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'File 5/C Boundary questions: attacks on Ikhwan; dispute between Shaikh Salim and Ibn Sa`ud' [110r] (219/230)
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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Telegram (p.)
" * r \
Prom Political, Kuwait.
To Oivcom, Baghdad, depd, Pol # , Buahire Pol., Bahrain.
No. 75-0.
Bated 14th August I 92 O.
The Shaikh has just sent Abdul Latif to tell me that he has this
morning received Ibn Sard’s reply to his letter of 12th July, and
, . \ * - - -
that it just falls short of being a declaration of war. Ibn Sa'ud
accused him to his envoy of having sent his own people to impersonate
Ibn Rashid*s messengers, referred to in my telegram lio. 49-0 of 5tii
July, but, on being appealed to, Nasir acknowledged that they were
genuine. Two employes of P.A., Bahrain, were present at the interview,
There was -a small raid on 12th August near Subaxhiyah,wiiich
’was at the time considered unimportant, but is now attributed to Ibn
Sa'ud's instigation.
Abdul hat if says that the Shaikh is now considering his
next move, and that he (Abdul iatif) purposes urging him to ask for
the good offices of His majesty*s Government at once. He thinks that
he will do so now, arid is of opinion that the only thing that might
deter him from doing so would be the fear that his action might be
attributed by public opinion to fear of Ibn Sa*ud.
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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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