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Coll 30/172 'Attitude of Ibn Saud (Saudi Arabia) towards Arab rulers in Persian Gulf and P. Gulf affairs.' [‎25r] (50/66)

The record is made up of 1 file (32 folios). It was created in 5 Dec 1938-2 May 1939. 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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to the advice of his neo-nle and then governed in accord
ance with the principles of Islam, and he assented to my
suggest ion that his country wfes under a religious con
stitution. There is no doubt that although he takes his
own decisions he does listen to the opinions of the ulama
and of the tribal shaikhs; hut he thinks it wrong that /
the shaikh of Kuwait should have to listen to a ’'self-
-appointed" council containing elements which, in Ibn
Saud’s opinion, are far from having the necessary pres- f
tige or position. But, says Ibn B a ud, it'"‘"would have been
quite proner for the Shaikh to summon' men of position to
form a council and to ask their advice.
4 . I must reneat that Ibn S a ud apologised, when I
made some dcurecating remark} for Speaking about the in
ternal affairs of Bahrain and Kuwait, and explained that
he was thinking >f his own position which might be affected
by that c^ his neighbours.
S. Ibn S a ud was indignant at what he had heard of
Iraqi designs on Kuwait. The efforts made by the Iraq
Government this year to draw tighter the commercial, finan
cial and military bonds with Saudi Arabia have not weakened
r his suspicions, and their desire to have a port at Kuwait -
perhaps as a nrelude to absorption - is the last straw.
Be did not refer to Iraqi propaganda elsewhere, but it was
no doubt present to his mind, for Apabic newspapers have
referred more than once to the populations of the minor
Arab states in the Gulf as looking towards Iraq. Ibn Saud’s
I jealousy of Iraq has been exacerbated recently by the
rather flamboyant statements made by the Iraqi Minister for
I’oreign Aff a ip S about Palestine on his return from rjondon,
and .just as he is try trig to prove • by his negcMoM ns in
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The file contains correspondence from British officials concerning the attitude of the Government of Saudi Arabia (specifically that of its king, Ibn Saud [Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]) toward the rulers of other Gulf states.

The correspondents include HM Minister, Jedda (Sir Reader William Bullard), 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. (Sir Trenchard Craven William Fowle).

The comments are made against the background of the discovery of oil, and the increasing influence of Iraq in the region, and particularly concern Kuwait, Bahrain, and Dubai. The correspondence also discusses the issue of popular movements and administrative councils in Kuwait and Dubai, and the need to assure Ibn Saud that there was no British 'forward policy' in the Gulf.

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 (32 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 33; 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.

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