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‘1/1 Volume II Koweit Saudi relations’ [‎188r] (384/534)

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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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Copy of a confidential letter No.C-18, dated
the 18th January 1935, from 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. , Kuwait,
to His Excellency the Ruler of Kuwait.,
jitter Compliments,
I have the honour to inform Tour Excellency
that His Majesty’s Government have informed me through
the Hon’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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
that they have decided to reopen negotiations with His
Majesty King Bin Baud, on the subject of the Kuwait Blockade.
2. Your Excellency will recollect that at the
end of March 1934, and acting under instructions of His
Majesty’s Government, I had several discussions with you
over this selfsame blockade question, and I infoimed you then
that His Majesty’s Government could not again start
negotiations with Bin Saud, as they were ready and anxious
to do, unless Your Excellency agreed to abandon the ’’Claims''
which you had made against the King in respect of damage
inflicted by the Akhwan* This was because of Bin Baud’s
difficult attitude in the matter, and because of his
insistence that Your Excellency had agreed to bury all
past claims as between Nejd and Kuwait in 1932.
3. As a result of our discussions Your Excellency
on 3rd April 1934 intimated to me your entire willingness
to abandon all your ’’claims”, with the exception of the
Personal Loan m_ade to Bin Baud by you on the occasion of the
Hail Expedition, provided that His Majesty’s Government would
give you some sort of general assurance that the negotiations
with Bin Saud would be pressed to a successful conclusion.
I duly informed His Majesty’s Government of what four
Excellency said.
4. His Majesty’s Government have now directed me
to inform Your Excellency that, in the nature of the case,
it is quite impossible for them to give you an assurance
that their negotiations with Bin 3aud will be successful,

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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.

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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
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