"الملف ٥/ج مسائل حدودية: الهجمات على الإخوان؛ النزاع بين الشيخ سالم وابن سعود" [و‎‎٢‎٤] (٢٣٠/٤٧)

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Bahrain, the 13th May 1920 •
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The Oivil Gommisaioner,
Baghdad
Reference Ruwait f a Memo Bo«2d/c dated l2tf:*2l|iril .1920 > to
your addresa copy aent me under your Ho.i309§ dated 29th April
Al Khalid Hamoula, tribe Bam Khalid today 15th May 1920 • He
atated that 4 daya ago i.e. 9th May Shaikh Salim of Kuwait aent
a party of raidera under (according to Bedouin report) Ali bin
Khalifa and Ahmad bin Jabir against a body of Mutair Akhwan who
were camped at Graiyat wells. This place is probably the same as
the Jariyah i.at.28 Long. 48 mentioned in Political Agent Kuwait’s
letter. The Mutair Akhwan were under the leadership of ibn SHGaIR
a well known Shaikh of that tribe. My informant atated that Shaikh
Salim (or ibn Mubarak as he ia called here) claima these wells aa
within Kuwait territory and had already warned ibn Shgair to
depart - but latter had refused and had started to build a few
mud huts preparatory to settling for the hot weather.
Aa a result of the raid, my informant stated, all ibn Shgair’a
camels had been taken and the settlers had been driven away. Aa
regards loss of life nothing definite could be elicited from
Shaikh Abdul Aziz.
2. It is eawly to prophesy, but should any of the Mutair have
been killed, one may expect to see some counter raiding of Kuwait
territory on the part of the Mutair who are fiercely Olannish and
will not allow the slight to go unpunished. The Mutair are strong-
\
ly Akhwan and are under the notorious Shaikh Faisal ibn Sultan
al Darwish.
1920 •
I received a visit from Shaikh Abdul Aziz ibn Mijdal of the
Copy to:-
Political Agent, Bahrain
D.P.R., Bushire
P.A., Kuwait, y