‘1/1 Volume VI Kuwait Saudi Relations’ [238r] (484/504)
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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lara&g-aifc 4 « Jo c
lara^aph 5 (,1) to A
jfcurafrgraph 5 (Till *
The Saudi side of the question aa 1 miderata .d it la &ivea
in paragraph 3 of i^jr *xpre»a letter xo.903-d f dated the 18th
iteceisber i936» The Shaikh, in his preaeut letter, produoes
no fresh argument a but the real reason for his attitude is
probably that given in paragraph 3 to) of my Uxpreea Letter
3fe«<yaa6i dated the 27th f ay 1939* are therefore now back
deadlock, so far as I can see, is the suggestion of the dhaikh
contained in my Express Letter of the 18th December 1936
elusion of the Agreements it is possible that they may accept
this solution*
iaragraph 5 (lx) » $o comment.
laragraih 6 (3t) * 1 can onl. suggest that the bhai •• a
views be c onveyed to the baud! Government* there is no
%tiQuality law in Kuwait and so the national status of Many
of the inhabitants of Kuwait is doubtful* Amongst this class ,
are large numbers of individuals whom both the bhaikh and the |
Oaudi Ooveriiment might claim as their nationals and it is
possible that some of these are in the Shaikh’s employ* It
'
is probably from a desire to avoid raising this awkward
question of nationality generally that the Shaikh objects to
this Article*
. . vY ;r
iitjx r#,*ard to the Political A^ont’o reroarko o-'i this J
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point. Tho fact that the Saudla do not inoiat on tho
anteiAment does not help us sinco the dhaikh objeots to the
whole of the Article. If the affl«,.d»ent was dropped the
at the old deadlook on this point, ihe only way out of this
quotsd above. As the Saudis are now pressing for the con-
/ Shaikh
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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).
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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.
- 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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- ‘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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