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File 10/12 Desert news: defeat of Ikhwan by Ibn Sa`ud (Battle of Sibilla, 1929); operations against rebels [17r] (40/382)
The record is made up of 1 file (187 folios). It was created in 31 Mar 1929-5 Aug 1929. 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 (0),
From H*M e Consul, Basrah.
To Political, Kuwait,
No, 5o
Dated 28th January 19 2 9«
My telegram No, 4, Local Authorities now inform me that no
cars will he allowed to proceed to Kuwait from hubair at
present in view of report received from Glubb dated yesterday
Sunday, to the effect that ’’Message received from. Nasir bin
Qubaih of Juwarln Jarfshan stating that his scouts encounter
ed strange horsemen yesterday near Shiqqat Ibn Zukhaih, Ine
shepherds gave chase and the strange horsemen fled,j-hougnt tc
be scouts of raiding party”.
Letter No. 37 dated 29 th January 1929 from the P.A..Kuwait,tc
H.S, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir as-Subah.C.1.E., Ruler of'Kuwait.
A.O.
With reference to our conversation of yesterday after
noon, X have the honour to inform Y.E. that I received a
telegram through the night from the British Consul at Basrah
saying that he had j$ist been informed by the Local Auttaritier
that no cars will be allowed to proceed to Kuwait from Zubat
at present In view of a report received from Captain Glubfc,
who Is known amongst the Arabs as Abu Hunaich, dated the day
before yesterday in which he said Jshat he had received a
message from NiCslr bin Qubaih of the Juwarin at Jarishan
that his scouts had encountered strange horsemen near the
Shlqqat Ibn Zukhaih. The shepherds gave chase and the
strange horsemen fled. They are thought to be scouts of a
raiding party.
The above Is obviously the same story as that to which I.E
the High Commissioner referred in his wire & which X re-
lated to Your Excellency,
I hope therefore that Y,E,
will endeavour to interview t e
recent arrival from Riyadh whom you mentioned to me as eai
as possible, as his story will probably do much to refute
or confirm the various rumours now current in 'Iraq.
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This file contains correspondence related to the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and related political developments.
Specifically, the correspondence in the file relates to tribal movements and disturbances in and around the Iraq-Kuwait border, the closure of the road between Kuwait and Zubair and the killing of an American missionary named Henry Bilkert.
The majority of the correspondence in the file is internal correspondence between British officials but letters exchanged between 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. in Kuwait, Major James Carmichael More, and the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (in Arabic with English translations), also appear throughout the file.
In addition to correspondence, the file also contains a report on the situation in the Southern Desert of Iraq and Ibn Sa'ud's territory of Najd that was written by the Special Service Officer in Basra (folios 37-41).
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- 1 file (187 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 187; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 5-186; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- File 10/12 Desert news: defeat of Ikhwan by Ibn Sa`ud (Battle of Sibilla, 1929); operations against rebels
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:5v, 6v:19v, 20v:48v, 49v, 50v:81v, 84r:109v, 110v:118v, 119v:121v, 125r:136v, 137v:146v, 149r:158v, 159v:161v, 164r:179v, 180v:186v, 187v, back-i
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