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‘1/1 Volume I Koweit Saudi relations’ [200r] (410/608)
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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in the correspondence. xf it is c ertain
that the onl,y reasons tie interprets ti on
of these terms limits the correspondence
to baa ©r doubtful claims aiia alsp to
claims between the nationals, as distinct
from the uovernments of nu^ait an^ oamdi
Arabia, there \woula be a str^n^er case
ior taiiin^ up the po-nt oificially with
ibn c»auu, out in tnat event it is suggested
ti'iat it would he more appropriate ana more lively
to be suc-essiul ii tne oneihn niraself explained
to ibn saua his i^iterpretation ot the coriespon-
utnce•
This course would appear to have several
advantages, xn tne fixst place, the bhai <£h could
speak more authortatively than mr nope dill on
this question of the preeise meaning of certain
local Arabic terms, secondly, it seems fitter that
tne Sheixh ana tne mng snoula themselves settle
tne misunderstanding as to tne significance of
letters excnangea between tnem. ihiraiy, from tne
tactical point oi view tne hxng appears from past
experience far more lively to yield gracefully in
suon a matter if approached direct by tne aneixh
than ii tne question is maae tne subject of di
plomatic correspondence with nis Majesty’s dovern—
mei.t # Moreover, if tni s sug 0 estxon is put to me
t>heib.n, tne nature oi his rep Ip will go a long way
to indicate whetner he is in fact convinced tnat
tne words in dispute can rightly bear only the
interpretation which he has put forward, or whether
in explaining the matver to lieutenant molonel
licxsan, he was, as seems at least possible, overs/
stating his case.
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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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- IOR/R/15/5/109
- Title
- ‘1/1 Volume I Koweit Saudi relations’
- Pages
- 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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence