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'File 5/C Kuwait Najd Boundary' [170r] (341/468)
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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und Al^iiugain wh© ^er« Tea b> / s and proved
thafliself’## traitor* to Mi • The> ara^ iuka raon^e^a *|
fool in the inhabitants cf ftltfcir • Your tribesman ahouid
keep aloof from those Nhe are doubtful characters and I
have -varnai my tribesm-en to see that ycur tribesmen receiv
nt harm ♦
/a 'regards these ^hose nau/ es are r.'entienel
above I request yu #iil In«*Shaallah keep alocf from, tnem
and you will kindly also mrn your tribesmen to this sffee
and moreever net to mix up witn any one ©f them and not
t© encamp^ witn any body .vrio is under suspicions •
ky ebjact in raising this long atatament and
these oxaggerations is enl^ out cf affection for you
and my t vn welfare,! your friend *Ycu ^ure wail aware that
'the dearest cf all to me is Kowait and its paopla and
no one nas caused these troubles between them and me
except these rascal Nsi*adia tribesman • However I am
quite confident that ycur good sense and understandings
will A quite understand this while all this is ©ut cf
. gtod wishes for the benefit ©f all , Tills is nut I
tav e t© be said with i y best wishes and salaiiia to your
brother and from my side my brothers and sons also send
their best salams*
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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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- 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