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Coll 30/21(2) 'Persian Gulf: Koweit - Blockade by Ibn Saud' [‎353r] (716/1010)

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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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(Mutair country). These "dahals" number 18 and consist
of natural underground caverns leading off into
subterranean cisterns, all of which have water of sorts
in them* They are quite useless for watering camel
herds, or floostks of sheep, because of the difficulty of
getting the water to the surface (a man has to crawl many
feet underground to the various cisterns with his goat
skin to get one "fill”) but are eminently suitable places
for small parties to draw drinking water from, if they
are anxious to avoid the main wells mentioned above and
the posts camped thereon*
The names of the "Bahais” ar^feiven below for
interest’s sake*
A1 Raggas, A1 Thaiyit, Ab al Bhaiyan,
A1 Jarabi, Um al Qrun, Al Khaliya, Al Azaiyir,
Um Warcham, Um Jamd, Bith al Ashafi,
Al Shamshul, Al A 3 a3, Abu Sukhaim, Al Paraih,
Abu Tutaha, Ash Shami, Al Muttar, Abu Harmala*
(e) A Mutair party with a few bags of rice ex Kuwait,
is reported to have been tracked down and attacked by a
Saudian patrol at Jarab on 18th July (where Captain
Shakespear was killed), the patrol however was beaten off
with the loss of 4 men* The smugglers got through to
Qasim.

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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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Coll 30/21(2) 'Persian Gulf: Koweit - Blockade by Ibn Saud' [‎353r] (716/1010), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3733, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100044851363.0x000075> [accessed 10 May 2024]

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