""ج/١ المجلد IV مسائل متنوعة" [و‎‎١‎٥‎٨] (٦٣٢/٣٢٤)

?«legrfta (&©&•), *
fmm F«11U*«1, Kuwait.
To Roaident, Buahiroi ropoatod to Baghdad.
Bo. “i4?-S.
Dated 14th Bay 1824.
My t»l#gww R« # 13c~S # *h# following io tho 9umary of &
letter dated ?tJi May from I bn Saud to you. Bogina: ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية
I hoar with groat regrot that Dhaldan has raided some
Mutair and 9 Ajman in Kuwait territory, ehich la the friend
of both His Majesty 4 a Government and myself # This was with-
out my permission and in spite of my orders to all shaikhs X
to keep the pease* The raiders however wanted revenge for
the raid at Ghadhaf, about which X wrote to you in my
letter Mo. 8k of Bud May, and say that they only took this
action when they saw men who had partlelpa ted in that raid
amongst the people whom they raided. Obviously things will
got worse unless I punish the guilty tribes, but X am pre
vented from doing so by the fear that they win flee to
'Iraq and be given refuge there,§s happened last year. If
H*H.Government will assist me in expelling the guilty trlbce
from # Xraq and will promise on behalf of the governments
under their mandate and protection that those governments
will not give asylum and protection to guilty tribesmen, X
will undertake to immediately punish all tribes guilty of
aggression against sub Jests of neighbouring governments. X
desire nothing but pease, so trust K»M»Gevernment will help
^ they must hold me excused for any raids that
take place. Bn&s. Letter follows.
Shaikh s letter had not arrived when the messengers left
Riyadh, nor did they meet the men on the way.
Although it seems impossible to agree to Xtn Sa*ud*s
request as a whole, X venture to suggest the possibility of
obtaining for him a guarantee that Dhaldan and his followers
will not be given aaylum within a given period unless he
previously make restitution for the recent raid. This would
at least prove the Sultan** bona fide*.