin. It must be
remembered too that the estimate takes no account of the force which Bin Saud is
placing at Shaikh Mubarak's disposal. He probably commands quite another
4,000 men including his Bedouin from the more southern tribes. The cost of
feeding them will fall on Shaikh Mubarak,
Kuwait ;
The 28th March igio,
}
W. H. I. SHAKESFEAR, Captazn,
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.
, Kuwait,
G. C. B. P., Simla.—No. C.-gl 2 F. D.— 29 - 4 *io.— 40 .—E.A.D’S.
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the conflict between the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Mubarak Al Sabah, and Shaikh Sa'dun Al Mansur of the Muntafich [Muntafiq] tribe as well as political developments in Kuwait and the Ottoman Province of Basra related to protracted tribal unrest and fighting in that region more broadly.
The majority of the correspondence in the file is between British officials (including the 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, Captain William Shakespear, and the 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. , Major Percy Zachariah Cox), but also enclosed are copies of a series of letters (in Arabic with English translations) that were exchanged between Shaikh Mubarak and the Ottoman Governor of Basra in 1911 (folios 85-96,120-121 & 124-125).
In addition to correspondence, the file contains several relevant extracts from the diary of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait, including detailed descriptions of a number of armed clashes between the forces of Shaikh Mubarak and Shaikh Sa'dun.
The file also contains a memorandum entitled 'Disturbances on the Tigris' written in 1909 by Francis Edward Crow, the British Consul in Basra (folios 8-13) and a cutting in Arabic from the Cairo newspaper Al Moayed from 19 June 1910 that gives details of a battle between a force under the leadership of Shaikh Jaber Mubarak Al Sabah and Shaikh Sa'dun Al Mansur (folio 71).
The file also contains correspondence concerning the robbery of a British individual named William Hickey in Kuwait in 1910 (folios 63-65).
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- 1 file (150 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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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 152; 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 2-151; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- 'File X/3 Disorders & Raids near Basra & in Koweit [Kuwait] Hinterland'
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- front, front-i, 2r:70v, 71v:84v, 87r:107v, 110r:119v, 120v, 122r:123v, 126r:149r, 150r:151v, back-i, back
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