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Coll 30/112 'Koweit: Saudi-Koweit Frontier Incidents.' [‎64r] (127/148)

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The record is made up of 1 file (72 folios). It was created in 14 May 1935-5 Dec 1935. 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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NO .DISTRIBUTION ,
Decypher. Sir A. Ryan, (Jedda),
3rd June, 1935.
D. 3.00 p.m. 3rd June, 1S35.
R. 4.30 p.m. 3rd June, 1935.
No.122.
IMPORTANT,
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My immediately preceding telegram.
Reply hears every mark of the King’s personal inspiration.
He probably realises that Governor of Hasa was guilty of
indiscretion but takes the offensive as the best means of
defence©
2a Any rejoinder must depend somewhat on your reaction
to my telegram No.120 and observations of authorities at Kowcit
on argument that normal crossing of frontier includes passage
of parties accompanied by Sheikh's troopsc Subject to these
factors I suggest that I should reply on the following general
lines before I leave on June 7tho
3, His Majesty's Government are glad to infer that the
messengers did not belong to the King’s organised forces but
were Saleh retainers of Governor of Hasa, It is nevertheless
clear that they belonged to the party sent by him in the first
place to collect Zikat, If they simply intended to go to
Koweit for the purpose indicated they exposed themselves to
grave misunderstanding by staying two days at Subaihiya and
diverging from che usual route to visit Jaiira, It could only
be inferred from these facts and from language held by them to
the tribes that their mission was to put pressure on them
while still in Koweit territory to return to Saudi Arabia and
pay Zikato His Majesty's Government hope that steps will be
taken to prevent recurrence of such action which presents at
least

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The file concerns an incursion into the territory of Koweit [Kuwait] by an armed party of Saudi Arabian subjects in May 1935, their return to Saudi Arabia by the Kuwait authorities, and subsequent diplomatic contacts over the incident between the British Government and the Government of Saudi Arabia.

The armed party was said to have entered Kuwait territory in order to collect zikat on behalf of the Governor of Hasa from members of the Shammar tribe. The papers include discussion of the incident by 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. , the British Legation, Jedda, the 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. , and the Foreign Office; a complaint over the incident by the British Government to the Saudi Government; subsequent diplomatic contacts, including the text of letters from the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs; and further discussion by British officials.

The King of Saudi Arabia (referred to as Bin Saud [Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]) was said in extracts from Kuwait intelligence summaries dated July 1935 (folios 25-26) to be 'greatly annoyed' by British protests over the incident, and likely to retaliate against Kuwait. However, in a further incident (folio 6) in August 1935 Saudi citizens pursuing a fugitive were said to have followed procedure by carrying a letter with them. This is said by 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle) in a letter dated 29 October 1935 (folio 5) to show that the previous protests made by the British Government 'had had a good effect'.

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 (72 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 main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 74; 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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