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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BR l4^NIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT
EASTERN (Arabia).
December 30, 1929.
CONFIDENTIAL.
Section 1 .
[E 6790/94/91]
No. 1.
(No. 315.)
Sir,
Mr. Bond to Mr. A. Henderson.—(Received December 30.)
. Jedda, December
1 ^ the honour to transmit herewith my report on the situation in the
Heiaz for the period the 1st to the 30th November, 1929.
2 Copies of this report have been sent to Egypt, Bagdad, Jerusalem (2),
Jerusalem for transmission to the Royal Air Force Officer Commanding in Palestine
and Transjordan, Beirut, Damascus, Aden, Delhi, Singapore, the Chief Secretary
to the Government of the Federated Malay States, Khartum through Port Sudan
Lagos (2), the Senior Naval Officer, Red Sea Sloops, and His Majesty’s consul at
I have, &c.
W. L. BOND.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Jedda Report for Period November 1-30, 1929.
FOLLOWING the defeat of the Awazim tribe and the formal assurance of
protection given to the leading sheikhs, who arrived at Koweit on 30th October, the
remainder of the Awazim sheikhs, with a caravan of 400 camels, proceeded to Koweit
on the 13th November to interview the Sheikh of Koweit. In a speech made to a
gathering of all the Awazim sheikhs on the 16th November, the sheikh offered them
the country between Khabra Dalaiyil, west of Jahrah, down to Subaihiyah, in which
to graze their camels, and advised them to move up from Hazaim without delay.
2. The action taken vis-d-vis of the Awazim has called forth a strong protest
from the King, who disbelieves the news of their defeat and suggests that it may
be a trick of Dawish’s in order to place friends of his inside Koweit territory whom
he can use for his own purposes. He also condemns the action of the Sheikh of
Koweit in the present critical circumstances in allowing some of the King’s subjects
to leave his country and settle in Koweit territory. He therefore requests that all
members of the Awazim tribe and any other of his subjects who may have taken
refuge in Koweit should be ejected at once. Their presence in Koweit, he adds,
embarrasses him in his action against the rebels.
3. In the evening of the 30th October, a message was received by the Sheikh of
Koweit from Feisal-ed-Dawish, in which the latter asked for an interview the
following day or the day after at Jahrah or Saada. The following morning, the
31st October, Dawish’s nephew arrived in Koweit and stated that Dawish, impatient
at not receiving a reply, was himself coming to Koweit and was at the moment only
6 miles away from the town. Orders were at once issued for Dawish to proceed to
Jahrah and there await the reply to his message. Abdulla-bin-Jabir was then sent
to inform him that no meeting could be held at all with him until he recrossed the
border. Abdulla-bin-Jabir was further instructed to obtain from the rebel leader
either verbally or in writing exactly what he desired to say, and to tell him that it
would be reported to His Majesty’s Government, and if the latter thought necessary,
both the Sheikh of Koweit and His Majesty’s political agent would be sent out to his
camp to interview him. Following an all-night discussion, Dawish recrossed the
border soon after dawn on the 1st November.
4. In the course of his interview with Abdulla-bin-Jabir, Dawish stated that
he was moving into Nejd at once. He also made the following three requests : (1) He
begged to be assured by His Majesty’s Government that they would not permit the
tribes of Iraq or Koweit to molest the families of the Mutair and Ajman, whom he
was leaving behind in their present camping ground south of the Koweit border;
(2) he enquired whether His Majesty’s Government would allow his women to cross
the Koweit border and take refuge at Jahrah if they were raided by the King’s
Bedouin while he was absent; (3) he wished to be informed whether he would be
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