ملف [٤/١٠] العلاقات البريطانية مع بن سعود: لقب سلطان نجد؛ استسلام حائل؛ دفع الإعانات المالية البريطانية؛ عمليات هجوم الإخوان على الحدود العراقية والكويت؛ إنشاء جواز سفر نجد [و‎‎٢‎٥‎٣] (٥٦٠/٥٠٥)

COmaSHTIAT,.
O-'i
No. 140-3
Political Agency f Kuwait.
Itth M&y 1924.
To
The Hon’ble the Political Reuldent in the Persian Oulf,
BUSH IRS.
M)aAOIt.HX)UH>
Reference my telegram Ho. 147-S dated the 14th May 192 4,
I enclose herewith, in original and with a translation, Ifcn
Sa’ud 1 * letter Mo. ^0, dfited the Srd 3h&uwal 1342 (7th May
1924) f to your address, which reached me yesterday morning
in a covering letter in ehleh the Bui tan asked me to
transmit it to you as soon as possible.
The Bhalkh of Kuwait has also received a letter from
Ibn Sa*ud expressing great regret at the raid in his
territory and promising to take the matter up. He asks the
Shaikh to promise not to give shelter to fugitives from his
tribes.
The people of Kuwait put little or no trust in wh*-t Ibn
3a*ud says, and the general opinion is that he will not
punish anyone for the recent raid, nor cause restitution to
be made. The report referred to in my telegram No. 143-a of
12th Kay 1924 that the Xkhwan force under Fuqua, shaikh of
the Sahabah sub-section of the Muwahah section of the 'Ilwah
^utair, had retired to the south, has been eonfinned.Notwlfe -
standing this, the wall of Kuwait la still being manned by
150 to 300 men every night. It has been decided too that the
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Pearling fleet is not to go to sea until Ibn Sa'ud's reply
to the Shaikh's letter be received (it is expected within
the nex*i few days), and that if this be not satisfactory, a
proportion of the Pearl Fishers win be detained for the
defence of the Town, and eoapenaated from the takings of
the rein&lnrfeif*
SltaARtlon at Kuwait
^ / Major,
Politics^ hyt.X, Kuv.’a-] t