"ملف X/٣ الاضطرابات والغارات قرب البصرة وفي المنطقة الداخلية للكويت" [و‎‎٤‎٦] (٣٠٣/٩١)

•‘"thalulsT °' V H n ^ ha ' khs K i/J 1 ^, e P^ouin join bringing their own mounts.mares or
t uls , and arms, whilst Shaikh Mubarak would supply them with food. He
penman. 50 SUPP y ^ Wh ° le f ° rCe W ‘ th ammunition . probably =o rounds
of the T M^Zfi\ e are a as1on U ows°: r i he P 1656 " 1 (SeC ° nd) eXpediti0n agai " St Sadun
15 well-to*do Merchants to provide
Small merchants and tradesmen provide...
Divers and Boat-owners provide M<
Shaikh will fit out
75 “khabra”.
200
25
300
a
ft
Total
600 khabra com
plete.
This means a force of 6,000 men with 4,200 ,f thaluls ” exclusive of Bedouin.
Cost to Shaikh.
210.000
105.000
15,000
as the cost of food for one man
cd 'r ^ ~ w *
for 10 days, we get :—
Cost to merchants.
2,100 “ thaluls ” at $ 100
... 210,000
3,000 rifles at $ 35
••• 105,000
3,000 men’s food at $ 5
15,000
3,000 „ hire „ $ 7
... 21,000
$ 351,000
The Shaikh will probably have at least ...
6,000 other Bedouin to feed.
$ 330,000
... 30,000
35 . 000
And supply ammunition to whole force ...
at 50 rounds per man for $ 3.
This will give the Shaikh a force of some 12,000 men of whom half will be
Bedouin, and the force w r ill comprise some 3,000 cavalry, 7,000 camelry and 2,000
infantry. Its cost to the Shaikh for a 10 days’expedition will be about $ 396,000
and to the Kuwait merchants another $ 351,000. This estimate is, if anything,
below the mark as no guess can be made at the cost of grain for horses, dates
for camels, if worked hard, and clothes and cash presents to Bedouin. It must be
remembered too that the estimate takes no account of the force which Bin Saud is
placing at Shaikh Mubarak's disposal. He probably commands quite another
4,000 men including his Bedouin from the more southern tribes. The cost of
feeding them will fall on Shaikh Mubarak,
Kuwait ;
The 28th March igio,
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W. H. I. SHAKESFEAR, Captazn,
Political Agent, Kuwait,
G. C. B. P., Simla.—No. C.-gl 2 F. D.— 29 - 4 *io.— 40 .—E.A.D’S.