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‘1/1 Volume I Koweit Saudi relations’ [40r] (90/608)
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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h®tng i&ut tt licjdia grass© in l^ar^it ter itoi*/ Hiej ^ill draw
aaippli©© froia Kuwait, w!ii<ti sbib t not b® allowed*
Shaikh who Mb in Uio s® an time returned
trm liiam 1 b mtiefied with the *$tologf 9 and thlnka a©
furtlw aotloB ia neoea ary* X &grm with him. 1
Be^rdins Htjd ehnpherda In lumrrdt ter itoxy
the :.haildi thinks that Xhn Khraimis ir, labour!under a
aiafunderstaiiilias a® it ie ^ioufsl 5 n^t the ^in^ , s desire
to interfere with ttihmmn in eeereh of better gracing, and
that by rsoent egromatit with the King only those Hejdls
haring a emplaint against naMeaie in Kuwait need bo aimed wit!
a letter from Xbn Khratels to himself* He propoees therefor©
eritiag to Xbn Khralmis and clearing up th@ wetter*
In ccrraaction with this an! similar border
ineidents, the Shaikh tells m that be bad a most useful and
friendly talk with tfco > : -in,g recently in Hiath. The latter
Bs&de a K j iut of seyimg that he kwew he had most untrustworthy
of on the frontiers whose one aim and object was to spoil
Ml#*hourly role t! ons vn&. t® fully audstearimd him 'the Shaikh,
to is m direct instruotiems on hie hetolf to his official Xbn
Khralala if aay tire he mm him going wrong.
TM King also mentioned that im was quite
aware that Ms frontier # lMrriyas^ more often than not "looted*
and "sthie" from blockade mruiers, for their awn benefit, as
wary rarely were the articles or camels taken credited to the
State or himself. It was entirely easy he &d?ed for these
person* to send their loot hoa© to their peorjl© without his
knowing*
8 * ^hUs such easy explanations bear a rather
ftellter ring 1 we must X think accept them in the present cnee*
The >^ai» in any ease wants to beliere the best of Ibn tJeud
just now, after the wonderful end generms reception the t was
recently accorded Mm by the King in Math.
I hare the honour to be,
Mr,
Your most obediaat serrunt,
14.su t-Col t ,
p oXltloal Ag&at, Kuwait,
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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