‘1/1 Volume I Koweit Saudi relations’ [55r] (120/608)
The record is made up of 1 volume (294 folios). It was created in 2 Mar 1929-9 Jul 1933. It was written in English. 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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m receipt of /mr B«O#I§0*G*30 tatoa th© 10th liaroli, tlmt Bin
!md Ixixaolf to yon the improetioabillty &t
Mvtm t&) * Ouotoa© ofrioial of hi© oim in Eamit City > ©nd
{b/ n *ln^L@ Custofcis lost on tm frontier wi th m iCuwMt
guaritmtee tlmt all exported goods ahotiid p&m through, It;
nworthoiosB in his present letter reiterate© he ©an
nerr^r agr^ to either at m®h prapmalB, nor mn he agree to
a third am *r%% $ a fixed mm at mmay haing made mar hy him
to Bin tJ&ud, In order to off the to use hie
expression,
4# In answer to a question put by m to the .shaikh
at an interview mtomqwmt to the raoelpt of hie letiex% as
to why ho had intr©diced aH time conditions into hie letter,
knowing that two of 1he» no longer hold good, the shaikh
replied, tlmt he Imd dona ao to oaks his Tlaw point quite
clear, to Hie uajosty's Ckmrttnsnt teeming that hie letter
would probably ha amt or* to ta&m. He also ©aid ^at h©
did mt beliw# ©mt Bin Baud was ©iucera wh^a he talked
about dropping two at the eoMlt&ena*
he ©aid
Bin Baud/liad «ilmye in the pent offered to raise
bloclcade if ho, the Btaikh, would to any ©in#® one
of tbo thro© oonditl^s* If therefura Bin -Jaud was prepared
to withdraw two of them, it snesnt that he would ©till adhere
to the third m a eondi tion of raising the blockade, na»ly
that a Imp sra. bo ans*ually handed mar to fete,
S, Ilia Ilseollenoy hinted Indeed that the la at
condition, namedy payiaant of a. It®© am was the moat
difficult of fulfltomt of all, m tin Arab world would look
upon it a ^tribute* av^Jmz'Atx* tto and ^ould definitely place
Mm in the poeition of m alf# The arraagemciit would no
doubt be most acceptable to Bin Saud, as the In tier would be xi
getting money, for nothing, and would quite understand the
real seetming and eignlfioanoe, of mt&k an act,
d» The shaikh's attitude X regret to say has all
along beon, end still le that it is i\n to Hi® llejesty 1 ®
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Papers concerning relations between Kuwait and the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia), and a trading blockade imposed on Kuwait by the King of Hejaz and Nejd (from September 1932, the King of the Arab Sa’udite Kingdom [Saudi Arabia]) ‘Abdul ‘Aziz bin ‘Abdur Rahman al-Faisal [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd)].
The volume includes:
- Correspondence exchanged between British officials in London ( 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. , Foreign Office), the 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. at Kuwait (Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson) and 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 Hugh Vincent Biscoe; Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle).
- Correspondence exchanged between the 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. at Kuwait and the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Sir Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ].
- Copies of correspondence (translated into English) exchanged between the Ruler of Kuwait and the King of Hejaz and Nejd.
- Copies of food prices lists, issued by the Arabia Saoudiyah [Saudi Arabia] Government, and published in the Um-Alkura [ Umm-al-Qura ] newspaper in May 1933 (ff 280-283).
Some of the volume’s correspondence is in Arabic, accompanied by English translations.
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- 1 volume (294 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.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 294; 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 six leading and ending flyleaves.
Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 3-294; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Title
- ‘1/1 Volume I Koweit Saudi relations’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:9v, 11r:21v, 24r:24v, 27r:40v, 42r:43v, 52r:59v, 65r:86v, 88r:88v, 99r:157v, 161r:166v, 172r:175v, 177r:194v, 197r:206v, 211r:216v, 221r:249v, 262r:279v, 284r:294v, iii-r:vi-v, back-i
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