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‘1/1 Volume IV Koweit Saudi Relations’ [‎32r] (72/510)

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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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Mr. REND EL said that he wished first of all to dispose of a misunder-
standing to which Fuad Bey had given expression in conversation with Sir L.
Oliphant on the previous day. It appeared that Fuad Bey had gained the
impression during the conversations which were held in London in September
1934, that His Majesty’s Government had declared their willingness to renew
the Treaty of Jedda in the manner now proposed by the Saudi Government,
but that Fuad Bey had now found, to his surprise and regret, that they had since
changed their minds. Mr. Rendel said he was satisfied, and had confirmed from
the records of the 1934 conversations, that Fnad Bey was under a misapprehension
on this point. His Majesty’s Government had never taken any decision about the
future of the Treaty of Jedda,and had not gone back on anything that had been
said to Fuad Bey "on that subject last year. He cited once more the three
possibilities which had been discussed in 1934 and which had again been quoted
by Sir A. Ryan at the meeting held on the 2nd July. Of these three, the
negotiation of an entirely new treaty covering all points at issue and drawn up
in & accordance with present conditions naturally seemed the most workmanlike.
This could, however, only take place when the major questions now outstanding
had been settled, and as it now looked as though a settlement of these questions
mi°’ht take longer than had at first been anticipated, the conclusion of such a new
comprehensive treaty might in consequence be delayed foi a considerable time.
This being so he could see no objection in principle to the prolongation of the
present treaty in the way suggested by Fuad Bey Hamza, if agreement could be
reached in regard to any modifications of the provisions oi the Jedda settlement
which it was desired at the same time to introduce. Mr. Rendel reminded Fuad
Bey that it had been agreed at a previous meeting that the principal topic to be
discussed before the Jedda settlement could be prolonged and amended m this
way was the question of slavery in relation to His Majesty’s right of manumission.
He drew attention once more to the strength of public and parliamentary opinion
in this country on the subject of slavery, and of the important influence ot the
anti-slavery societies. It was therefore essential that His Majesty s Government
should be able to justify any decision which they might reach to abandon their
rio-ht of manumission, on the lines contemplated in the original exchange or
notes, bv being able to show that a new situation now existed in Aiabia which
rendered the maintenance of that right inappropriate or unnecesary. He added,
speaking personally and unofficially, that the draft anti-slavery regulations which
Fuad Bey had communicated privately to Sir A. Ryan seemed to him to provide
a hopeful basis for further discussion. It had not yet, however, been possible to
submit the details of these proposals to the Secretary of State and it would
be necessary, before any undertaking could be given to the Saudi Government,
to submit to Sir Samuel Hoare a detailed statement showing the precise scope
of the proposed Saudi regulations. It was only thus that Ministers would be
able to judge whether the new arrangements would be sufficient to enable them
to make an adequate defence in Parliament for the abandonment by His Majesty s
Government of this important and well-known right. _ Mr. Rendel suggested
that it would be of great assistance from the point of view of further progress
if Fuad Bey Hamza could give a firm undertaking that King Abdul Aziz would,
when the time came, be ready to promulgate regulations on the lines o± tiose
now under discussion.
SIR ANDREW RYAN then explained the progress which he had been able
to make on the previous day in a conversation with Fnad Bey Hamza (see
separate record in E 4163/325/25) and gave it as his opinion, subject to one or
two difficult points, that a promising position had now been reached as regards
slavery. There were, however, other points which needed consideration m
connexion with the future of the Treaty of Jedda, some of which had already
been raised by the Saudi Government. He mentioned the question of the arms
traffic as an example. He pointed out, however, that, if only m view of the close
questioning which His Majesty’s Government must be prepared to race, ie
problem of slavery was the most serious.
FUAD BEY HxAMZA again pressed for an assurance that His Majesty’s
Government would in principle be prepared to prolong the Treaty of Jedda.
Mr. RENDEL replied that, while he was not yet authorised to give a formal
assurance to this effect, he did not think that His Majesty s Government won
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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)
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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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