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‘1/1 Volume I Koweit Saudi relations’ [69r] (148/608)
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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Though I have of course nothing definite to go on as
yet, X have a sort of feeling that the Sheikha visit t<k
Riath was with a view to arrange some sort of secret
alliance, or at any rate to prepare the way for one,
Theeahove is of course surmise, hut I believe there is
something in it.
3 # As regards your remarks about the Sheikh and the "Oir*
business. Your telegram No. 93 of 6th Febuary last to the
Govt, of India and I*ondon, I thought was extraordinarily
well put and included everything I could possibly have
thought of. Hence I offered no comments, though you were
good enough to invite me to do so in your D.0.43-S. of
6th Feb. While I confess I was very disappointed at the
Govt, of Indias reply (No.623 D/£23rd Feb.) and rather
forsee as you do that H.M.G. will probably decide to
leave it to the Sheikh to insist on the Nationality
Clause*’ or not as he likes, I nevertheless feel quite
hopeful that the Sheikh will not let us down: certainly
this is the impression I have formed from sundry talks X
have had with him lately.
The one thing I am afraid of is that the Sheikh will
read in such a course another instance of weakness and
surrender on our part, and it will give further support to
the statements of anti British propagandists that we are
rt on the run*. The Sheikh X feel quite sure would like
and respect us in proportion if H.M.G. stuck to their
point and themselves insisted on the Nationality Clause,
against the whole world. It is human nature after all
for everyone not excepting Arabs to like to see their friends
put up a vigorous and strong front to all comers.
Holmes of course is continuing his blandishments from
Bahrain, and writes almost weekly personal letters to
the Sheikh. Last week he sent him a second sample of
so called '’oil 11 extracted from his well at Bahrain, and
expressed the hope that the Sheikh would soon allow him
to pull up a similar sample in Kuwait.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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.
- Physical characteristics
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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