File 6499/1920 Pt 1-2 'Kuwait affairs'

Title:

File 6499/1920 Pt 1-2 'Kuwait affairs'

Date:

1920/1926

Description:

Abstract: This volume contains two parts: IOR/L/PS/10/925/1 and IOR/L/PS/10/925/2.IOR/L/PS/10/925/1 concerns the Kuwait-Nejd boundary dispute.Correspondence discusses the arbitration of the British Government in the matter of the border of Kuwaiti territory under the Shaikh of Kuwait [Sālim bin Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ] with that of the Ruler of Nejd [Najd], Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, popularly known as Ibn Sa‘ūd]. Correspondents include: the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; the High Commissioner, Mesopotamia; the Political Agent, Kuwait; the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Deputy Political Resident, Bushire; Bin Saud; Shaikh Salim, Shaikh of Kuwait; and Abdullah al Mut'ab Al-Rashid, Shaikh of Jabal Shammar.IOR/L/PS/10/925/2 concerns expenditure on the protection of Kuwait from attack by the Akhwan [Ikwhan], including costs incurred by the dispatch of the vessels and the share of expenditure to be borne by the India Office and the Colonial Office.Correspondents include: the High Commissioner, Iraq; the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf; officials of the Accountant General's Department; and the Financial Secretary, India Office.Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 179; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-177, these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Boundaries

Geographic region:

Kuwait

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000335_ar
81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000335_en
IOR/L/PS/10/925
IOR/L/PS/10/925

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