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'File 53/54 II (D 91) Kuwait Blockade' [‎11r] (28/480)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (238 folios). It was created in 5 Mar 1932-30 Jun 1933. 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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CONFIIITiaiTIAL.
D.O.No. 1'
Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Kuwait.
B a ted the 17th ffebrmry 1932.
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Will you please refer to your D.0.No»76 # S» dated
-Qie IZth February 1932,
2 # I saw the Shaikh this morning and told him the
whole story of Colonel Biscoe's efforts at Hoffuf with Bin
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Saud, in the matter of the blockade of Ke^d# I also dis
cussed Ihe matter from eTory angle, especially bringing out
the fact that Colonel Biscoe, who had his interests greatly
at heart, was disposed to think that the plan proposed by
Bin Saud, namely that 3 Commissioners be appointed by both
sides to explore ways and means, and try and discover a way
out of the impasse, was one that at any rate offered some
prospect of solution and was certainly an advance on the
previous hopele«sly difficult attitude of the King.
5, The Shaikh at first adopted a very "sticky"
attitude, and while thanking Colonel Biscoe sincerely fcr all
his obvious efforts on behalf of Kurait, pointed out in
rather forcible language that he ecu Id see no prospect at all
of the Commissioners succeeding in their object, as there
was really no ouestion in dispute, between Bin Saud and
himself, such as a doubtful w boundary ,, question , or a piece
of territory which both claimed, and which could be argued
out by the representatives of both sides, in a give and take
spirit.
On the contrary tl® issue he said was a perfectly
clear one. Firstly Bin Saud wanted money, and to obtain it
he had decided to throttle Kuwait and divert its trade through
To
Captain E .H .Qastrell,
Secretary to the Hon t ble 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.
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in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire.

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This file contains correspondence related to a trading blockade imposed on Kuwait by Abdul Aziz ibn Abdulrahman ibn Faisal Al Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud)], the King of Hejaz and Nejd (King of Saudi Arabia after September 1932).

The correspondence is primarily between British officials attempting to mediate between the two parties but the file also contains several copies of correspondence directly between Ibn Saud and Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait. The majority of the correspondence between the two rulers in the file is translated into English and does not include the original Arabic.

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1 volume (238 folios)
Arrangement

File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.

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Condition: Formerly a bound correspondence volume, the file's pages have now been unbound and are now loose.

Foliation: The file's foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, and can be found 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. Circled index numbers in red crayon can also be found throughout the folio.

The file contains the following foliation errors: 9 and 9A; 64 and 64A; 83 and 83A; 111, 111A, 111B, 111C, 111D, 111E, 111F, 111G and 111H; 121 and 121A.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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