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‘1/1 Volume IV Koweit Saudi Relations’ [‎173r] (354/510)

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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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In rrty preliminary buginens oonversation with Fuad Bey on
November 24th, the day after ray arrival, I put this second
which Ibn Baud had demanded and to the Shaikh’s counter
proposal that he should give his word of honour to do all in
his power to prevent smuggling; the readiness of His Majesty*s
Government to back this; and to their difficulty in reconciling
the King’s attitude with his repeated professions of friendship
towards themselves*
2* I mentioned the subject to the King at the outset of my
first business audience cn November 25th, but had no _
opportunity of pursuing it then or at aray second business >
audience next day, as the only subject discussed in detail
was that of the eastern and south-eastern frontiers. In the
event, as will be seen , I found it better tactics not to
tackle His Majesty at all about Kuwait but to apply pressure
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through Fuad Bey.
3. Fuad Bey broached the subject at luncheon on Movernber 26tn
and stressed the importance of manifests. After luhcheon I
proved to him that this was provided for in tne letter from
the Kuwait delegation to the Saudi delegates at Kuwait ol
June 17th, 1935. I gave him the translations of that
and the ensuing papers in the Foreign Office print enclosed
in Foreign Office despatch No.317 (E. 6419 / 206 / 25 } of October
among the questions which I particularly wished to discuss
during my visit. I outlined the views of His Majesty’s
Government referring to their strong desire to get this
question settled, as the Iraq and Trans-Jordon questions
had been settled; to the impossible character of the "guarantee
31st to Jedda. Fuad Bey then developed the argument that
,Kuwait /
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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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