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'File 5/C Kuwait Najd Boundary' [52r] (105/468)
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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Translation of a latter dated the 24th Safar $859
(=s ) f ror , tji n ;aud to Major H.R.P.Diolrson
0•I•E • 9 Politioal Agent, Bahrein*
After oomplinienta
f
The objeot of writing this friendly letter ia to
inquire of your honour’s health and to inform your honour
that my condition by the grace of God will nlease you in
every respect, and that nothing important has occured which
may be worthy of mention to your honour, except the question
of Koweit.
I have already stated the true facta of the affair in
my previous letters* A day or two ago I received a letter
from Faisal Ad Dawish, enclosing a proclamation sent to him
by 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.
of ray friends. His Majesty’s Govern
ment,at Koweit. I am forwarding both these to your honour
in order that you may peruse the same and fcnow that the
afore-said Ad Dawish encamped at Al-3afah, after receiving
my orders to retire.
As I have mentioned to your honour in my nrevious
letters regarding the >haihh of Koweit, should he not
desist from intrigues, I am afraid something very serious
may take place, lou will, therefore, kindly bring this to
the notice of the High Commissioner in Mesopotamia in order
that he may urge upon the afore-mentioned Ibn lubah to stop
all his evil movements, as,according to reliable information,
he is still continuing to stir un trouble.
I am restraining myself and making no' move myself
in order to please my friends, the High British Government,
seeing also they have requested this; but Bin dubah is in
creasingly busy in his dark intrigues with ray peonle. Knowing
all I know, I cannot keep patience rauoh longer. A remedy
must be found and settlement effected with utmost possible
despatch# The whole situation is a most serious and urgent
one, and if not taken in hand soon, something very serious
About this item
- 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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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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