IOR/R/15/5/40

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 in the file relates to reports concerning the movement of Ikhwan tribal forces, plans for the withdrawal of British ships, aircraft and armoured cars that had been stationed in and around Kuwait for defensive purposes, the provision of Lewis and Vickers machine guns (with ammunition) to the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah and a conference that was held by Ibn Sa'ud in Riyadh in October 1928 to negotiate with leaders of the Ikhwan.

The majority of the correspondence in the file is internal correspondence between British officials but letters exchanged between the Political Agent 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 note on the Utaibah tribe prepared by the British Special Service Officer in Kuwait (folios 4-16) and an English translation of the Kuwait-Najd Boundary Convention that was signed on 2 December 1922 (folios 118-119).