'File 5/C Boundary questions: attacks on Ikhwan; dispute between Shaikh Salim and Ibn Sa`ud' [‎108r] (215/230)

t
JON FID .Nri/U, .
NO .^3 -0.
t^olitioal Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. * Bahrain#
Dated the 25th July*1920•
TO
The civil Ocuoaiaaicnsr*
BAGHDAD.
MisJtOitANDuM .
Subject* * INTJDDKibflJ^ G^Nii.AA D»
Jhaikh Abdullah* G.i.iii.* the youngest son of
Dhaikh Isa of Bahrain, has given ne the following inform
ation, which 1 send for what it is worth. The report has
also been confirm®! by three well to do travellers from
Kuweit and is to the effect that Shaikh Salem of Kowait
has been making secret advanooa to the Shaikh of jlnhanunerah*
Syed Taleb of Susrah and Bin Raschid, with a view to
obtaining their support against Sin Baud.
3yed Taleb and Shaikh of Mohammerah have promised
their support, and as an earnest have sent respectively ten
horses and seventy horses (mares and horses) as presents
to dhaikh Salem. The nature of the support promised is not
stated. Shaikh Salem has also invited Dhari bin Twala to
come into Koweit territory and camp in company with Ali bin
Khalifuh, nephew of Shaikh Salem, at iehara as a precaution
ary measure, uhari bin 'rwala has agreed to do this.
Shaikh Abdullah further states that there are
indications that the Shara&f of ^ecca. Bin Raschid and
Shaikh Salem of Koweit are in communication with one another
the general intention being to check Bin Baud 1 ® increasing
power, the imrediate object to prevent him going to iaecca
by threats of war and invasion. The above stories appear to
be not much more than gossip,but, perhaps, are worth report-
ing.
^0,1....
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.
Gopy forwarded to D.P.R.* Bushire.
political Ag^nt,Koweit.
21/?/2Q