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'File 5/C Boundary questions: attacks on Ikhwan; dispute between Shaikh Salim and Ibn Sa`ud' [42r] (83/230)
The record is made up of 1 volume (114 folios). It was created in 8 Feb 1919-17 Aug 1920. 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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Sxanslation of lottor dated tetb Bamadrm 1398 - 29tli l ay 192C
fron the Shaikh of uusralt to Tbn Qa*ud.
You have hoard of the evil deed perpetrated by 1'aieal
ad/«>I>uwaiBh and the Ildiwau: how he attaoked our .ion Da'1J with hia
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aervanto and the nelctihourlng tribe a, whiah wore vltli hlra, and kll
ed the non and oelcsad the property without justlfioation. They
made this attack on thoia while they believed themselves safe as
none oould poaslbly have foreseen ouoh a thine, and we wore ere at!
surprised at it,
Se have always considered that the M Ca’ud and A1 hub ah were
one house by religion (&£nan wa nadhhaban) family and honour*
Wo were auoh astonished at tills ooeurrenoe and oan not imagin
who oan have inoltod Jt'alsal ad-huwaieh and the Xkhwan to perpetrat
till a disgraceful act*
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had we not been anxious to save the blood of kuslina and pro-
teot Innocent lusliia lives we would have taken effective action at
the time*
* 1 >
..e kept patient however and exercised forethought as Duwaiuh
and hio follov/era arc your subjects*
In view of the brotherhood and the long union which has been
between us m are reporting the natter to you* os we feel opnfidon
that it will displease you even more than it did us if onoe you
kno- the real fact of the case* and ore not deceived by uatruo
tales, for men of high position have attentive ears.
that we hope from your hxcollcnoy is that you will order him
to return the property £nd make restitution for the men for the
sake of the honour of the two houses and families.
If ho does not listen to your »ords and obey your ordern, we
oan not excuse you and will have to say •Easbina Allah wa ni’jn al-
b'akil* (we depend on God who is the best of helper six (l*e| a do-
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claration of war) and the Lord will pardon ua for the Hood of too
Kuslimu of tooth aides and will hold hixe guilty who Is the oause*
• Af 1 ^
•La Laula wa^uwata Hla Blllahl ll« f All il~adhiia". have ae«
putod our men Atodullrdi as^Lumlt and AtodviUbls al-Basan to visit'
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes from February 1919 to August 1920, mainly relating to boundary questions between Ibn Sa'ud and the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Salim [Shaikh Sālim al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ], as well as attacks on the Ikhwan and British relations with Ibn Sa'ud.
The volume includes an index (folio 115) to topics and people discussed in the file. The principal correspondents in the volume include: 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 (James Carmichael More); 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. , Bahrain (Harold Richard Patrick Dickson); Ibn Sa'ud; the Ruler of Kuwait; and the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad.
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- 1 volume (114 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 115; 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 5-114; 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/15/5/99
- Title
- 'File 5/C Boundary questions: attacks on Ikhwan; dispute between Shaikh Salim and Ibn Sa`ud'
- Pages
- 39r:43v, 72r, 79r:80v, 88r, 98r:100v, 102r:103v, 105v:107r
- Author
- Āl Ṣabāḥ, Shaikh Mubarak bin Ṣabāḥ xx Al Sabah, Shaikh Mubarak bin Sabah
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