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‘1/1 Volume V Koweit Saudi Relations’ [‎270r] (548/648)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (320 folios). It was created in 17 Apr 1936-20 Oct 1938. 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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4206/38.
IEDIA OFFICE,
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L01nD 0:\ ? S.W.l.
23rd July, 1938
Saudi Arabia - Koweit relations
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Sir,
I am directed by the Secretary of State to invite a
reference to the Express Letter addressed to him by the
Officiating 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. on the
1 . 9 th September, 1937, and numbered C/232 of 1937, with
which were enclosed drafts of TT bon voisinage” and extradition
agreements between Saudi Arabia and Koweit for use in the
negotiations for the termination of the blockade instituted
by Saudi Arabia against trade ii om Kov.'Sit.
2. The drafts forwarded by Mr. Caroe have been considered
in detail in consultation with the Foreign Office and with
Sir Trenchard Fowls during the latter ! e period of deputation
in London and I am now to forward, for the consideration of
the Government of India, a copy of the drafts in the form m
which, subject to their views and to any further views which
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. may wish to express, His Majesty's
Government consider that they should he submitted for the
concurrence of the Sheikh of Koweit or for any observations
which he may have to make on their deuuiled piovisiouo.
3. Of these drafts the draft " bon voisinage An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders. " agreement,
excluding the schedule, is, with one inconsiderable
+ • i-n +ho form in ’which Sir Trenchard Fowle concurred
exception, m tne loim m
while in London' in April. r £he ’’general rules forming bhe
schedule to the draft were prepared subsequently by the
Foreign Office on the basis of the schedule attached to the
" bon voisinage An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders. " Agreement of 1933 between Saudi Arabia and
4 . qpen by the Poj-itisul
Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan . They have not /
Secretary to the Government of India, accident,/
External Affairs Department,
S iml a.

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Correspondence and papers concerning negotiations over the drafting of trade, Bon Voisinage An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders. and extradition treaties between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, in an effort to lift the trade blockade, imposed upon Kuwait at the orders of the 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 IV Koweit Saudi Relations’ (IOR/R/15/5/112), and includes:

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. (Captain Gerald Simpson DeGaury); 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; Reader William Bullard); the Ruler of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ); Foreign and 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. representatives in London.

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1 volume (320 folios)
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The volume’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 318; 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 first and last leading and ending flyleaves.

Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 4-315, and ff 28-315; 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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