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‘1/1 Volume III Koweit Saudi Relations’ [194r] (392/474)
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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(4)
the first time, and a bill for the Customs recover
able would be sent to the Shaikh of Kumit, who wouK
be expected to pay. The same thing would happen up
to a limit of three times . After that the King
would have the clear rigit, and would exercise
such right, to cancel the whole Trade Agreement
on the ground that Kuwait had failed in her guarantee
The Kuwait delegates argued very vigorously that
suoh one sided conditions were not only unfair in
the extreme, hut left any agreement arrived at
entirely at the mercy of the King, who could kill
or keep it alive as he chose, seeing that all the
world knew that the smuggling fraternity existed
even in the most well ordered and modem States.
In other words they said that a grade which was to
be developed, opened up and financed by Nejd and
Kuwait merchants jointly, and could fall to the
ground any momaut because forsooth 3 rascally
smugglers might happen to get caught within a
period of perhaps a week, a month or six months,
was useless to them; Quije clearly therefore they
could give no guarantee under suoh conditions.
(5) The Saudi delegates said they quite saw their point,
but Kuwait delegates must also^theirs. The King
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had giyen than thair orders, olearly, unequivocally.
These were that they (his delsgates) must maics it
clear Uiat the haslo principle of any trade agree
ment that was to he negotiated was to be this
-guarantee" or "tbaman". If the Kuwait deletes
chose to give the guarantee, then talks could be
continued, if not then they had nothing further to
do hut go home.
(6)
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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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- Title
- ‘1/1 Volume III Koweit Saudi Relations’
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- 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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