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116 PERSIAN GULP ADMINISTRATION REPORT
A numbor of tho Umtair, Thaffir, Ajman, and other Shaikhs have vV»

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Agent. Tho notable exception was Faisal bin Sultan-ad-Dawish, the Ch^
Shaikh of the Umtair, who is not on good terms now with Shaikh HubaiS
and “ Bin Baud.” It appears almost to have crystallized into a custom now r
Bedouin 8haikha to call at tho Agency during their visits to Kuwait, and ih
fact is useful in maintaining touch with tribal politics in the interior.
Faisal-ud-Dawish, the Chief Shaikh of the Umtair, camped in MarnK •
the vicinity of Hafar wells and V*
Tb« Umtair Tribe.
reported at various times between th^
place and Shakra, west of Zobair. He has thrown in his lot with thfe Muntafi i
and “ Ibn Rashid ” and consequently is not at present |jpersona grata wSiJ
either Shaikh Mubarak or “ Bin Saul.” 11
News was received on 3rd August that Ishgair bin Muhammed of th
Ad-Dawish section of the Umtair tribe had raided the Tawatah section of th*
Anizah tribe allied to Shaikh Mubarak at Safwan. The Tawatah people were
reported to have moved to Jahra and that Shaikh Mubarak contemplated
sending a punitive expedition against the raiders, but an apology and restitu­
tion of looted property prevented what would have led to a rupture between
the whole Umtair tribe and Mubarak.
Two small raids by the Ajman tribe were reported to have taken place
The ijmao Tribe. against Ibn Ghanaiman of the Malaiba
Umtair and on Awazim and Kuwait
Araibdar in the third week of May.
Parties of the Ajman tribe, who had been wandering in the vicinity of
Kuwait for the purpose of looting stray Bedouins, finally contemplated a raid
on some of Shaikh Mubarak’s people at TTafra, but news having been communi­
cated in time by a chepherd, Shaikh Mubarak’s men were prepared and when
the raiders arrived cn the spot they received more than they bargained for, were
defeated and 29 men were brought into Kuwait on the 15th July and
imprisoned. Four cf them belonging to the Al-IIorrah tribe were released by
the Shaikh on explanation, but the remainder spent some months in prison
before being set free.
News was received in the early part of October that Shaikh Ajaimi
binSa’adunof theMuntafick had descend­
licciafick Tribe.
ed on the camp of his cousin Shaikh
Mazid bin Nasir Pasha, who has no heir, and stripped him of all his wealth and
property taking away as much as some £T. 71,000 apart from other belongings.
There were persistent rumours in the beginning of December that, taking
advantage of the absence of Turkish troops in Basrah and Baghdad, Ajainu
was threatening to descend upon Basrah with a large force to loot the place,
but these rumours, did not materialize and evidently he abandoned the idea
though news of his intention seems to have caused the Basrah authorities some
little anxiety.
News reached Kuwait that early in June the Rowala Anizah under
The Amiab Tribe. Noun bin Shaalan had attacked
_ , _ f _ „ Shammar tribe at Hazul wells on JJe
Baghdad-Had road and defeated them, killing 27 mares and 23 men of the
Shammar. A number of the Jof townsmen, apparently unwillingly, accom­
panied the Rowala raiding party as it was also said that the Jof people bafl
secretly invited the Shammar to come and relieve them of Bin Shaalan’s yoke-
Ih March the Thaffir tribe were reported to have raided a few camels
from the Malaiba section of the Ujj1
TbeTbaffir Tribe. Som«
. , . . . .. in the vicinity of Rigai wells,
fighting was reported in the third week of July between the Thaffir and
tafick in the course of which, it was said, Nafah bin Buwaihi of the
Shaikhs was killed.
Two eons of Shaikh Abdulla of the A1 bu Ainain tribe accompanied
Tbe ai b« ai^ Tribe. Nasir bin Mubarak al Khalifah arnv^ ,
. Kuwait by land on 19th February
after a few days’ stay retamed to their homes.