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'File 5/C Kuwait Najd Boundary' [18r] (35/468)
The record is made up of 1 volume (231 folios). It was created in 1 Nov 1920-24 Feb 1923. 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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No. XtiX-C.
political /i^oncy, Kuwait^
WUi Novembar 1920.
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B A ^ H D A D #
BkA.
MMORANDUM
ivarorence Xiiaui*. uolonel Sir A # *4 Villuon’e Valagram
No. o?, aauea uiie dauo. October xttu.
i arrangeo nith. Slialkli Salim for Wlia oeapawch. of vwo
sftlllne bos X.B to authlre to bring 100 ton* or coal tor tuti. Ship*
ana thu. r*nd.r It poa.lbl. for thi'Iattar to romain at tuwalt.
iiacJi boat was in dua coursa loaded witii oc tons (000 bags) ana
•** r ^>*^ ^aclc To*" Kuwait on Uie a 6 tn October arid 1 st November
roepoctlToly.
rk* nakhuda of tne first, labad bln abdur Rahman al-
J i.
Ealushl, states that ae encountered very bad weather and had to
hrow about a hundred bags overboard to lighten his ship which
was m danger or being swamped, .he Officer tommanding H. it. 8 .
■hsplegle" is of opinion that his story is probably trua and that
he had no option, tie the weather had ben very bad ana his boat
had undoubtedly made a lot of water.
.he Officer oommanding h. it. S. "Eapiegle" was, of
course, only able to give a receipt for th* coal which he actually
rwceiveu, naa*ly v* t 0 ns, and, as the agents at hushlre are in no
way responsible, the question arises as to who 1 . to pay for the
missing six tons. As the coal wa. brought in the ahaiaa of auwals.
Interest I. see no reason why we should offer to pay for th*
X- 1 - 161 U. but Whether w. should asm him to pay tae cost of th. six
«n. received short seem, a different matter, and I should 11 *.
Inssuctions on the subject.
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- Content
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, printed reports, and notes for the period from November 1920 to February 1923 relating to the Kuwait/Najd boundary.
The main topics discussed include:
- The attack on Jahra by the Ikhwan
- Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Mission to Ibn Sa`ud, 1920
- Ikhwan raids
- Kuwait Mission to Ibn Sa`ud, 1921
- Death of Shaikh Salim, 1921
- Boundary settlement
The volume includes an index (folio 232) which lists topics including: air reconnaissance; boundary, Kuwait-Iraq; Chasib mission; Council for Kuwait; letters with Ibn Sa'ud; trade with Najd.
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. , Bahrain; 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 Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia, Baghdad (Arnold Talbot Wilson).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (231 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 233; 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 2-232; 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/15/5/100
- Title
- 'File 5/C Kuwait Najd Boundary'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:12v, 14r:49r, 49r:49v, 49v:232v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence