‘1/1 Volume II Koweit Saudi relations’ [131r] (270/534)
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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m embarrassing as I personally consider Ibn Sa'ud's case to be
strong on certain points# I could not in any case without giving
grave offence use argument that his admission to family of
independent and properly constituted States is a reason for his
accepting undoubted validity of British legal thesis as against
that stated in last note of Ba'udi government# 1 emphasised
confidence of His Lisjesty 1 © Government in their view and difficulty
they would have in pursuing matter on any other basis but
intimation of readiness on their part to consider minor modifica
tions of nine if basis were accepted# King vehemently repudiated
suggestion that Turks had any locus standi to alienate his own ,
ancestral rights and used various subsidiary arguments which I
will report on arrival in London# I suggested that question be
postponed until then#
ling expressed desire for settlement of Kuwait
blockade question on terms of reciprocal advantage. He sa:
cost of maintaining his own Customs posts would be greater than
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return their success seemed to savour discussion Ox whole
(mut#) between Sa’udi Government and Kuwait representatives# as
I am not sure whether Shaikh would now welcome this I did not
report it by telegraph {mut# / but promisor to repo* t* King did
not take up a passing reference of mine to question of shaikh 1 s
claims*
Arising out of Kuwait question King mentioned what he
called restrictions on trade of Hejd. I found that he was
referring to Ahmedi incident and to alleged attitude of His
Majesty’s Government or Bahrain Government in preventing ships
from going to his own ports# He clearly did not understand all
the issues and principal features of his attitude extreme
bitterness of his personal feeling at what he represented as
attempt to boycott development of Sa’udi ports. X tried to soothe
him/
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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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- Title
- ‘1/1 Volume II Koweit Saudi relations’
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- 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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