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pursuit which followed they suffered further casualties. The raiders however
got away with all their loot. The raiders were away again before anyone from
Kuwait could help but the people of the Town treated the destitute tribesmen
very kindly, raised money, food, etc., for them and eventually repatriated a
° f the survivors to the number of 150 in sailing boats to Khuwair on the
13th March. The remainder being sent on 14th March to join their compatriots
to the north of Kuwait under Police car escort.
On the 9th March a patrol of Traq Police cars approaching the Kuwait Neid
frontier at Eiqai, were suddenly attacked by 40 horsemen. The attack was
beaten off with loss. The Police cars retired north being followed some distance
by enemy horsemen.
On the 14th March two flocks of sheep numbering 500 head, belonging to
Kuwait tribesmen who were camped on the Mutlaa close to Jahrah, were carried
off by a party of horsemen belonging to the Zaiyad tribe of Traq. Through the
instrumentality of Captain Gflubb, Inspecting Officer Southern Traq Desert the
animals weie eventually recovered and the ringleaders punished.
The above few examples illustrate the general lawless state prevailing in
the hinterland about this period, and only important cases have been mentioned.
About this time it became clear that Bin Sand who had moved up into Oasim
nmi e ^ l nd - Wlth his recalcitrant generals ibn Humaid
and l aisal ahDuwish. He pitched his camp and that of his army in the
immediate vicinity of the forces of these two leaders, and by daily conference
of t0 h ™S ab ^ at a settlement of their disputes with himself by means
of the Rehgmus Law. The third great Akhwan general ibn Hathlain with ibn
and lb - n Lami b ? P r< r vlous arrangement lay camp at the south end of the
Shaqq depression near Jarnya, guarding the Akhwan left flank from a possible
attack by I ahad ibn Jaloui whose forces were in north Hassa. P
The powerful Awazim of Hassa remained loyal to Bin Saud.
In April reports reached Kuwait that after a final parley with al-DmMsb
and an unsuccessful attempt to induce him and ibn Humaid to see reason md
Akhwan teaders^t Isibhiia* a( lv a need from Zilfi, attacked the two
defeat on £ Fafsaf a) nw t ° f 29th March and infficted a sharp
^xrr;: t u t
SaudTordeTa hn tI ^ d Sen ° US and he was sent to Artawiyeh by Bin
force with him made his wly to Ghlt Ghat tint 6 " ™ r P n , se , a strong
Abdnl Rahman ibn Sand, brother to whLt ^thS
rathCT had this rather “y steri ous battle showed Bin Sand mo in
and ibn Humaid, was*launched 8 after 3 so/ 11 ^ 1118 sudde . n attack on both, al-Duwish
night that they should meet once kwi' F. r0miS6 had been made the previous
There can be Lie douM that Bto S and < h SCU i S T tters adding to Sharia,
and the subsequent rebellion headed bv a! hm 10 L' Y T- 1 0t ° f "" ly treachery,
much expense and troubto was entirefv^ "h ch P ut Saud to so
Arab does not forget ’ 7 d * the ab ° Ve breaoh of fait h. for an
of sSSla C^rt^^deSoveYto" 01 f* SabilIab and as a
Shaikh had temporarily lost influent 16 '' ,, e „° Y 10 Ajman. This veteran
Hassa’s intrigues 7 6,106 38 3 reSult of ibn J alo “h the Governor of
nent AkhwLYemhoYm.d kte'^favturite^f ° f l tlle ^ na f 6 anot her promi-
the southern end of Kuwait wHU q r in ^ au ^ arrived at Subaihiyeh at
from ibn Musaad, the Governor of H^1m Umber n°^ caniG ^ s which he had plundered
and the Dahamshah in decent raids On toeTh’ taken Shammar
was interviewed by His Excellency the S^ikhtf^uwaY^He t0
he had reeeoved safe conduct from Bin Saud and tLt ufu H + gaV ° out that
lum to learn the terms Bin Saud would offer if he came to 8611 messe “ gers to
ordered him to lea\AlaliraliLiLf h tr''* or il ers °f H*? Majesty’s Government
visions he required to take him and nnY’ a / te 4 r ^pP'.'dng himself with the pro-
the frontier at Qrain on the mo“to^ ofYhLito®^ P? ud ’ s cam P‘ He CT0ssed
e 0 morM ng ot the 14th, but instead of going to Bin