File 8/C Philby's Mission to Ibn Sa`ud; Friction between Najd and Kuwait because of British Blockade of Land Trade
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, for the period April 1918 to August 1918 relating to the main topics: Harry St John Bridger Philby's Mission to Ibn Sa`ud. Friction between Najd and Kuwait because of the British blockade of land trade. The volume...
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the following main topics: Dissatisfaction with Shaikh Salim [Shaikh Sālim al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ], Ruler of Kuwait, 1918. A proposal to establish British detachment in Kuwait, 1918. A note (ff 34-38) on ...
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the mission of Harry St John Bridger Philby to Ibn Sa'ud in Najd. Correspondence discusses the operation of the blockade of all land trade to Kuwait. Correspondence includes Philby's handwritten notes...
[Un-numbered file] 'Diary of Colonel Hamilton's Visit to Nejd 1918'
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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...
[Un-numbered file] Dispute between Ibn Sa`ud and Shaikh of Kuwait: British Government's Proposals to Settle Kuwait-Najd Boundary Dispute by Arbitration; Defeat of Shaikh Salim at Jahra; Ikhwan Withdrawal; Truce Terminated by Ikhwan
Scope & Content:
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 ...
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes for the period of February 1925 to December 1927 relating to the Najd-Transjordan boundary. Topics discussed include: The Najd-Transjordanian boundary and raiding between Iraq and Najd. The mission of Sir Gilbert C...
[Un-numbered file] 'Correspondence of RAF Special Service Officer, Kuwait (Cpt De Gaury)'
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The volume comprises the correspondence, signals, expenditure accounts and message notes of RAF Special Service Officer, Kuwait (Captain Gerald Simpson Hillairet Rutland Vere de Gaury) during the period 4 February to 2 May 1928. The discussion in the volume relates to his involvement in intell...
Papers concerning relations between Kuwait and the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia), and a trading blockade imposed on Kuwait by the King of Hejaz and Nejd (from September 1932, the King of the Arab Sa’udite Kingdom [Saudi Arabia]) ‘Abdul ‘Aziz bin ‘Abdur Rahman al-Faisal [‘Abd al-...
Subject File I is comprised of papers relating to British involvement in relations between Kuwait and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (spelt Saudiyeh in some files; referred to as the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd prior to 1932), and Britain’s relations with the King of Saudi Arabia, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘...
