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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' [21r] (41/170)
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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2. These frontier officers, or any persons acting on their behalf, shall
have the right to communicate with each other for the purpose of frontier
co-operation as provided in Articles 4, 5, G, 7, 8 and 9 of this Agreement
and the schedule annexed thereto, and with a view to the settlement of
questions arising from time to time on the frontier or between the tribes.
Article 4.
The frontier officers specified in Article 3 shall exchange information
immediately regarding any incident occurring on either side of the frontier
which mav affect the maintenance of security cn the other side.
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Article 5.
1. Whenever one of the frontier officers specified in Article 3 learns
of preparations being made in his territory by an armed person or by armed
persons with the object of committing acts of robbery or plunder or raiding
or any other unlawful act of such nature as to disturb the peace of the
frontier between the two countries, he shall inform the other thereof.
2. If it should appear that this information will not arrive in time to
admit of warning being given to those liable to be injured by the aggression,
the information must be given in addition to the nearest official and, in
case of its being impossible to reach him, to the persons or tribes threatened.
Article 6.
1. If one of the frontier officers should learn of the commission in his
territory of any act of robbery or plunder or smuggling or raiding or any
other unlawful act of such a nature as to disturb the peace of the frontier
between the two countries, he may notify the other thereof, and in circum
stances'of urgent necessity he shall inform the nearest official of the other
Government. The person so notified shall thereupon take the necessary
steps with a view to the immediate apprehension of the offenders in the
event of their entering the territory in which he is employed and for the
immediate restoration in their entirety of all the stolen, plundered or
smuggled objects which may be found in the possession of the offenders.
2. If the offenders are nationals of the country which they have entered,
the necessary measures shall be taken to put them on trial in their own
country. If 1 they are nationals of the other country or of a third Arab
State, they shall, subject to the provisions of the Extradition Agreement
signed on the 20th April, 1942, be surrendered to the Government of the
territory where the offence occurred.
Article 7.
The frontier officers specified in Article 3 shall arrange from time to
time, in case of need, to meet at some place for the settlement of difficulties
arising between the tribes on the frontier, in accordance with the spirit
of this Agreement.
Article 8 .
1. All decisions taken in mutual agreement by the frontier officers
specified in Article 3 in regard to questions arising on the frontier between
the tribes shall be recorded in writing ‘and signed by both officers at the
time of agreement and shall forthwith become operative and executory.
2. Those matters, however, upon which the frontier officers are unable
to reach an agreement shall be referred to the two Governments for settle
ment by agreement.
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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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