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‘1/1 Volume I Koweit Saudi relations’ [‎136r] (282/608)

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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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20/266/85)
mmiau c?fici3^ $ m w.i*
28th July, 1932,
Sir,
With reference to despatch No,15 of the 23rd
April from 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. , a
copy of which was sent to you direct, I transmit to you
the accompanying copies of a letter of the 18th May from
the Colonial Office to the 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. and of a letter
of the 10th June from the Colonial Office to this
Department in regard to the proposal that a Commission
should be appointed to consider the present Nej di
blocade of Koweit and, if possible, to recommend a
compromise acceptable to both parties. Copies of the late
Sir H.Biscoe 1 s despatches Ro,ll of the 13th May and
No, 19 of the 18th Kay, to which reference is made in these
two Colonial Office letters are understood to have been
sent to you direct,
2, I shall be glad if, unless you see serious
objection, you will approach the Hejaz-^ejd Government on
the lines nrcposed in paragraph 2 of the first enclosure
in this despatch. In doing so, you should make it clear
that the recommendations of the proposed commission would
be ad referendum to King Ibn Saud and to the Sheikh of
Koweit, and you should refer to the members of the
Commission as 1 delegates * or 1 Commissionex^ and not as
’arbitrators 1 . But you should at the same time emphasize
that His Majesty’s Government sincerely trusts that these
re c oinrae ndat i on s
Irew Ryan, K. B. K., C. K, G,,
tc,, etc,, eto,,
Jedda,

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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:

Some of the volume’s correspondence is in Arabic, accompanied by English translations.

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1 volume (294 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.

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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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