Author
Iraq tribes and Najd counter-raids
Publication Date
1 Sep 1921-8 Oct 1923 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
119
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/5/95
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x00002a
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
1 Sep 1921-8 Oct 1923 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to miscellaneous topics, with the main ones being:
The Dhafir raid, 1921.
Shaikh Ahmad's loan to Ibn Sa`ud, 1921.
Further raids by Iraq tribes and Najd counter-raids, 1921.
Repairs to water plant, 1921.
An index on folio 3 lists other issues discussed such as: restitution of plunder, slave cases, gazetteers, King Faisal and accusations of inciting raiders. Also listed are the names of tribes and individuals involved.
Included in the volume are two printed documents: 'Notes on Kermanshah Affairs, May 1921' (ff 41-43); 'Black List – Of Ex-Officials of the Civil Administration of Iraq and the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force' (ff 87-88).
A number of letters in Arabic from Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir al-Subah [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], Ruler of Kuwait, are included in the volume.
The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Secretary to the High Commissioner, Baghdad; the Under Secretary to the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, Walter Frank Quantock Shuldham; 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.
, Kuwait, James Carmichael More; and Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir al-Subah, Ruler of Kuwait.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
First Series Files: 1/C II
