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'File 5/C Boundary questions: attacks on Ikhwan; dispute between Shaikh Salim and Ibn Sa`ud' [91r] (181/230)
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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9 ;
lele^ran (5.)
Fron Giveon, Baghdad.
To Political, Kuwait.
Ho* 7265 -
Dated i»th. (Received 10th.). July 1920 .
Refer^co your telegran Ho 50 G of July 5th & connected papers.
..1. ITou should point out to Shaikh Salim that the Anglo-*Turkish
Convention of Ip 15 v;as not a do on lent to which he was activ ;ly
party, and that, in any case 'it was drawn up under very different
circunstances at the tine when the Turks were in Hasa* (Corrupt
proup) opinion is that its proviislons have been superceded so far
as he is concerned by Clause VI of our /i^rcement of '26th, December
1 >*‘O with Ibn Sa*ud. According to this clause the limits of Kuwait
territor./ still remain to be determined. *
2’. Lay advice to the Shailda is reply,politely refusing to sipn
the document, invoking the friendly^ arbitration of the British
Government, and aproeinp not to take any further action regarding
Jariyah pending such negotiation (Although you need hot toll him •
this, the result of the, negotiation will, in ny opinion, likely
restrict his territory to a smaller area than that given by the
.Aigdo-Turkisn Convention).
g. On the receipt of : u . luest from the Shaikh of Kuwait for our
good offices in the latter, I an prepared, with the previous
J
sanction of hi. n. Goy era lent, to address Ibn 3a 1 ud on the Subject,
i . - . - -
'and if possible'arrange a settlement of the affair at a meeting of
the principals or their plenipot entiarios. I have already vfarhod
nan, Vide iy i .aoliately following telegram.
Addressed Kuwait, Repeated Bushirc and BadiraiA.
A J j'A
/erhk o
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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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- 'File 5/C Boundary questions: attacks on Ikhwan; dispute between Shaikh Salim and Ibn Sa`ud'
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- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 4r:38v, 44r:45v, 48r:48v, 53r:64v, 88v:97v, 101r:101v, 104r:105r, 107v:115v
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