'File 53/54 II (D 91) Kuwait Blockade' [104r] (218/480)
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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No. 254.
(S. 3620/266/85) FOREIGN OFFICE,. 3. W. 1.
28th July,1932.
Sir, I L '
a
With reference to despatch No,15 of the 23rd
April from 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.
, a
copy of which was sent to you direct, I transmit to you
the accompanying copies of a letter of the 18th May from
the Colonial Office to the
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.
and of a letter
of the 10th June from the Colonial Office to this
Department in regard to the proposal that a Coaimission
should "be appointed to consider the present Nej di
"blocade of Koweit and, if possible, to recommend a
compromise acceptable to both parties. Copies of the late
i ,
^ Sir H.Biscoe s despatches No,11 of the 13th May and
f.Lt No. 19 of the 18th May, to which reference is made in these
two Colonial Office letters are understood to have been
sent to you direct,
2, I shall be glad if, unless you see serious
objection, you will approach the Hejaz-^ejd Government on
the lines proposed in paragraph 2 of the first enclosure
in this despatch. In doing so, you should make it clear
that the recommendations of the proposed commission would
be ad referendum to King Ibn Saud and to the Sheikh of
Koweit, and you should refer to the members of the
Commission as 'delegates' or ' Commissi onei^? and not as
'arbitrators'. But you should at the same time emphasize
that His Majesty's Government sincerely trusts that these
re c omme ndat i on s
Sir Andrew Ryan,K, B,B. , C,LI, G, ,
etc,, etc., etc,,
Jedda.
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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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