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‘1/1 Volume V Koweit Saudi Relations’ [‎64r] (136/648)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (320 folios). It was created in 17 Apr 1936-20 Oct 1938. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the 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. .

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Reference telegram No.102(and 103 ) dated the
25th. August from the Charge D’ Affairs, Jedda.
It is note! that a letter follows by bag but
ore sum in g that there is no point uncovered by the
telegram L suggest that trie following amendment of
the Saudi Arab Amendment of article 1 of the Regulations
should be proposed to the Shaikh when seeking his
reactions to the present Saudi Arab prooosals. As
they stand they will certainly not be acceptable to
him for the reasons stated below.
His Excellency is sometimes a little at a loss
in drafting regulations and it is best to give him
something to meet the case to which he can agree in
in a few words or with very slight amendments
The para 2 of telegram
antepenultimate
sentence before the
ertence. After "
any person 51 insert
"with the caravan"
meant)
(If this, as I think is what is
Para 2 of telegram antenenu l tlmate sentence .
This is nearly a return to the unacceptable
condition made by the Saudi Arab delegates last
summer, making the rules in effect applicable to
even individuals.
It is mainfestly on a 'ay open frontier
impossible for the Shaikh to prevent 'every BeduinJ
carrying goods without manifest The only way to e^iect
thAt would be to issue manifests for every single
individual shopping in Kuwait including those living
immediately outside Kuwait walls which is ridiculous
and literally impossible. Imagine the traffic blocks.
I would suggest that the sentence suggested to the
Shaikh as a possible alternative should be as follows
"The Shaikh of Kuwait recogniges that it is
the aim of these regulations that every
Bedouin purchaser of goods in Kuwait territory
leaving Kuwait territory for Saudi Arabia
shall carry a manifest, travel by the recognised
routes, and in a caravan at such times as may
7 /V

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Correspondence and papers concerning negotiations over the drafting of trade, Bon Voisinage An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders. and extradition treaties between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, in an effort to lift the trade blockade, imposed upon Kuwait at the orders of the King of Saudi Arabia, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd). The volume is a direct chronological continuation of ‘1/1 Volume IV Koweit Saudi Relations’ (IOR/R/15/5/112), and includes:

The volume’s principal correspondents are: the Kuwait 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. (Captain Gerald Simpson DeGaury); 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard William Craven Fowle); the British Government’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (Andrew Ryan; Reader William Bullard); the Ruler of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ); Foreign and 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. representatives in London.

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1 volume (320 folios)
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The volume’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 318; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the first and last leading and ending flyleaves.

Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 4-315, and ff 28-315; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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