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File 1855/1904 Pt 8 'Koweit:- Arabia Chiefs' attitude towards tribes of the interior (Nejd etc.)' [116r] (229/336)
The record is made up of 170 folios. It was created in 4 Feb 1904-30 Jan 1908. 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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(Confidential)
No. 2138, dated Bushire, the 15th (received 24th) September igoS.
From— Major P. Z. Cox, C.I.E.,
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.
,
To—Sir Louis Dane, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., Secretary to the Government of India in
the Foreign Department, Simla.
I have the honour to forward herewith, for the information of the Gov-
, ernment of India, copy of a despatch*
0.62, ate 31st ugustieo . addressed by His Britannic Majesty’s
Consul at Basrah to His Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador at Constantinople.
With reference to Mr. Crow’s statement as to the channels through which
Ibn Saood and Meta’ab bin Rashid respectively receive their allowances, I am
addressing 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.
at Baghdad and 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.
at
Koweit on the subject and will forward in due course any further information I
may receive from them.
No. 62, dated the 31st August 1906.
From—His Britannic Majesty’s Consul, Basrah,
To—His Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador, Constantinople.
With reference to my despatch No. 59 of August 25th, I have the honour
to report that I called on Lieutenant-General Sudqi
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
last Wednesday. He
had been ordered to Baghdad and left the same evening. It is uncertain whether
he will return to take up his appointment as Commandant at Basrah. Sudqi
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
stated that he had handed over the Command in El Kasim to Sami
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, Acting Mutessarif and Commandant and stayed ten days with him
after his arrival. Sami
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
brought 500 soldiers and one gun with him from
Medina. The troops arrived in excellent condition.
According to Sudqi Pasha’s account there are 2,500 troops in Nejd and
El Kasim. The lines of communications are open and caravans arrive freely
and, though supplies are not easily obtainable locally, all necessaries were for
warded to them by caravans.
Information from other sources does not confirm this favourable account.
The tale told by the numerous deserters who have from time to time found
their way to Koweit and thence the Basrah during Sudqi
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
s command in
Kasim is a very different one. They describe the state of the troops there as
pitiable in the extreme and state that provisions are scarce and they are with
out pay. Sudqi
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
himself is said to be owed 2,000 Turkish £ for his
services.
Sudqi
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
said that Ibn Saood was jealous of Saleh bin Mohanna’s
intercourse with the Turkish Officers and that he got the people of Boreyda
to sign a mazbata complaining of his oppression and then removed him to Riadh
He ^tributes his removal to personal animosity. Though Mohanna was
appointed Kaimakam of Boreyda by the Mushir, the appointment had not bee
confirmed by Constantinople.
Sudqi
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
marched from Boreyda to, Ziffi and thence travelled by way
f Es Safa -d Suba k e t 0 Kowe, crossing tne northern end of ^he Dahna
“rr, ml 1.4". plrimei on cam*. ... *1
,; h ,j nn casualties. He seems to have travelled very quickly. He told
me’that peace had been established between Ibn Saood and Ibn Rashid ut
7a . .if-1 11- would last very Ion?. He described Ibn Saood as a desert
did not think Aun 1 A-717 Rin°Rashid as a desert warrior and said the
the present, u s rence 0 f hostilities between the rival factions at
no°ffista P nt date. He stated the Arabs had now all retired to their homes and
their pastures.
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The papers concern the attitudes of Shaikh Mubarak [Mubārak bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] of Koweit [Kuwait] and rulers of other Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. coast states toward the political activities of Bin Saood (also referred to as Ibn Saood) [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, (Ibn Sa‘ūd)] in Nejd [Najd].
The principal correspondents are 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Major Percy Zachariah Cox); 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. , Kuwait (Major Stuart George Knox); HBM's Consul, Basrah (also referred to as Bussorah) [Basra] (Francis Edward Crow); the British Ambassador at Constantinople (Sir Nicholas Roderick O'Conor); and senior officials of the Government of India, the Foreign Office, and the 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. .
The papers cover: papers concerning a proposed visit by Ibn Sa‘ūd to the Pirate Coast [ Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ] and Oman, including discussion of whether, in the event of his gaining ascendancy in the region, an approach should be made to him through the Shaikh of Kuwait or the Sultan of Muscat to safeguard the rights of British subjects residing in his territories and to ensure that there was no interference with Arab tribes in alliance with the British Government, October 1905 - February 1906 (including copies of treaties with chiefs of the Pirate Coast, 1862-92, folios 159-162) (folios 144-170); the decision of the Government of India, with Foreign Office approval, to authorise 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to issue a warning to the chiefs of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. not to engage in 'intrigues' with Ibn Sa‘ūd, so as to avoid unrest that would be damaging to British commercial interests in the area, March-April 1906 (folios 121-143); papers concerning Ibn Sa‘ūd's relations with the Turkish [Ottoman] and British Governments, August-October 1906 (folios 108-120); papers concerning a possible Arab confederacy, November 1906 (folios 103-107); reports of fighting between Turkish troops and Arab tribesmen in Hassa [Al Hasa], overtures by Ibn Sa‘ūd to the British, and correspondence concerning the passage of Turkish troops through Kuwait, December 1906- April 1907 (including enclosures dated 1904) (folios 41-102); papers concerning Najd affairs, and the decision of the Government of India, with the agreement of the 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. and the Foreign Office, that it was inadvisable to issue further warnings to Shaikh Mubarak not to interfere in Najd, as this might tend to weaken British influence over him, January-July 1907 (folios 11-40); and a memorandum concerning British relations with the Wahabees [Wahhabis], January 1908 (folios 4-10).
The date range gives the main covering dates of all the documents; however, the papers also include copies of treaties dated 1862-92 (folios 159-162). The date range of the Secret Department minute papers given on the subject divider on folio 1 is 1906-07.
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