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‘1/1 Volume VI Kuwait Saudi Relations’ [112r] (232/504)
The record is made up of 1 volume (248 folios). It was created in 22 Nov 1938-16 Oct 1939. 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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7471 Wt 23481/P 215 2000 8.38
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.
, POLITICAL (EXT)
EXPRESS LETTER (AIR MAIL).
(N.B. This is an original message, sent by air mail to save telegraphic
expense, bnt intended to be treated on receipt with the same expedition as
if it had been telegraphed. It has been drafted as if it were so despatched.)
From Secretary of State
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.
,
Repeated to Government of India, External Affairs Dept.
Dated 21st 1 9 ^Q lj -tical Agent, Koweit.
No. P.Z. 1014/39
Reference my express letter of the 27th January,
No. P.Z.304/39, Saudi-Koweit Agreements.
2. Please see enclosed copy cCForeign Office demi-official
letter of the le-th February forwarding draft preamble and
^/ termination clauses which it is proposed to add to the Trade
Agreement in order to make it similar in form to
Bon Voisinage
An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders.
and Extradition Agreements. Draft clauses seem appropriate.
Do you consider'that Sheikh T s concurrence may be assumed, seeing
that the clauses are similar to corresponding clauses in the
✓ drafts of the other Agreements which he has accepted ( vi de
pr yh TI
your express letter of the 14th January, No, 70-3). Revised
draft Trade Agreement could be submitted to the Sheikh and
alteration of form explained to him when list of Saudi customs
ports for insertion in Article 7 have been received and when
question of definition of "caravan 5 ' is settled. If however
you think Sheikh should be consulted forthwith as regards
draft prea ble andTernination clauses, please proceed
accordingly.
3. Subject to your views amendment of English text of
Article 1 now proposed by Foreign Office seems suitable.
Presumably Sheikh is not directly concerned since no
alteration of Arabic text is suggested.
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Issue of the above message has been duly authorised.
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Correspondence and papers concerning negotiations finalising 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 of 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 V Koweit Saudi Relations’ (IOR/R/15/5/113), and includes:
- Multiple drafts in both Arabic and English of a trade agreement, and 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.
- Correspondence amongst British officials regarding the finalisation of the wording of the various agreements and treaties, including modifications demanded by the Ruler of Kuwait and Saudi Government.
- Discussion amongst British officials of changes in Ibn Saud’s attitude towards the Rulers of Kuwait and Bahrain, and Ibn Saud’s response to the development of closer ties between Kuwait and Iraq.
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; Major Arnold Crawshaw Galloway); 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 (Reader William Bullard); the Ruler of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ); 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 (Roland Tennyson Peel; John Percival Gibson); Foreign Office representatives in London (Lacy Baggallay); the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (248 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 246; 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.
An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-243; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/5/114
- Title
- ‘1/1 Volume VI Kuwait Saudi Relations’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:30v, 62r:74v, 78r:113v, 116r:146v, 175r:223v, 231r:246v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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