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‘1/1 Volume I Koweit Saudi relations’ [103r] (216/608)
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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despatch No 3 of the 5th of February. Colonel -^iscoe
nu^nriMnrfawyir’ir
does not enter into any details of the scheme which
he proposes, hut, reading the Resident’s proposal in
the light of the observations made in his telegram of
the 13th of March and connected correspondence, Sir
Thillip Cunliffe-Lister envisages a scheme somewhat
on the following lines, ihe Kuwait customs would he
increased by an agreed percentage and an agreed pro-
-portion of these receipts would be paid over to the
Ring. The King would at the same time establish front-
-ier posts at the wells where he would arrange to col-
-lect his own customs dues on the entry of goods into
Nejd, and the Sheikh of Kuwait would institute a system
of manifests which would enable a check to be kept upon
the goods passing through the posts. The King would
thus have two separate sources of revenue,
firstly a
percentage of Kuwait oust..ms and secondly the money
derived from his own customs, The scheme would appear
to have several advantages. First t he King has said
that he cannot afford to establish and maintain customs
posts on the frontier as he has no money, If he were
to receive a percentage of the Kuwait customs in addition
to his own customs dues, the money thus provided would
be available for this purpose, and the financial objec-
Ttion would be met, Secondly there would be definite
inducement to the King to encourage trace through Kuwait,
as his receipts both from the Kuwait customs and from
his own customs would increase in proportion to the in-
-crease of trade. Thirdly, a system of this sort v/hould
benefit Kuwait customs inasmuch the Kuwait customs re-
A
-ceipts would increase as a result of the greater volume
of trade.
It may be objected that the payment of a per-
-centage of the Kuwait customs would, in effect be a
payment for the purpose of buying off the blockade.
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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’
- Pages
- 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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