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'File X/3 Disorders & Raids near Basra & in Koweit [Kuwait] Hinterland' [90r] (179/303)
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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this and vrill also not deny my kindness to himself particular
ly. This his dealing with us does not hurt us but will hurt
his name and Honour, The causes which created this ill-feel
ing will be represented to Your .‘ionour according to justice
and with proofs. In the first instance Osman-el-Rashed,ix a
mercliant of TToweit sent his employees to the tribesmen with $
rice, clothes and coffee to be sold to the tribesmen who are
on the side of Nejd-from Snammur to Umtheir; and Osman’s em
ployees sold their goods and purchased camels and sheep and £
proceeded to our side. All the tribesmen, both Zhofeir and ste
others were our friends; and Saadoon was like a son of mine in
my estimation and was particularly good with me while he was
not good to all the forld.
Ibn-1-Hallaf, the Sneikh of the Saeed tribesmen seized from
the employees of the said Osman Rashed the camels send sheep
which they had bought together with the furnitures of their
houses as well as the sheep belonrriner to the people of Jahrah
They informed that these belonged to the people of Toweit and
explained this fact to him. He asked them to bring him a
letter from me as was the ordinary procedure with him and the
otner headmen of the or ibesmen; when ever there is any plunder
ed property belonging to my subjects with them I write to
tnem and they return the same. Ibn lallaf md nis tribesmen,
the Saeed, all took refuge with Saadoon because the Sheikh of
the Zofheir, lamood-es-Soweitii had banished them and gave Saa
doon a share of the camels and sheep belonging to the psople
of ^oweit. I wrote to Ibn lallaf to return them; but both he
and Saadoon were Inspired with covetousness. At uhe s’me time
Syed ^Oialaf Kaqibzadah happened to be with Saadoon on a visit
because he is a great friend of his; -and Saadoon starter to ^
the
proceed on a Journey with/Saeed s^and a party of the Mumtaf ik
herdsmen and halted near my tribesmen. My son Jaber happened
to be with the tribesmen on an excursion to pass the spring
and Saadoon warned the tribesmen who were with him saying
that they have reached near toe Yb we it tribesmen and as they
were thieves and would rob the furniture of the houses, he
wianed to prevent them from doing so. Syed Khalaf left Saadoon
and
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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)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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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- IOR/R/15/5/26
- Title
- 'File X/3 Disorders & Raids near Basra & in Koweit [Kuwait] Hinterland'
- Pages
- 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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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