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‘1/1 Volume I Koweit Saudi relations’ [255r] (520/608)
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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your aims, and that your enemies and the deceivers be
defeated always.
Sire, I have carefully gone through what you
have been pleased to say with regard to the establishing
of w Musabalah ,, (permitting trade) between the two countries.
In thanking Your Majesty I value your precious remarks,
which I know are intended to be in the interests of both
parties, and are the outcome of true love and kindness.
With regard to what you say in the matter of
the collecting again by Your Majesty of the duties "Khawa"
which used to be levied in the old days by Ibn Bashid,
Ad Dawish, and Bin Duwaihi: The idea is a good one, and will
not be difficult of enforcement, for the people and tribes
of M-ejd are under Your Majesty’s jurisdiction, and will
certainly not disobey an order that you find to be in their
own interests. Your Majesty is of course far more entitled
to take such duties, than the persons mentioned above were.
With regard to the question that we should raise
our sea customs to the level of yours: Your Majesty
may rest assured that whenever possible, we will always be
eager to do that which pleases you, as well as give your
interests preference over ours.
But Your Majesty cannot be unaware of the present
sad state of our town, and the peculiar geographical po
sition of Kuwait ( in relation to the rest of the Persian
Gulf).
Kuwait to-day cannot bear a heavier burden than
it now carries, both owing to the grave conditions of pover
ty that exist, and also to the general financial depression
prevailing, irnd in passing let me say that I call God to
witness that I have not the slightest suspicion of Your
Majesty’s good intentions, when you make the suggestions
you have, seeing that we are one family and one house.
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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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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/109
- Title
- ‘1/1 Volume I Koweit Saudi relations’
- Pages
- 60r:64v, 89r:90v, 96r:98v, 207r:210v, 254r:259v, 260r:261v
- Author
- Āl Ṣabāḥ, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir xx Al Sabah, Shaikh Ahmed al-Jaber
- Usage terms
- Public Domain