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'File X/3 Disorders & Raids near Basra & in Koweit [Kuwait] Hinterland' [91r] (181/303)
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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urM come to my non Jaber, whom ho informed of the statement of
Saadoon. iie iJaber) thanked him, and he also rec ived a letter
from Saadoon containing expresBions of friendship and kind regards
ii cay after some one came to my son Jaber from tribesmen who were
at a distance of 8 hours' journey, informing him that they were
attacked by j aadcon and plundered, un loariinr this oaher told
T^ed Khalaf 'Mow in this, were t^ese meosegeB from Sas.doon a
trek by which we were duped through you ? '^e will have to go
to him and recover the loot from him” f-yed khalaf aosured him
that he himself would return and demand the plundered property
from him. hen Gyed Khalaf met Saadoon he (the fyed) told him
that he (kaadoon) acted very badly and that he (Saadoon) had both
decieved him and them, that he should now return the loot other
wise it wculd recovered forcibly. He replied • It does not
matter, the plundered persons should come to me and 1 will return
then (their property)”. y son Jaber sent the plundered persons
ari they received something which is not worth mentioning in
comparison to what had bean robbed. Friendly correspondence con
tinued between me and Saadoon for the restoration of our plundered
property which wxsxxtjEkxkkBK remained with him and the banish-
the
rent cf / aaecfe or the return of the plundered property which was
wit‘ them, baadcon was inspired with the baseness which is a
characteristic of his and we were waiting for the Saeeds to sepa
rate from baadoon; otherwise as regards Saadoon and all Snadoon's
trib>sm°n we shall, God willing, not agree that the lea«t thing
should he done by us against them and we will not oppose them
purposely at present and in future, by son Jaher and Abdul Aziz
el-Saood learnt that on his return Saadoon was plundered by the
Ibn Hazzall and his tribesmen of Anezah when he attacked them
palace
ani that he returned and wont to his ttiUK at Abughar and that
U e s as ads separated from him. They, Jaber and Abdul Aslx f.aood,
availed Lhemselven o^ this opportunity and when they reached near
the Arabs ^v-ny ’.'Are not at daybreak by their own spies *”ho in-
T c i: O'! them thao the / rabs were J \ouin herdsmen and
that there was a tent with them, which,as they had understood,
belonged
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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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- 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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