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‘1/1 Volume I Koweit Saudi relations’ [214r] (438/608)
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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ai^it on thm Z&rC of Fofcxuary. Tho aeoond .1 airily wae
made In a violent d'js t at ora on 25th February, the
Shaikh returninrl on the 27th Fabruary again late at
ni^ht,
6* The Shaikh admitted to me on Sncl fcardh that
he readied dhabarl adha 1120 miles) on the first journey
returning by the same route; and on his second trip
got as far as a point slightly south east of ii&fa (150
miles) and said that he could roc tho Sumim euearp^ent
in front of him. His xeellency ims inelstant tht t he
ted only ;:one to hunt gnzallo am. nuU ra, trg inn advan
tage of the lovely 3pri»r weather which wo are having
now*
7* The shaikh took *4 ifc him on each occasion the
To 11 owl ng pe r so na: -
UlSheikh Atdulia al Jalim (1st cousin);
(b)Hbslk;h ...ch-ian al MM (3nd cousin); %
"A '
tc)Shai’ h 41 al Khalifa (2nc cousin)
(d) His son Mote med;
(e) Yusuf al ialiia f brother of Abdul uziz al
dallrn, his Basrah Agent;
(f) Aajcxr tiotoca Confidential /ig@nt f kobaxaea fatim
8. In olden tally the khaikh never takes members
of hie farily with him whan out hunting, and conversely
only does so if cm gs god on cm impesr tmxt mi action gas i\>r
Inatancs, when he went to ^ lath in April IJbZ*
9. another curious feature about thee# two Jour
neys was tha fact that on H5th February the teikh was
to have dined wi th cr * OB 1 sholr* of the <cnglo - er&>itu* Cil
Company and Shaikh ..Mullah as-calim with ms* Hoth din
ner parties were ’out* without any apology or not a giving
reasons - an unheard of thing where these two very punc
tilious Shaikhs are ooncerncd*
10* I, Myself, toured the ,.outhorn frontier from
24th to 27th - the period of the Shaikh 1 s second f darh
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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