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‘1/1 Volume V Koweit Saudi Relations’ [‎272r] (552/648)

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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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the fulfilment by the Sheikh of the obligations which he
would assume. It would of course be most desirable that in
order to ensure the discharge of H.M.G. *s responsibility for
the observance of the agreements by the Sheikh ? his formal
approval of the draft texts should be obtained before
signature together with his undertaking to observe their
provisions. It is also advisable that H.M.G. should have
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his request (as distinct from his authorisation) to negotiate,
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and subsequently to conclude, the agreements on his behalf.
6. I am accordingly to request that, when the terms
of the enclosed drafts have been settled as indicated in
paras. 3 and 4 above, the Government of India may instruct 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. to communicate the drafts to the Sheikh of
Koweit, to consult him on the substance of their provisions
and to seek his concurrence in H.M.G. l s proposal to negotiate
with the Saudi Arabian Government on these lines.
Subsequently, and before the agreements were concluded, it
would be necessary, if 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. agree to the procedure proposed in this
letter, to obtain from the Sheikh a formal communioat ion, in
the form of an exchange of notes with the Sheikh which would
be drafted in consultation with the Foreign Office, conveying
his approval of the terms, his request to H.M.G. to conclude
the agreements, and his promise to carry out their provisions.
It is considered desirable that at the same time he should be
asked to undertake to nominate the 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. , Koweit, as
one of the Koweit members of the Permanent Frontier Commission
referred to in Article 13 of the " bon voisinage An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders. " agreement.
7. A copy of this letter and enclosures is being
sant to 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 to the 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. in
Koweit.
I am, S ir,
Your obedient Servant,
(Sgd.) R. Plte-L*

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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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