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'File 53/54 II (D 91) Kuwait Blockade' [69r] (146/480)
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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take his customs, Kuwait to guarantee that all goods should
pass through this place.
(2) A ^ejd customs post in the hands of a Nejdi
official should be established at the gate of Kuwait town
to collect the Kejd dues as caravans passed out.
(3) Kuwait should maise a fixed annual payment
representing the Hejd share of the Kuwait customs. Sheikh
Yusuf Yasin subsequently stated that the King realised that
the first two suggestions were impracticable, and the Sheikh
of Kuwait, who has been consulted, has stated that he cannot
see his way to accept the third. King Ibn Baud, however,
himself intimated to Colonel Biscoe as the result of their
discussion that the only solution he could see was for
^arbitrators" from either side, consisting of well-known
merchants and possibly one official, to meet and try to
work out a comproraise which would be acceptable to both
parties. The Sheikh of Kuwait accepts this proposal and
His Majesty^s Government trust that ir the interests of
co-operation and friendly relations between the ic-jaz-I^jd
and Kuwait, King Ibn Saud will now agree to the appointment
of such a Commission. If so, they will be glad to know
whom the King would propose to appoint as his representatives
The Sheikh of Kuwait for his part would be agreeable to
appoint as the Kuwaiti representatives two merchants and
one official (preferably a customs official).
3. If such a Commission is appointed. Sir Philip
Cunliffe-Lister would propose to inform Colonel Biscoe
that His Majesty's Government see no objection to the
Kuwaiti representatives putting forward a proposal on the
lines suggested in p^ra^raph 11 of the
Political Resident
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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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- IOR/R/15/1/515
- Title
- 'File 53/54 II (D 91) Kuwait Blockade'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:9v, 9ar:9av, 10r:28v, 29v:64v, 64ar:64av, 65r:83v, 83ar:83av, 84r:110v, 111v, 111ar:111hv, 112r:121v, 121ar:121av, 122r:130v, 133v:225v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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