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Coll 30/21(2) 'Persian Gulf: Koweit - Blockade by Ibn Saud' [416r] (842/1010)
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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5
that any agreement should succeed, and
probably stsorted out from Hofxuf with the
deliberate intention of causing the Conference
to fail.
10. The
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
under orders from H.M.Government
attended all discussions. This was a good
move as it enabled him to note down and record
full notes of the proceedings. (These latter
have been embodied in a separate report and
have been submitted to the Hon f ble the Political
Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
(a) Prom the haughty and overbearing attitude
displayed by the Saudi Delegates at all meeting^,
it was early evident that they (the delegates)
felt that they had the whip hand completely of
Kuwait, and meant to show it.
(b) Throughout the discussions the Saudi Delegates
adopted the following uncompromising £ole “The
Blockade suits us down to the ground, our trade
is benefiting at the expense of Kuwait, that
is good business - We are keeping within the law
that also is good policy, as H.M. Government,
your protector, cannot get at us - You are like
a man in prison, if you offer us enough money
we will let you out - Make it worth our while,
and we will raise the Blockade 1 *.
(c) To my mind one sided conferences of the above
nature are more than useless and only tend to
still further embitter relations. Certainly
Kuwait is highly indignant already at the
patronizing way in which her delegates have been
so far treated.
(d) I should also like to record my belief (though I
say this with all due deference and fullest
apology, seeing that what I say concerns Bahrain,
a place outside my control) that the only
ultimate way of bringing Bin Baud’s Blocks.de of
Kuwait to an end, is to hurt or threaten to
hurt him elsewhere - This can in my opinion best
be done in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, and by
(i) Allowing Bahrain to impose full
Bahrain duty on all goods in transit to
Hejd .
(ii) Allowing Bahrain to take full duty
on cargo transferred into dhows from
steamers if latter are in Bahrain f
waters. V
(iii)
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (501 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Title
- Coll 30/21(2) 'Persian Gulf: Koweit - Blockade by Ibn Saud'
- Pages
- 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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