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'1/C Volume IV Miscellaneous' [110r] (228/632)
The record is made up of 1 volume (312 folios). It was created in 7 Dec 1923-22 Jul 1924. 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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Statement made b 3 r Pray ben Salem, aged about
20 years, of Mecca, a resident of Ma^badeh quarter.
Recorded on 25th Rabi n, 1542 (= 4-12-1925).
pour years ago when fighting ensued between the
^.herif of j-iecca and Bin Saud at Tarbah I was among the
tribe '{
troops of sherif who were defeated. The Mutair/took me ►
with a lot of slaves from Bin Saud troops and sold me to a j
man of Qatar named Abdollah at Jabail. He took me to Qatar
and sold me to nasnad ben Sa^d. I was serving Masnad
during all the period but this year at the termination of
If
diving season he sold me to Faiz of Ras-ol-Khaimah who
carried me on his boat from Qatar to Ras-pl^Khaimah. Faiz
used to give me hard work and force men to carry mud and
bring fodder from the interior but was not supplying me x±
with food, etc., On 23rd Rabi 11, 1342 I heard that the
Government Agent has arrived at Ras-ol-Khaimah. Two days
after a man came to me and took me to the Agent to whom
I represented what has happened to me. I beg the High
British Government to be kind enough to release me from
slavery as I am a free man and was taken by force. I beg
the High Government to send me to the Sherif of Mecca as
my mother Salimah and my brothers, iiarzuq and Bokhit, are
there residing at the Ma’abadeh*
. I
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- Content
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to a variety of miscellaneous topics in the period December 1923 to July 1924.
The principal topics discussed are:
- A proposal to replace the Iraq Post Office in Kuwait, 1924.
- Purchase of land in Iraq by Kuwait subjects, 1924.
- The visit of Naif Al Hithlain, 1924.
- `Ajman and Mutair raid, 1924.
- Internal Kuwait situation, 1924.
- Ikhwan movements, 1924.
- RAF flights Baghdad-Bahrain-Kuwait, 1924.
The volume contains an index (folio 4) which lists items including: American Mission; Armenian Woman; Clerical Establishment; Embezzlement and Fraud, Prevention of; Germans not allowed in Kuwait; 'Government Telegraph Code'; Hijaz steamers; Hospital Bum; Ibn Sa'ud; Index to Summaries of Intelligence; Khuwair (also referred to as Khor az-Zubair) [Khawr az Zubayr] Postal Service; King Husain proclaimed Khalifah at Basrah; Naval Reporting; Pearling Loans; ' Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Pilot'; Petrol; Presents; Publications; Purchase of land in Iraq by Kuwait subjects; Rifles, Storage of; Slave Trade; Smuggling.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (312 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 first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 307; 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; nor does it include the five leading and ending flyleaves.
Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 5-307; these numbers are also written in pencil but, where circled, are crossed through.
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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/15/5/97
- Title
- '1/C Volume IV Miscellaneous'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:307v, ii-r:v-v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence