‘1/1 Volume I Koweit Saudi relations’ [35r] (80/608)
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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CONFIDENTIAL .
D.0.N0.44* Political Ageiioy t Kuwait#
Dated tlx© 1st April 1932*
You will remenber that I sent you a tolegraia No.36
dated the 16tb March in reply to your D.O.C.SO dated the 10th
Mar oh saying I would get out <£ the Shaikh as soon as he returned
from Riath the formal jfcetfcer you require about the 3 Kuwait
"ocKiaissloners" to meat Bin Baud’s "CamixdssitXiOrs" and discuss
possible ways and moans for a removal of the Blockade.
2 . During the Bhaikh’s absence, (to be exact on 22nd
March 1932) I took the opportunity of sending for and discussing
the whole question of the blockade with the Bhaikh’s Confidential
Secretary or "
Wazir
Minister.
* Khan Bahadur Mulla Salih, a shrewd mn, who
in his time served Shaiklis Mubarak, Jabir and Salim. In parti
cular I asked him how in his opinion he ihou^Jit the matter mi$it
be settled, and what terms he thoi^t the Shailih would agree to
being offered by his ecsmissloners, always assuming that Bin Baud
would also agree to them.
3. Mulla Salih*s reply, and lie took pains to adx; that
it was his own opinion only , and was not to be taken in any way
as reflecting the Shaikh’s views, was to the ©f ect that the
Shaikh should propose the appointment of a special Kuwaiti Officer
to collect Nejd customs on goods taken out cf Hi city by bona-
fide Nejd merchants, Nejd tribesmen,and on goods exported to Nejd
by Kuwait merchants. This man to have his of ice in the market
place, side by side with the Shaikh’s land Customs officials but
to have a separate room of his own. Bin Baud to be asked by the
Shaikh before operations started, wha t rate c£ customs he desired
should be taken, ^ every single article of goods likely to be
The Hon’ble Lieutenant-Colonel H.V.Bisooe,
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.
, Bushire*
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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)
- 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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- 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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