Author
Saudi Arabia. Much of the correspondence concerns the exact wording of these agreements and numerous amendments that were made to them.
The majority of the correspondence in the file is between British officials
Publication Date
4 Oct 1937-3 Apr 1940 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
512
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/L/PS/12/3734
Record ID
vdc_100000000648.0x00012a
Library Location
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.
Date
4 Oct 1937-3 Apr 1940 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning a number of proposed agreements between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait that were intended to formalise relations between the two countries and to end a trade blockade that had been imposed on Kuwait by Saudi Arabia. Much of the correspondence concerns the exact wording of these agreements and numerous amendments that were made to them.
The majority of the correspondence in the file is between British officials (including at the Foreign Office,
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.
, the British Legation in Jeddah and the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in Kuwait), but it also contains a limited amount of correspondence with Saudi Arabia's Minister in London, Shaikh Hafiz Wahba, and the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, on whose behalf the British acted during the negotiations with Saudi Arabia that led to the agreements.
In addition to correspondence, the file contains several drafts of the proposed agreements between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, including a trade agreement, an agreement of 'Friendship and
Bon Voisinage
An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders.
' and an agreement for the extradition of offenders. On folios 316-346, the file contains bilingual (English and Arabic) drafts of these agreements.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Coll 30/21/3
