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‘1/1 Volume I Koweit Saudi relations’ [36r] (82/608)
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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b© exported to Kejd being mentioned* The rate having been fixed,
this special Customs Officer, to start operations* Receipts to be
then collected and handed over to the Shaikh, who would urivately
remit same in the form of a lump sum to Bin Saud, either monthly,
quarterly or annually as Ifce latter wished* The ar angement to be
an entirely private one as between Shaikh Ahmad and Bin Saud, all
official reference to the system being carefully avoided* The
idea being lhat the money weald go as a sort at personal gift from
one Ruler to the other, and not be credited by Bin Saud to his
general revenue*
4 # Should Bin Saud desire to see the accounts at any
/
tiiae*, copies could be sent privately bjs the Shaikh*
5 . The point of keeping the whole thing a strictly
private and personal ar angoment, added Mull© Salih, was the
Shaikh’s fear lest the Arab world, think that Kuwait was paying
tribute or "Jezsata" Tax to Bin Baud* Xf once such an idea got
abroad, then all would be spoilt*
w Pride n said Mull a Salih, was everything in the
world to an Arab, and especially to an ancient ruling house such
as the w As~Subah w was*
The Shaikh would rather die or see his city ruined ,
than have his*honour n sullied in any way, as in the eyes of Arabs
it would be if it was even* thou^it he was paying "Jezzia" Tax to
Bin Baud*
6* When I asked how Bin Baud could insure, that he was ,
getting the ^hol© customs receipts taken, Mulla 3alih replied -
"That is the whole point, the bus!nosr must be rim on " mutual tru &t r •
lines* Both Rulers were hi^i spirited and honourable Arabs, and
if XbhSilbah gave his word to Ibn Saud that he would day straight, j
then the other must and would accept his fellow Ruler’s piloted
word* Arab honour would not require more”*
7. Mulla Salih finally said that it of course would be
open to both or either party to conclude the arrangement any time
they thought fit, for instance Kuwait could not be expected to |
.continue the arrangement, if Ibn Saud was involved in hostilities
with His Majesty’s Government, or if he started blockade restrict** |
ions again etc* etc* j
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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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- ‘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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