Coll 30/21(2) 'Persian Gulf: Koweit - Blockade by Ibn Saud' [386r] (782/1010)
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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the fir at time , and a bill for the Customs recover
able would be sent to the shaikh of Kumit, who wouK
be expected to pay. The same thing would happen up
to a limit of three times . After that the King
would have the clear right, and would exercise afctefc
such ri^it, to cancel the whole Trade Agreement
on the ground that Kuwait had failed in her guarantee
(4) The Kuwait delegates argued very vigorously that
such one sided conditions were not only unfair in
the extreme # but left any agreement arrived at
entirely at the mercy of the King, who could kill
or keep it alive as he chose, seeing that all the
world knew that the smu^ling fraternity existed
even in the most well ordered and modern States.
In other words they said that a grade which ms to
be developed, opened up and financed by Hejd and
Kuwait merchants Jointly, and could fall to the
ground any moma&t because forsooth 3 rascally
smugglers rai^it happen to get caught within a
period of perhaps a week, a month or six months,
was useless to them; Quifre clearly therefore they
could give no guarantee under such conditions.
(5) The Saudi delegates said they quite saw their point,
but Kuwait delegates must also theirs. The King
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had given thm their orders, clearly, unequivocally.
These were that they (his delegates) must make it
clear that the basic principle of any trade agree**
ment that was to be negotiated was to be this
"guarantee" or "tbaman". If the Kuwait delegates
chose to give the guarantee, then talks could be
continued, if not then they had nothing further to
do but go home*
(6)
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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:
- Treaty of Friendship and " Bon Voisinage An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders. ", Protocol of Arbitration and Extradition Treaty between Iraq & Hejaz and Nejd and Dependencies (folios 49-52)
- 'Draft Regulations For Trading Between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia' (folios 161-165)
- Account of Discussions at Riyadh by Andrew Ryan, 1935 (folios 232-237)
- Political Department Secret Memorandum entitled 'The Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (folios 292-293)
- 'Notes on Kuwait-Saudi Blockade Discussions' (folios 358-363)
- 'Note on the discussions between the Saudi delegates and the Kuwait Representatives, as They Took Place Each Day', June 1935 (folios 371-377)
- 'Note on the Discussions between Saudi Delegates and Kuwait Representatives' (folios 380-390)
- 'Record of Fourth Meeting with Fuad Bey Hamza at the Foreign Office on July 5, 1935' (folios 399-401)
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'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:11v, 13r:95v, 97r:102v, 106r:112v, 116r:153v, 155r:181v, 183r:183v, 186r:267r, 270r:271v, 274r:302v, 306r:314v, 316r:363v, 367r:390v, 397r:431v, 435r:497v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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