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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' [19r] (37/170)
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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Article 2.
The person responsible for a caravan or party such as is mentioned in
Article 1 shall, before his departure with the caravan (or party) and with
the goods from Koweit territory for Saudi Arabia, obtain a manifest from
the Koweit Customs Department (Manifest Office) for all the goods destined
for Saudi Arabia. This manifest must accompany the goods, and a copy
of it sha^B^e given to the Saudi Arabian Trade Agent in Koweit by the
Koweit CL-*oms Office before the caravan (or party) leaves Koweit territory,
and a third copy of the manifest shall be kept in the Manifest Office. It is
forbidden to take a quantity greater or less than that shown in the manifest
or to go to any destination other than that mentioned in the manifest or by
any route other than the ordinary one.
Article 3.
Should the merchant or owner of the goods choose to send part of the
goods by motor car and part by camel, or by two caravans, or part by sea
and part by land, a separate manifest must accompany each part.
Article 4.
Any person who is found within Koweit territory in possession of goods
intended for export to Saudi Arabia and without a manifest shall be
punished by confiscation of the goods, and any such person who has a
manifest but is in possession of goods in excess of those shov r n in
the manifest shall be punished by confiscation of the excess not shown in the
manifest. In both cases he shall be liable to a fine.
Article 5.
Heads of caravans and holders of manifests must report to the -nearest
post any evasion or infraction of the provisions of this Agreement which
comes to their knowledge. Otherwise they themselves shall be held
responsible if the evasion or infraction comes to light.
Article 6.
The Customs officials of Koweit and of Saudi Arabia at the specified
posts may communicate with one another in order to ensure mutual under
standing and the common good as regards the application of the provisions
of this Agreement.
Article 7.
The posts at which holders of manifests must report with their goods
are as follows:— 1
By land —
Koweit: Kow r eit or Subaihiyah or Jahra. ^
Saudi Arabia: A1 Qarya or Hafr.
By sea —
Koweit: Koweit port.
Saudi Arabia: Ras Tannura, Jubail, Qatif or Uqair;
and they must go to these centres direct and by the usual route.
Article 8.
If any goods destined for Saudi Arabia are found to have left Koweit
territory,' whether by land or sea, without the foregoing provisions having
been complied wdth, such goods shall be considered contraband, and together
with the means of transport, shall be liable to confiscation; moreover, any
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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.
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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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