Author
the Special Service Officer in Basra
Publication Date
31 Mar 1929-5 Aug 1929 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
187
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/5/42
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x0003c5
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
31 Mar 1929-5 Aug 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] and related political developments.
Specifically, the correspondence in the file relates to tribal movements and disturbances in and around the Iraq-Kuwait border, the closure of the road between Kuwait and Zubair and the killing of an American missionary named Henry Bilkert.
The majority of the correspondence in the file is internal correspondence between British officials but letters exchanged between 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 James Carmichael More, and the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (in Arabic with English translations), also appear throughout the file.
In addition to correspondence, the file also contains a report on the situation in the Southern Desert of Iraq and Ibn Sa'ud's territory of Najd that was written by the Special Service Officer in Basra (folios 37-41).
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: 10/12
