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‘1/1 Volume II Koweit Saudi relations’ [83r] (174/534)
The record is made up of 1 volume (261 folios). It was created in 5 Jul 1933-13 Mar 1935. 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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obligations, which are dealt with in 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.
Note
on the subject, and the one which in a sense determines any
others there may be, is that of protection against hostile
incursions or invasions. His Lajesty's Government *s Agree
ments with the Shaikh are three in number:
That of January 1899
that of October 1907
that of November 1914.
8. The Agreement of 1899, as far as ’protection’ is
concerned, in return for the good behaviour of the Shaikh and
his successors, merely promised the ’’good offices” of T "is
Majesty’s Government, ’’whatever that may mean” as Lord Lands-
downe later remarked. Our construction of this Agreement
appears to have been the convenient one that we could choose
the circumstances in which we need, or need not, protect
Kuwait in any particular crisis that arose, the exact area
which we were responsible for defending being left more or
less vague.
9. The Agreement of 1907 merely confirmed from His
Majesty’s Government thaf’the town of Kuwait and its boundaries?’
belonged to the Shaikh of that day and his successors. This
Agreement in no way added, in principle, to our nebulous res
ponsibilities for the defence of Kuwait, though possibly read
with that of 1899 it might increase these responsibilities
up to the*boundaries’
10. The 1914 Agreement states that in return ^or the
Shaikh’s co-operation against the Turks ’’Kuwait shall be re
cognized as an independent principality under British pro
tection”. This, unlike the phraseology of the previous
Agreement, is a most categorical assurance, and the word
’principality’ and not ’town’ being used, would seem definitely
to place the responsibility o^ protecting the whole of the
Kuwait Sheikhdom on ^is Majesty’s Government. Personally I
cannot agree with the view quoted in paragraph 15 of the India
Office Note that ”ona strict reading our liability could be
confined to the protection of the town of Kuwait and that we
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Correspondence and other papers concerning relations between Britain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. The volume is a direct chronological continuation of ‘1/1 Volume I Koweit Saudi relations’ (IOR/R/15/5/109), and covers the following subjects:
- The movements of Khalid bin Hithlain of the Al-’Ajman tribe.
- The trading blockade, imposed on Kuwait by the King of Saudi Arabia, ‘Abdul ‘Aziz bin ‘Abdur Rahman al-Faisal [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd)].
- The views of British Government officials on Britain’s obligations to Kuwait, in light of the blockade.
- Negotiations between British and Saudi officials (including the Saudi Arabian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Faud Hamza [Fu’ād Ḥamzah]) concerning Saudi Arabia’s borders with its neighbours, the Kuwait blockade, and Yemen.
The volume’s principal correspondents include: the 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. at Kuwait (Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson); 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 Minister at Jedda [Jeddah] (Andew Ryan); the British Chargé d’Affaires at Jedda (Albert Spencer Calvert).
The volume contains several papers in Arabic, which are usually accompanied by English translations.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (261 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 261; 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 two leading and ending flyleaves.
Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 4-261; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/110
- Title
- ‘1/1 Volume II Koweit Saudi relations’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:34v, 36r:38v, 40r:44v, 46r:47v, 49r:76v, 79r:89v, 91r:94v, 98r:115v, 118r:145v, 147r:153v, 155r:155v, 160r:182v, 184r:189v, 192r:261v, ii-r:ii-v, 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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