Author
Faisal al-Duwaish [Faysal al-Duwaysh]
Publication Date
27 Jul 1929-26 Sep 1929 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
260
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/5/32
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x0003bb
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
27 Jul 1929-26 Sep 1929 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This file contains correspondence related to the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]. Specifically, the correspondence concerns hostilities between the forces of Ibn Sa'ud and the Ikhwan during the rebellion led by Faisal al-Duwaish [Faysal al-Duwaysh], the possibility of Ikhwan members entering Kuwaiti territory with their followers and tensions between Ibn Sa'ud and Kuwait.
Much of the correspondence in the file is between British officials at the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in Kuwait, the Political
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
in Bushire, the High Commission in Iraq and the British
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in Jeddah, but the file also contains copies of letters, in Arabic with English translations, from Ibn Sa'ud and the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah.
In addition to correspondence, the file contains the following:
an English translation of a speech given by Ibn Sa'ud that was published in the Meccan newspaper
Umm al-Qura
in July 1929 (folios 96-99).
an account of a visit made to Kuwait by al-Duwaish in August 1929 written by the
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, Major Harold Richard Patrick Dickson (folios 121-125);
details of how Ibn Sa'ud established Wahhabi dominance at the
Masjid al-Haram
Mosque in Mecca (folios 140-142);
a breakdown of the structure and tactics of Ibn Sa'ud's military forces (folios 151-153);
an account of an interview between Dickson and Hilal al-Mutairi in Kuwait in September 1929 in which al-Mutairi claimed that King Faisal [Faysal] of Iraq was plotting with members of the Al Shammar tribe to support the Ikhwan rebellion against Ibn Sa'ud (folios 251-257).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
First Series File: 10/4
