‘1/1 Volume I Koweit Saudi relations’ [119r] (248/608)
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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Personal letter
U'f.
From - Lieut* Col* Ii.R.P.DioIcson,
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.
3 Ruv:ai t ,
~o ~ His Majesty ULdul ’Asiz Lin T Abdur Ratmian al-Faisal
' as-Sa'ud, King of the Hijaz.Nejd and
Dependencies* Llecca*
Dated the 6th August 193^ (4th RaM f Thani 1351 }*
Your Majesty,
I have the honour to acknowledge Your Majesty’s
personal letter to me dated the 13th Safer 1351 (17-6-32) which
gave me veWgreat satisfaction.
The object of my writing this letter is to inform
Your Majesty of the sad anlsudden death of Sir Hugh Biscoo
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.
*
Ye died on the 19th July last at 3.30 A.1*1. of a
sudden heart attach, whilst he was on board II.L.S. Bideford, and
tr
when he was proceeding to Shargah on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
to nego
tiate an agreement for an ^ir station there.
l:o doubt Your Majesty will be grieved to hear of
the death of such a High Officer of His Majesty’s
of such a great personal friend of Your Majesty’s
written by Almighty God cannot be altered, and no
Go ve rnme nt, an G
, but what is
doubt his time
had come.
It was indeed a great pleasure and honour to meet
no ole sou uis Rop wl iighnecs tiie Amir Faisal, and other wiembers
o- x0ur Majesty’s Royal Family, when they passed through Muwait
last month* I had never met Your Majest37-’s second son before
and was agreeably surprised and charmed to find him so well read
and with such full knowledge of world affairs* l.my God give
him long life*
Very little reliable news reaches us here of Ibn
Rifadah and events in the North of Hijaz. I pray God to grant
. May
the
Your Majesty victory over him and over all other enemies
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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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