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‘1/1 Volume VI Kuwait Saudi Relations’ [‎228r] (464/504)

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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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oease on the conclusion of the agreements*
(v) I agree to the alterations.
(vi) I have no objection to the alteration.
(vii) I have no objection to the change made.
(viii) I do not agree to the exclusion of the word
"Musabala” from article § and I wish the Saudi Government
draft to be modified. Unless it is modified to permit
tribesmen and poor Arabs to cross the frontier for the
purpose of Musabala either in large or small groups or
individually free of all restrictions I think great
hardship will be their Icat. I do not desire to be a party
to the imposition upon the wandering people strict
commercial regulations and the necessity of moving many
miles out of their way to obtain papers the meaning of
which will be obscure to them. The Bedouins already have
free access to my territory and I do not wish to upset
that, lhat I want is for traders also to come, though
being more conversant with affairs they can obtain
documents and thus we shall present smuggling.
(ix) I have no objection to this amendment as I have
previously permitted tax collectors from Saudi Arabia to
enter my territory and collect Zakat.
(x) I cannot agree to this article. I wish that it
may be omitted or modified to read that both the Saudi
Arabian and Kuwaiti Governments can employ the subjects of
one another Government in their respective armed forces
etcetera.
(xi) As His Majesty King Abdul Aziz has given his word
to the British Minister in ledda that there is no objection
to hunting parties crossing the frontier I am quite content
that no mention of the matter should be made in the Treaty.
(xii) I have no objection.
(xiii) I have already given in paragraph (viii) above
my desires in the matter of "Musabala*. Of course pilgrims
should/-

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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:

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).

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1 volume (248 folios)
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The volume’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end.

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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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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