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'File 5/C Kuwait Najd Boundary' [131r] (263/468)
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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Telegram Code.
From - iiicom, Baghdad.
To - Politacai, Bahrein, Bushire ana Kuwait
No. 3804.
Bated 27th January 1921.
Your 96. Mission is a spontaneous project on the
part of mutual friends of ibn Saud and Shaikh Salim under
taken in the hope of removing misunderstanding and Bringing
about personal reconciliation Full stop. It has not officia]
aspect hut carries my cordial wishes for its success and you
can inform ibn Saud as above if you are communicating with
him or ibn J&llowi. Addsd. Bahrein reptd. Koweit and Bushir*
Dated 26th (Reed. 29 th) January t92t.
Your No. 33-C* S.N.O. has detailed "Sspie^le" to &o to Kuwait if Sc ,
when necessary, so please wire ne if definite news of an advance
Your 27t-S.It is reported here that Dawish attacked Ibn Tawalah,
Ibn Suwait Sc Ibn Dhuwaihi near Jahrah. Abu DHAIHAR is chief of
to raid 'Ajaan, etc. Dawish's return to Najd is confirmed.Attack
on Kuwait or even Jahrah seeas very unlikely as Ibn Sa'ud would
Telega a (P)
33.
St Hicom 3804
Proa Resident, Bushire
To Political, Kuwait; repeated to Baghdad
No. t64.
*
»
be received and I will ask Coaaiander to proceed
Tele.^raa (P)
Froia Political, Bahrain
To Hicoa, Baghdad; repeated to Bushire & Kuwait
No. 14-C.
Dated 28th (Reed. 29 th) January I 92 T.
Tawatihah tribe Sc is said to have joined 'Awazia thee weeks a^o jj
\
not allow it under present circumstances
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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