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Coll 30/21(4) 'Persian Gulf: Koweit-Saudi relations. Trade, Bon Voisinage and Extradition Agreements. Desire of Ibn Saud to Establish Customs Post at Wafra' [17r] (33/170)
The record is made up of 1 file (83 folios). It was created in 25 Apr 1940-14 Apr 1947. 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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Government of a demand for extradition. The demand for extradition shall
contain: —
(а) A description of the offender and any information which may assist
in his identification.
(б) A short summary of the offence committed by the offender.
(c) A copy of the judgment passed by the court of the country asking
for extradition, if judgment has already been passed on the
offender.
(2) AJJ^the above documents shall bear the seal or stamp of the
competeiflRuthorities.
(3) 1 he demand for extradition shall be presented by the Government
of Saudi Arabia to the Government of Kovveit through the British Legation
in Jedda; similarly, the Government of Koweit shall present any demand
for extradition by the Government of Saudi Arabia through the British
Legation in Jedda.
Article 5.
With the object of pursuing the offender and preventing his flight from
the country in which he has taken refuge, the competent authorities in the
two countries may correspond with each other by the most speedy means
available with a view to ensuring the detention of the offender until the
arrival of the documents of the demand as provided in Article 4.
Article 6.
No person shall be surrendered under this Agreement for any offence
committed before the date of its coming into force. '
Article 7.
No offender surrendered under this Agreement shall be tried for any
offence other than the offence in respect of which his surrender was
demanded, unless he has been given sufficient opportunity to leave the
country, and has not left it. This provision shall not apply to offences
committed after the surrender has been effected.
Article 8.
The provisions of this Agreement shall apply to the area on the Nejd-
Koweit Frontier hereinafter termed the Neutral Zone, whose limits were
laid down in the Protocol of Uqair, dated the 2nd December, 1922
(13th Rabi-al-Thani, 1341) upon the following conditions: —
(1) Where an offence, as defined in Article 3 of this Agreement, has
been committed in either of the two territories and the offender
has fled to the Neutral Zone, the offender shall be deemed to be
still within the territory in which the offence was committed,
and may be arrested and tried by the Government thereof.
(2) Where an offence, as defined in Article 3 of this Agreement, has been
committed in the Neutral Zone and the offender escapes to the
territory of the Government of which he is a national, he shall be
deemed to have committed the offence within the territory of his
own Government and shall be liable to arrest and trial by that
Government.
(3) Where an offence, as defined in Article 3 of this Agreement, has been
committed in the Neutral Zone, and the offender, being a national
of one of the two Governments, escapes into the territory of the
other, he shall be deemed to have committed the offence within
the territory of the Government of which he is a national, and
shall be liable to extradition proceedings under this Agreement.
Article 9.
This Agreement has been drawn up in duplicate in English and Arabic,
both texts having equal force. Instruments of ratification shall be exchanged
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This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning a number of agreements agreed between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in 1942 (and ratified in 1943).
The agreements were intended to formalise relations between the two countries and to end a trade blockade that had been imposed on Kuwait by Saudi Arabia. Much of the correspondence concerns the exact wording of these agreements and numerous amendments that were made to them. The correspondence also briefly discusses the desire of the Ruler of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] to establish a customs post in Wafra.
The majority of the correspondence in the file is 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), but it also contains a limited amount of correspondence the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, on whose behalf the British acted during the negotiations with Saudi Arabia that led to the agreements being signed.
In addition to correspondence, the file contains several copies of the proposed agreements between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait as follows:
- 'Trade Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom (acting on behalf of His Highness the Sheikh of Koweit) and the Government of Saudi Arabia Jedda, 20th April, 1942 [Ratifications exchanged at Jedda, 1st May, 1943]' in English and Arabic (folios 3-6)
- 'Agreement for the Extradition of Offenders between the Government of the United Kingdom (acting on behalf ofHis Highness the Sheikh of Koweit) and the Government of Saudi Arabia [With Exchange of Notes relating to Smuggling Offences] Jedda, 20th April, 1942 [Ratifications exchanged at Jedda, 1st May, 1943]' in English and Arabic (folios 7-11)
- 'Agreement for the Extradition of Offenders between the Government of the United Kingdom (acting on behalf ofHis Highness the Sheikh of Koweit) and the Government of Saudi Arabia [With Exchange of Notes relating to Smuggling Offences] Jedda, 20th April, 1942' (folios 16-17)
- 'Trade Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom (acting on behalf of His Highness the Sheikh of Koweit) and the Government of Saudi Arabia Jedda, 20th April, 1942' (folios 18-19)
- 'Agreement for Friendship and Neighbourly Relations between the Government of the United Kingdom (acting on behalf of His Highness the Sheikh of Koweit) and the Government of Saudi Arabia [With Schedule and Exchange of Notes containing Lists of Tribes], Jedda, April 20, 1942' (folios 20-21).
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (83 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 85; these numbers are written in pencil 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 30/21(4) 'Persian Gulf: Koweit-Saudi relations. Trade, Bon Voisinage and Extradition Agreements. Desire of Ibn Saud to Establish Customs Post at Wafra'
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- 3r:11v, 16r:21v
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