Coll 30/21(3) 'Persian Gulf: Kuwait-Saudi Relations: Blockade by Ibn Saud. Smuggling: Bon Voisinage and Extradition Agreements' [190r] (384/1033)
The record is made up of 1 file (512 folios). It was created in 4 Oct 1937-3 Apr 1940. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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(E 5844/34/25). 5^-?^ , II'
ft (I- ' —-
26th September, 1939
Dear Gibson,
Would you please refer to your official letter
P. 2.4984/39 of the 18th August, about the Saudi Koweit
Agreements?
2. I notice there is nothing in the Political
Resident’s letter to show whether the Sheikh of Koweit
has seen the draft exchanges of letters which form the
last enclosure to Bullard’s despatch of the 19th March,
a copy of which was sent to you under cover of our official
letter E 2671/34/25 of the 14th April.
3. We should therefore be grateful if you would ask
Prior whether the Sheikh has in fact seen these letters,
and whether he concurs in their terms.
Yours sincerely
J.P.Gibson, Esq.,
RECd. POL.DEPt.
27SEP1939
INDIA OFFICE
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This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning a number of proposed agreements between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait that were intended to formalise relations between the two countries and to end a trade blockade that had been imposed on Kuwait by Saudi Arabia. Much of the correspondence concerns the exact wording of these agreements and numerous amendments that were made to them.
The majority of the correspondence in the file is between British officials (including at the Foreign Office, 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. , the British Legation in Jeddah and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait), but it also contains a limited amount of correspondence with Saudi Arabia's Minister in London, Shaikh Hafiz Wahba, and the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, on whose behalf the British acted during the negotiations with Saudi Arabia that led to the agreements.
In addition to correspondence, the file contains several drafts of the proposed agreements between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, including a trade agreement, an agreement of 'Friendship and Bon Voisinage An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders. ' and an agreement for the extradition of offenders. On folios 316-346, the file contains bilingual (English and Arabic) drafts of these agreements.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (512 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 514; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- Coll 30/21(3) 'Persian Gulf: Kuwait-Saudi Relations: Blockade by Ibn Saud. Smuggling: Bon Voisinage and Extradition Agreements'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:15v, 18r:20v, 22r:24v, 26r:207v, 212r:301v, 304r:514v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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