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‘1/1 Volume III Koweit Saudi Relations’ [144r] (292/474)
The record is made up of 1 volume (233 folios). It was created in 30 Mar 1935-4 Jul 1935. 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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Note by the
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
* (i) ‘i’he ImpressioiiBleft on me at the
close of the first day’s proceedings were the reverse of
favourable. The whole tone of the Saudi delegates was too
haughty and uncompromising. The spirit of good will was
conspicuous by its absence.
(ii) The superior airs of the Saudi delegates’ leader
(almost invariably adopted, I regret to say, by Saudi
officials) created a bad impression and hazarding a guess,
I should say* was deliberately done to irritate.
(iii) The head of the delegation made it clear that
he believed the King would revest the Customs rests and
Manifest System, on the lame excuse that it would cost too
much money.
(iv) The continual hints of n make it worth our
while financially end we will business", savoured far
too mud! of "give -os a good subsidy, and we will open the
Kuwait frontier". Perhaps this is wbatthe Saudi dele
gation is working up for. If so,it is the same proposal
that Bin 3aud hi™elf put forward several years ago, and
which was rejected.
(v) The Saudi delegation would appear to possess
no authority to do anything on their own, and it looks as
if they tIH refer everything to the King.
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u , y received a telegram froa the Director General
v. Poi-hflad that the Saudi delegates
Posts and Telegraphs Baghdad, tr
. —to do with Conference free. I duly
could send telegrams to ao ..i
informed them to this effect.
^tes with the Shaikh’s approval
(ii) The Kuwait ddegrtes wiv
addressed a wary *iendly a* polite letter to the >audi
delegates (copy*seen by me) in which after reoa ng
ae ' Le hmieje of Baud and
the past friendly relations between - ■
= . . ^sted that Kuwait's sole desire
the house of the Sahoh,^ated ^ ^
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Correspondence and other papers concerning relations between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, and efforts to negotiate the lifting of a trade blockade, imposed upon Kuwait at the orders of the 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 II Koweit Saudi relations’ (IOR/R/15/5/110), and includes:
- Correspondence concerning the arrangements and negotiations for a conference between Kuwaiti and Saudi delegates, which was held in Kuwait in June 1935.
- Harry St John Bridger Philby’s plans to visit Kuwait around the time of the Kuwait conference, and presumptions amongst British officials as to the purpose of Philby’s visit.
- Copies of correspondence (in Arabic, with English translations) exchanged between the three Kuwaiti and three Saudi conference delegates.
- Notes on the discussions that took place between Kuwaiti and Saudi delegates at the conference, prepared by 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. (ff 137-146, ff 188-204).
- In May 1935, reports of an armed party of Saudis entering Kuwait territory, and a subsequent protest about the territorial infringement made by British officials.
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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson); 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 (Andrew Ryan).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (233 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 main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 235; 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.
Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 6-233; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/111
- Title
- ‘1/1 Volume III Koweit Saudi Relations’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, back-i, 2r:16v, 18r:27v, 29r:55v, 57r:64v, 66r:73v, 75r:78v, 80r:126v, 128r:135v, 137r:153v, 157r:173v, 177r:183v, 187r:199v, 205r:217v, 219r:219v, 221r:223v, 227r:234v, 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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