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‘1/1 Volume VII Kuwait-Saudi Relations’ [‎155v] (320/598)

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The record is made up of 2 volumes (291 folios). It was created in 1 Nov 1939-16 Feb 1948. 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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(3) ...
Article 9,
(1) The tribes, nationals of either
Saudi Arabia or Koweit, which habitually
frequent both sides of the frontier for the
ourpose of grazing or ,, rausabala ,f shall be
free to move from rlace to place in the two
territories, unless one of the two Govern
ments finds it necessary to restrict the .
freedom of its own nationals to move into the
territory of the other, or to restrict the
freedom of the nationals of the other
Government to move across into its territory,
in the interests of nublic order or for
reasons of economic necessity,
(2) The frontier officer of the
Government which considers it to be in its
interest to impose such a restriction shall
inform the frontier officer of the other
Government of that decision before it is
put into effect, in order that the latter
may have an opportunity to adoot means to
overcome any difficulties which may result
from the execution of the decision, on the k
understanding that it is incumbent unon the
frontier officers in such cases, that both (\
should use their lest endeavours to
remove any difficulty which may be nointed I
out by either of them as likely to result
from the awnlication of this prohibition,
if it can be removed; and if it cannot,
then the prohibition shall come into force. ^
(3) If the interests of either of the
two Governments require that it should enter
into contact with its subjects residing
in the other territory, in order to collect
H Zakat !f or for some other purpose, it may
make application to the other to that end,
and the other shall either permit the entry
of the competent officials for the desired
purpose or shall compel the tribes in
question to return to their own country.
Article 10.
ho official of either Government, nor
any national of either of them, shall be
allowed to cross the frontier between the
two territories without Previous permission
from the other Governments, except in the
following cases:
(1) Nationals may move about between the
two territories for the purpose of grazing
as provided in Article 9. '
(2) Officials may enter for the purpose
of proceeding to the towns of Koweit or
Riyadh for any Purpose, provided that
they are authorised to do so by their
respective Governments.

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Correspondence and papers concerning negotiations finalising and ratifying trade, ‘Friendship and Neighbourly Relations’ (referred to in previous correspondence on the subject as Bon Voisinage An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders. ) and extradition treaties between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The volume is a direct chronological continuation of ‘1/1 Volume VI Kuwait Saudi Relations’ (IOR/R/15/5/114) and includes:

  • Draft copies of the agreements, in both Arabic and English.
  • Correspondence concerning the removal of article 7 of the Friendship and Neighbourly Relations agreement, relating to the nationality of tribes covered by the agreement, and subsequent efforts to draw up a list of tribes of Saudi and Kuwait nationality, to be added to the agreement in the form of a letter.
  • The King of Saudi Arabia Ibn Saud’s [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] intention, articulated to the British Government in April 1940, to establish a customs post at Wafra [Al Wafrah], in the neutral zone between Kuwait and Saudi territory, and the Ruler of Kuwait’s [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] opposition to the plan.
  • Correspondence concerning final acceptance of the agreements in March 1942 (f 245) and arrangements for their signing and ratification in April 1942.
  • A press communiqué dated 4 June 1942, announcing the signing of the agreements and their handover to the Ruler of Kuwait (f 264), and a further communiqué dated 5 May 1943, announcing the ratification of the agreements (f 277).

The volume’s principal correspondents are: the Kuwait 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. (Major Arnold Crawshaw Galloway; Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson; Major Tom Hickinbotham); 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 Charles Geoffrey Prior); the British Government’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (Reader William Bullard; Hugh Stonehewer Bird); the Ruler of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ).

Extent and format
2 volumes (291 folios)
Arrangement

The volumes’ contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the second volume (ff 289-293) mirror the chronological arrangement.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: this file consists of two physical volumes. The foliation sequence commences at the front cover of volume one (ff 1-166) and terminates at the inside back cover of volume two (ff 167-295); 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.

An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-294; 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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