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Coll 30/21(4) 'Persian Gulf: Koweit-Saudi relations. Trade, Bon Voisinage and Extradition Agreements. Desire of Ibn Saud to Establish Customs Post at Wafra' [‎17v] (34/170)

The record is made up of 1 file (83 folios). It was created in 25 Apr 1940-14 Apr 1947. 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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II 795 Wt. IOOO 8/42 F.O.P. 24098 Gp. 340
by the two Contracting Parties as soon as possible It shall come in o
force as from the date of the exchange of instruments ot ratification a
shall be valid for a period of five years from that date.
If neither of the two Contracting Parties gives notice to the other y
six months before the expiry of the period of five years that it wishes o
terminate or to amend the Agreement, it shall remain m force and s ia
not be held to have terminated until six months *have elapsed from the
day on which one of the two Parties shall have given notice to the othe
Party of its desire to terminate it or to amend it.
In faith whereof the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have^gned the
present Agreement.
Done at Jedda the twentieth day of April, 1942, corresponding to the
fourth day of the month of Babi-al-Thani in the year 1861 of the Hijia.
For the Government of the United Kingdom:
F. H. W. STONEHEWER-BIRD.
For the Government of Saudi Arabia :
YUSUF YASIN.
British Legation,
Your Excellency, „ A V ril f ’ ^
I have the honour to define for Your Excellency the procedure which
we have agreed upon. as applicable to smuggling mentioned in Article 8
of the Extradition Agreement signed this day. , . , v,
If a person in Saudi Arabian territory is suspected of having brought
in goods from Koweit in contravention of the Trade Agreement signed on
the^Oth \pril 1942, between the two Governments and escapes into Koweit
territory, the ’ competent authorities in Koweit, on receipt of the news
thereof! shall arrest him and seize any goods in his possession. .1 he is a
Koweit national, the Koweit authorities shall take the necessary action in
regard to him; if he is a national of Saudi Arabia or of a third Aiab State
they shall surrender him to the Saudi Arabian authorities with the goods
found in his possession. , y. •
1 would request Your Excellency to let me have a reply agreeing to this.
I have, &c.
F. H. W. STONEHEWER-BIRD.
His Excellency
Sheikh Yusuf Yasin.
M le Ministre, Jedda, April 20, 1942 (4th Babi-al-Thani 1361).
' I have received your letter of this day’s date in which you confirm the
meaning of smuggling offences as agreed between us in the Extradition
Agreement signed this day and the circumstances in which extradition is
to be granted for such offences.
I agree to what you say, which is what we agreed to; and the procedure
shall be according to it. 4 ^ o
Accept, tvc.
VTTOTTT? V \ QTXT
His Excellency
His Britannic Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary, Jedda.

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This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning a number of agreements agreed between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in 1942 (and ratified in 1943).

The agreements were intended to formalise relations between the two countries and to end a trade blockade that had been imposed on Kuwait by Saudi Arabia. Much of the correspondence concerns the exact wording of these agreements and numerous amendments that were made to them. The correspondence also briefly discusses the desire of the Ruler of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] to establish a customs post in Wafra.

The majority of the correspondence in the file is between British officials (including at the Foreign Office, 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. , the British Legation in Jeddah and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait), but it also contains a limited amount of correspondence the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, on whose behalf the British acted during the negotiations with Saudi Arabia that led to the agreements being signed.

In addition to correspondence, the file contains several copies of the proposed agreements between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait as follows:

  • 'Trade Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom (acting on behalf of His Highness the Sheikh of Koweit) and the Government of Saudi Arabia Jedda, 20th April, 1942 [Ratifications exchanged at Jedda, 1st May, 1943]' in English and Arabic (folios 3-6)
  • 'Agreement for the Extradition of Offenders between the Government of the United Kingdom (acting on behalf ofHis Highness the Sheikh of Koweit) and the Government of Saudi Arabia [With Exchange of Notes relating to Smuggling Offences] Jedda, 20th April, 1942 [Ratifications exchanged at Jedda, 1st May, 1943]' in English and Arabic (folios 7-11)
  • 'Agreement for the Extradition of Offenders between the Government of the United Kingdom (acting on behalf ofHis Highness the Sheikh of Koweit) and the Government of Saudi Arabia [With Exchange of Notes relating to Smuggling Offences] Jedda, 20th April, 1942' (folios 16-17)
  • 'Trade Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom (acting on behalf of His Highness the Sheikh of Koweit) and the Government of Saudi Arabia Jedda, 20th April, 1942' (folios 18-19)
  • 'Agreement for Friendship and Neighbourly Relations between the Government of the United Kingdom (acting on behalf of His Highness the Sheikh of Koweit) and the Government of Saudi Arabia [With Schedule and Exchange of Notes containing Lists of Tribes], Jedda, April 20, 1942' (folios 20-21).

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (83 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 85; these numbers are written in pencil 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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Coll 30/21(4) 'Persian Gulf: Koweit-Saudi relations. Trade, Bon Voisinage and Extradition Agreements. Desire of Ibn Saud to Establish Customs Post at Wafra' [‎17v] (34/170), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3735, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100045875037.0x000023> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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