"تقرير الإدارة عن المقيمية السياسية في الخليج الفارسي للأعوام ١٩١٥-١٩١٩" [ظ‎‎٨‎٠] (٣٩٦/١٦٧)

g2 PERSIAN GULF ADMINISTRATION REPORT
11. So long as the above terms run into force and the Ajtnan adhere to
them and remain obedient to the British Government the Amir Abdul Aziz
bin Sand will not molest them, and they can rest immune so long as the
Government are satisfied with them
Purport of Chief Political Officer's remarks when delivering decorations.
I feel greatly favoured by fortune at having the honour on behalf of His
Majesty the King-Emperor and His Excellency the Viceroy, to invest Your
Excellency Shaikh Jabir with the Companionship of the Star of India and
Your Excellency Ibn Saud with that of the Knighthood of the Indian Empire.
I have been commanded when delivering to each of you these decorations
in their behalf to express to you at the same time the appreciation of His
Majesty's Government of the co-operation and accord which we have received
from your Honours since the beginning of the war. It is a great satisfaction
to His Majesty's Government to know from me that you Shaikh Jabir have
the firm intention of following in the wise footsteps of your distinguished
father whose statesmanship and length of view made him famous among the
Chiefs of the Arab States while as regards your Honour, al Amir, it has been
a matter of much gratification to them to know that the relations between
Your Excellency's family have been confirmed and cemented. It is my good
fortune to find our tried friend Shaikh Khazal here at Kuwait, than whom no
one has deserved better of the British Government, and it is a source of great
satisfaction to be able to feel that ac this time we are all bent on one common
purpose, to which we are quite confident of a successful issue.
I beg to offer you my congratulation on your decoration and hope I may
be spared to see you win further distinction.
Chief events of the year in chronological order.
loth February. —The overland post to Basrah was robbed by Shammar
tribesmen 50 miles south of Zubair and has ever since been suspended, the mails
being sent to Fao by sea.
6th April. -A gale accompanied by a heavy rain storm did considerable
damage to the shipping and destroyed many houses in the town.
27th April. Ibn Bashid marched towards Kuwait and encamped at a
spot some three days' journey distant. Shaikh Salim occupied Jahara to guard
the approaches to the town.
10th His Excellency the Naval Commander-in-Chief, East Indies
oquaciioii, visitGd Kuwciit in JEL. JVI. S. ImogGiic 5 '
81 h June. Ihn Hashid, after reconnoitring the Kuwait forces at Jahara,
retired to Safwan, a place on march from Zubair.
^ * 8th June. Lieutenant-Colonel W. G. Grey relinquished charge of the
Hamilton ^ trailsfer to Meshed ) being relieved by Major R. E. A.
Wth August ^Commodore D. St. A. Wake visited Kuwait in H. M.
^ if C -?i vlsits . wer0 ex changed with Shaikh Salim, who was
Tho rrf S 5 y + 0 1 Jablr ' wbile absent on a visit to Mohammerah.
Salim aTthe PaJace 6 .Agent and a large party dined with Shaikh
in - ^ he SI !? ikh of Mohammerah (Sir Khazal Khan) married
* Georgian widow of the late Shaikh of Kuwait (Sir Mubarak).
bord 'i ■ Uv 'uin Tt' ; Bol l dah attacked at Sahathiyah within Kuwait
LtL ka^r ^'kiUed ammal ' Tbe raiderS ' ere driven 0ff ^
attacked^in'thp"^! ^fj'l eai'avan taking merchandise from Kuwait was
attacked in the D^hana and after heavy fighting lost 60 laden camels.