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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' [‎63r] (125/170)

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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and shall pay the value of animals which
have been killed in the fighting or which have
been looted and have died or been lost while
in their possession. The frontier officer
appointed in accordance with Article 3 of the
Agreement for Friendship and Neighbourly
Relations who is responsible for the collection
and return of loot, shall likewise collect
from the aggressors out of their property
objects equivalent in value to those losses
and shall deliver them together with the loot
as required by section 1 of this Schedule.
The frontier officer of the Government whose
nationals were the victims may collect any
evidence which he considers appropriate
regarding the losses and forward it to the
frontier officer of the other Government
engaged in collecting the loot.
60 Khidm a.
On fhe return of the looted property or
animals nothing shall be deducted therefrom by
way of Khidma, recompense, wages of herdsmen, or
expenses. If the Government collecting the
loot has incurred such expenditure, it is free
to recover it out of the property of the
offenders. The recompense, however, of a
person who has found stray camels and taken
charge of them until application is made by
their owner shall be calculated at the rate of
one gold pound for every five camels, provided
that the finder has given notice of his having
found them at the time of its occurrence and has
not attempted to conceal it. The frontier
officer to whom notice is given shall give notice
of the fact to dhe frontier officer of the
other Government.
7 . Losse s.
The nationals of either country may enter
the other country to search for any of their
property which may have been lost or stolen.
If the searcher finds anywhere what he lost or
what was stolen from him he shall demand his
losses from the person in whose possession they
are. If the latter surrenders them, well and
good; but if not, the searcher shall not have
the right to recover them by force, but shall
apply to the nearest Government centre in
order to inform those concerned of the result
of his inquiries about his losses or what was
stolen from him. The authority to whom this
information is given shhll take the necessary
measures to give what is due to the rightful
person and to punish the offenders.

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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)
Arrangement

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' [‎63r] (125/170), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3735, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100045875037.0x00007e> [accessed 19 April 2024]

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