Author
forces of Ibn Saud
Publication Date
22 Sep 1905-20 Jan 1907 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
264
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/1/478
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x0001c3
Library Location
British Library:
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
Records and
Private Papers
Documents collected in a private capacity.
Date
22 Sep 1905-20 Jan 1907 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding political affairs in Kuwait and its vicinity. The correspondence focuses on developments in the conflict between Abdul Aziz ibn Abdulrahman ibn Faisal Al Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud)] and the ruler of the Emirate of Jabal Shammar and head of the Rashidi tribal dynasty, Abdul Aziz Ibn Mitab and includes a report that describes the killing of the former by forces of Ibn Saud (folio 135).
The correspondence also discusses relations between Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ (the ruler of Kuwait) and the Ottoman Empire and the file contains copies of correspondence between Shaikh Mubārak and British officials on this topic. A letter sent from Shaikh Mubārak to Lord George Nathaniel Curzon passing on his condolences after the death of Curzon's wife (Mary Victoria Curzon) is contained on folio 116.
On folios 12-17, the file contains a telegram to Sultan Abdul Hamid II from the ruler of Qatar, Shaikh Jasim Al Thani [Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī] on behalf of Ibn Saud. The file contains copies of the telegram in transliterated Arabic, English and the original Arabic. The file also contains a report written by Stuart George Knox, the British
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
in Kuwait, after a trip he made to Hafar in January 1906 (folios 23-45) and another report also written by Knox after a tour he made around southern Kuwait in March 1906.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
An index of topics discussed in the file is included on ff. 2-3. This index uses numbers related to the foliation system using blue pencil numbers in the top-right corner of
recto
The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'.
pages, and the top-left corner of
verso
The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'.
pages.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
A Series: 53/7 V Confidential Series: D 8
