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File 10/12 Tribal and desert information: Ikhwan raids; Motor Transport Concession, Kuwait/Basra; Ikhwan rebellion, 1927 [93r] (185/646)
The record is made up of 1 file (321 folios). It was created in 7 Jan 1925-31 Dec 1927. 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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THE IK^AIR OOHFSRIiiUGS*
In November, 1922 , a conference was held at uqATR, on the
PEESlAEf (JUIF, between air perc^r Oox, I BN BAUD, and a repre
sentative of the IRAQ Government. negotiations, however,
broke dovrn, on the question of the extradition of a number of
tribes, formerly subjects of I BE RASHID, who had emigrated
to the IRAQ after the fall tff HAIL*
THE JOT,7AN REFUGEES .
In the summer of 1923, a disgruntled IRAQ Shaikh, YUSUP BEG
Al MANSUR, visited I BN BAUD, by whom he was accorded a
favourable reception.
AKHVIAN and IRAQ tribes were at the time peacefully
encamped near the frontier. Trading on the prestige
acquired by his friendly intercourse with IBN BAUD, YUSUP
BEG suddenly raised a force of AKH7AN bedouins, and crossing
the frontier, raided the IRAQ tribe of the DHAPIR. IBN
BAUD immediately sent to punish the offenders, with the
result that YUSUP BEG and his raiders threw themselves on
the mercy of the IRAQ Government, whose subjects they had
just raided.
INGEPPIQN OP RAIDING BY THE REPUGEES .
There is little cause for surprise if King PAISA1, when
created ruler of IRAQ, should have conceived the idea of
enlisting the services of that country against IBN BAUD,
the bitterest enemy of his house. The IRAQ tribes, however,
were desirous only of peace.
.YUSUP BEG refugee raiders,/however, had many of
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themarrived^in a state of destitution, and were anxious, by
raiding, to replace their lost possessions. Vfhat could
be more satisfactory than to raid the followers of IBN
BAUD, Whose anger had driven them from their homes ? how
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This file contains correspondence related to the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd].
The correspondence primarily relates to raids that were made into Iraq and Kuwait by Ikhwan forces and associated acts of livestock plunder and killing. As such, the file contains two reports regarding these raids that were submitted to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait by the Senior Staff Officer of the Akhwan Defence, a British force that had been established to counter the threat of Ikhwan raids into Iraq and monitor their movements (folios 40-47 and 84-130).
The file also contains correspondence that relates to discussions concerning the construction of a paved road (for the use of motor vehicles) between Southern Iraq and Kuwait. A copy of a concession for its construction that was granted to Sayyid Hamid bin Rajab al-Naqib by the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, is contained in Arabic (folios 67-69) and English (folios 72-75). In this context, the file contains descriptions written by 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, Major James Carmichael More, of a number of different routes between Southern Iraq and Kuwait at the time. These descriptions are as follows:
- Jafrah to Safwan (in English, folios 49-53 and Arabic, folios 59-62);
- Kuwait to Basrah via Basrah and then direct to Safwan (folios 54-57);
- Jahrah to Zubair (folios 137-146).
Towards the end of the file, the correspondence in the file discusses reports of the tensions between the Ikhwan and Ibn Sa'ud and the beginning of the Ikhwan revolt.
As well as correspondence between British officials, correspondence between 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. More and the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (in Arabic with English translations) appears throughout the file.
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- 1 file (321 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
An index of topics discussed is contained at the rear of the file (on folios 322-323); the folios used in this index relate to an earlier incomplete foliation system that is in uncircled pencil 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.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 323; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at 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 1-323; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled, but are crossed through.
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- IOR/R/15/5/38
- Title
- File 10/12 Tribal and desert information: Ikhwan raids; Motor Transport Concession, Kuwait/Basra; Ikhwan rebellion, 1927
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:4v, 5v:11v, 12v:30v, 31v:32v, 35r:36v, 37v:62v, 63v:65v, 66v:131v, 132v:168v, 169v, 171r:196v, 197v:204v, 205v:207v, 208v:214v, 215v, 216v:224v, 225v:240v, 241v:248v, 249v:250v, 251v:284v, 285v:291v, 292v:302v, 303v:310v, 311v:323v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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