File 57/1928 Pt 13 'Iraq-Koweit-Nejd Frontier.'

Title:

File 57/1928 Pt 13 'Iraq-Koweit-Nejd Frontier.'

Date:

1929/1930

Description:

Abstract: The volume concerns the situation on the frontier between the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd, Iraq, and Koweit [Kuwait], in terms of the conflict between the King of Hejaz and Nejd, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], and the Akhwan [Ikhwan], (frequently described as 'rebels' or 'insurgents'), and their leader, Faisal al Dawish (and various other spellings) [Fayṣal bin Sulṭān al-Dawīsh].In addition to India Office correspondence and memoranda, the volume includes correspondence from: the High Commissioner for Iraq; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Political Agent, Kuwait (Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson); the British Agent and Consul, Jeddah (William Linskill Bond); the Colonial Office; the Foreign Office; the Air Ministry; and Ibn Saud.The papers cover: list of Akhwan attacks on Iraq tribes, 1 July 1928 to 31 May 1929, including numbers of persons killed (folios 574-577), which the Foreign Office wished to bring to the attention of the Hejaz Government; the High Commissioner of Iraq's rejection of complaints by the Hejaz Government against Captain John Bagot Glubb, Government of Iraq, August 1929; the activities of Faisal al Dawish; the possibility of an influx of refugees into Kuwait, October 1929; the measures of Ibn Saud against the Akhwan; complaints by Ibn Saud that insurgents had received support from Iraq and Kuwait, September 1929; a report that the Rualla [al-Ruwallah] were intending to attack Ibn Saud from Transjordan, November 1929; Ibn Saud's determination to 'annihilate' the rebels (folio 344); the use of air reconnaissance; the activities of members of the Mutair [Muṭayr] and Ajman [‘Ajmān] tribes; intelligence reports by the Political Agent, Kuwait, including a report on the 'Battle of Injair', between members of the Mutair, Ajman, and Awazim [‘Awāzim] tribes, October 1929, with sketch map, folio 283; British ratification of the Shaikh of Kuwait's decision to allow the defeated Awazim to take refuge in Kuwait, December 1929; a request from Faisal al Dawish for an interview with the Shaikh of Kuwait and the Political Agent, Kuwait, November 1929 (folios 172-177); and correspondence concerning a request from the Hejaz Government for the supply of armoured motor lorries for transporting troops across the desert, January 1930.The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 581; 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 233-278 and between ff 400-581; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Rebellions
Frontiers
Refugees
Ikhwan, military and religious brotherhood

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000466.0x000266_ar
81055/vdc_100000000466.0x000266_en
IOR/L/PS/10/1244
IOR/L/PS/10/1244

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