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‘1/1 Volume V Koweit Saudi Relations’ [271r] (550/648)
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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2
April
Resident, c ~nd if the local Political Authorities consider
that any important modifications are required I am to ask
that the matter may be referred to the Secretary of State.
4. the draft extradition agreement in its present form
has also not yet been seen by 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.
, and I
am to enclose lor consideration a copy of the demi-official
2973/38) letter with which it was received from the Foreign Office.
The Secretary of State is content to leave it to the
Government of Inaia to decide, in consultation with 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.
, whether it is desirable to amend jy^ticle
4 in the direction indicated by the Foreign OfficeJ®and
of the alternative forms of Article 7 should be adoptedj*
I am to ask, however, that (as in the case of the Schedule
to the n bon voisinage” agreement) reference may be made to
him if in other respects any substantial modification of the
draft is thought necessary.
5. It will be observed that the drafts of both agreements
have been cast in the form of an agreement raade by His
Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, ’’acting in their
own name and on behalf of His Highness the Sheikh of Koweit”.
Explicit expression is thus given to the acceptance by His
Majesty’s Government of responsibility for the fulfilment of
the obligations described in the agreements. This
responsibility derives from the control exercised by His
Majesty’s Government over the foreign affairs of Koweit by
virtue of which - and in evidence of which - the present
agreements are being mediated by them with the Saudi Arabian
Government. I am to enquire whether in the circumstances
the Government of India and 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.
see any
objection to the proposal that His Majesty's Government, by
concluding agreements with the Saudi Arabian Government in
this form, should explicitly undertake responsioiiity for
the /
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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:
- Multiple drafts in both Arabic and English of a ‘Regulation for the Control of Caravans and Traders between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia’.
- A copy of Al-Waqayah [Iraq Government Gazette] dated 1936 (ff 191-200), and a printed copy of the extradition agreement between Saudi Arabia and the Government of Iraq (Ministry of Foreign Affairs), dated 1931 (ff 201-207).
- Multiple drafts in both Arabic and English of 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.
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (320 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end.
- Physical characteristics
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 View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- ‘1/1 Volume V Koweit Saudi Relations’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:7v, 13r:16v, 23r:23v, 29r:69v, 73r:83v, 89r:114v, 116r:116v, 118r:157v, 164r:165v, 169r:185v, 190r:190v, 208r:212v, 226r:246v, 248r:254v, 256r:274v, 284r:285v, 290r:291v, 297r:314v, 316r:318v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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