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‘1/1 Volume IV Koweit Saudi Relations’ [‎14r] (36/510)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (247 folios). It was created in 29 May 1935-21 Apr 1936. 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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without previous upplioatlon*
^he mix person© to who® you refer, were, a© it has been
reported to us, four and not six, and did not enter Kuwait
to exercise their aaudi drab authority in Kuwait territory,
but were fro® among the retainers of the Amir of Hasa, sent
by him t their mlr) to gather our beduin sub jeota at a
certain watering place with a view to collecting *Satot*«
liaving regard to the (unintelligible word usual oMimr^
word for**some; possibly a mistake for ^distance** or som
unusual word meaning *sterility*) places in the territory
of the mid the good pasture in the territory of the
i
frataj?* they removed the Mutair beduin away from their
ly
watering places m that the mlglit oome to them for a
few days, in order that they may be able to accompli ah the
taking of the *Eakai* fro®* whan the detachment
readied the place and fouml that the hangar be-v.iuin were still
within the frontiers of Kuwait ar^ it was not possible to
undertake the collection of "fakat* there* fhe commander
of the force then sent his messengers to Kuwait in order to
send a telegram to ^ir Abdullah Ibn Jaluwi to tell him of
the facts, and to receive his instructions a© to what he
should do* The way to be followed by the messengers mnt to
Kuwait of course can be no other than via aubaihiya and
Jahra* It is possible that those messengers might have
informed the : humisar and Ifiafir subject* of H.Ih the King,
whom they met on their way, of the place of the "huk&t*
officials in order that they might hasten to perform it so
that they would hot be liable to puntehrieht in the fixture*
They then went on their way fro® SubeiMy® to Jahra intending
to go to Kuwait to eend the telegram* On their way however
they met a motor oar in which three of them drove to Kuweit,
entered it and asked to-flafiai to telegraph to the air
he
Abdullah Ibn Malawi about tlselr ease, so tlmt/Xkxy might
give them tlxe necessary instruct ions* The oovernment
/of

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Correspondence and papers concerning relations between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, and British officials’ efforts to negotiate the lifting of a trade blockade, imposed upon Kuwait at the orders of the of King of Saudi Arabia, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd). The volume is a direct chronological continuation of ‘1/1 Volume III Koweit Saudi Relations’ (IOR/R/15/5/111), and includes:

  • Further diplomatic exchanges amongst British, Saudi and Kuwaiti officials, relating to the incursion into Kuwaiti territory by an armed Saudi party in May 1935.
  • Saudi assertions that smuggling from Kuwait into Saudi Arabia has increased in the wake of the Kuwait-Saudi conference held in July 1935.
  • The death of the Amir of Hasa [al-Aḥsā’] Abdulla al Jiluwi [‘Abdullāh bin Jilūwī Āl Sa‘ūd] in October 1935;
  • Discussions regarding a proposal, put forward by Ibn Saud, for the recognition of Arafa [’arafa] law between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
  • In early 1936, Saudi Government proposals for a lifting of the blockade, and reports of the Ruler of Kuwait’s agreement in principle to the proposals.

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. (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 Government’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (Andrew Ryan); the British Chargé d’Affaires at Jedda (Albert Spencer Calvert); representatives of the Government of Saudi Arabia (Fuad Bey Hamza, Yusuf Yasin, Feysal [Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd]); the Ruler of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ).

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1 volume (247 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 249; 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 4-246; 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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