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Coll 30/21(2) 'Persian Gulf: Koweit - Blockade by Ibn Saud' [‎211r] (432/1010)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (501 folios). It was created in 14 May 1935-27 Sep 1937. It was written in English. 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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Decypher. Sir A, Ryan (Jedda).
15th January, 1936,
D. o«30 p.m. 15 th January, 1936.
R. 5.45 p.nu 15th January, 1936.
Ro. 11.
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. telegram ho. 158 to G-overnment of India, second
half of paragraph one*
I agree that Saudi customs post would be a necessary part of
system the object of which would be to ensure movement of trade
through such post. I think that the 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. interpretation
of sugges cion at the end of paragraph 10 of enclosure of my
despatch ho. 352 may be too wide. I should prefer, if possible,
to arrive at positive definition of categories of persons who would
be required to hold passes or identity papers rather than make this
requirement generally subject to exception. I myself received
suggestion as applying to persons engaged in trade but I foresee
difficulty regarding what may be largest category of all viz.
tribesmen carrying goods for their own use.
I purposely avoided any close discussion with Fuad ,
of the categories of persons to be controlled as I feared that
Ion Baud might be seizing the opportunity afforded by the blockade
negotiations to revert to the suggestions in the correspondence
ending with enclosure in Jedda despatch No, 256 which would involve
excessive restriction on movements across the frontier. There may
be better chance of avoiding such excessive restriction when memory
of the controversy over incident of May 6th is less fresh in the
mind of the King. If the latter visits Koweit it may also help.
In view of the above considerations I should prefer to await
general reaction of Sheikh of Koweit before asking Fuad < •
to elucidate his suggestion further.
Addressed to Foreign Office telegram No. 11; repeated to
G-overnment of India telegram No. 4, Bahrein for 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
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. No. 3.

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This volume contains correspondence related to a trade blockade that was imposed on Kuwait by the Ruler of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and more generally concerning relations between Britain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

The correspondence in the volume consists of internal correspondence between British officials (including at the Foreign Office, 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. , the British Legation in Jeddah and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait) as well as correspondence between British officials and the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah and officials from the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The file also contains English language translations of letters that were passed between the Kuwaiti and Saudi Arabian delegations at negotiations mediated by Britain in June 1935.

In addition to correspondence, the file contains the following:

The volume includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (501 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 497; 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 leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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