Abstract: The volume comprises the correspondence, signals, expenditure accounts and message notes of RAF Special Service Officer, Kuwait (Captain Gerald Simpson Rutland Hillairet Vere De Gaury) during the period 4 February to 2 May 1928.The discussion in the volume relates to his involvement in intelligence gathering and operations against the
akhwan[Ikhwan] in the desert area around Kuwait, Iraq and Najd. It also concerns the arrangements for his departure and return to England. Included in the file are reports on the topography of Kuwait (ff 29-30; 33-34) and strategic use of desert ports.The volume also includes (folio 114) De Gaury's handwritten notes on phrases in Arabic (with accompanying English translation) he considered would be of great use during his special service in the desert.The bulk of the correspondence is with Air Staff Intelligence, Air Headquarters, Baghdad.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 135; 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; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file includes a printed copy (folios 16-41) of the diary of Colonel Robert Edward Hamilton's (Political Agent at Kuwait) visit to Najd in 1918 on a mission to Ibn Sa'ud. The file also includes the original typed copy (folios 43-102) of the diary.The diary describes his trip from Kuwait to Najd and records the topography, distance travelled each day, temperature and barometric pressure and people encountered. The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Political Agent at Kuwait (Robert Edward Hamilton); the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad (Percy Zachariah Cox); the Chief Political Officer, Baghdad; and the Ruler of Najd (Ibn Sa'ud).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 103; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to:A dispute between Ibn Sa`ud and the Shaikh of Kuwait.British government's proposals to settle Kuwait-Najd boundary dispute by arbitration.Defeat of Shaikh Salim [Shaikh Sālim al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ] at Jahra.Ikhwan withdrawal.Truce terminated by Ikhwan.Discussion in the volume concerns statements about borders and accompanying agreements.The principal correspondents in the volume include the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad (Arnold Talbot Wilson); the Political Agent at Kuwait (James Carmichael Moor); the Political Agent at Kuwait (Harold Richard Patrick Dickson); the Deputy Political Resident at Bushire; the Ruler of Kuwait (Shaikh Salim al Mubarak al Sabah); Ibn Sa'ud.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 171; 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 irregular foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.