‘1/1 Volume I Koweit Saudi relations’ [268r] (546/608)
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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(Origin al on File V(l). Yol 7)
Telegram P.
From
Polifcical Resident, Bushire.
Secretary of State for the Colonies, London.
To
No. 14.
Dated the 21st June 1953.
1* OIL. The most important item in my discussion with
Shaikh was that he asked me to confirm that he was free to
choose between the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and the Eastern
and General Syndicate. I replied in the affirmative but added
that this did not apply to the division of territory pro
posed by Holmes (see Kuwait telegram 84 of 30th April) and
particularly to the Neutral Zone. Before committing himself
on these points Shaikh should inform His Majesty’s Govern
ment. As in his proposals Holmes had doubtless made
inclusion of Neutral Zone a sine qua non Shaikh, on this
account or possibly infludnces by considerations suggested
in Jedda Savingram of 1st June, presumably thought it
best to gain time by temporarily stopping bidding from both
parties as reported in my telegram T-l of 15th May. Despatch
on Oil from Dickson posted to you by last bag. Though
Dickson’s letter to Shaikh did not after all mention oil as
Dickson assumes in his despatch, I think latter is pro
bably right in his main prognostications.
2. BLOCKADE . Regret I had little time to discuss
this subject with Shaikh. Dickson is engaged in extracting
from Shaikh decision as to which of the three courses he is
proposing to follow. Latest development is reported in my
telegram of 20th June, No. 13.
The foregoing refers to your telegram No. 7 of
20th June.
Resident.-
(Above received under P.L. No. 694-S
21st June 1933 from Bushire).
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694-S, dated
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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)
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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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- 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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