This file contains correspondence related to a trading blockade imposed on Kuwait by Abdul Aziz ibn Abdulrahman ibn Faisal Al Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud)], the King of Hejaz and Nejd (King of Saudi Arabia after September 1932). The correspondence is pr...
This file contains correspondence related to a trading blockade imposed on Kuwait by Abdul Aziz ibn Abdulrahman ibn Faisal Al Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud)], the King of Saudi Arabia. The correspondence is primarily between British officials attempting t...
This file contains correspondence related to a trading blockade imposed on Kuwait by Abdul Aziz ibn Abdulrahman ibn Faisal Al Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud)], the King of Saudi Arabia. The correspondence is primarily between British officials attempting t...
This file contains correspondence between British officials about negotiations between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia concerning the signing of three agreements between the two countries; a trade agreement, a Bon Voisinage agreement and an extradition agreement. Negotiations regarding whether certain...
File 53/57 I (D 35) Jariyah [Jahra] Affair and Boundary Dispute between Bin Saud and Shaikh of Kuwait
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This file contains correspondence regarding the conflict between Shaikh Sālim al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ of Kuwait and Abdul Aziz ibn Abdulrahman ibn Faisal Al Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud)] of Nejd [Najd]. As well as correspondence between British officials on...
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the demarcation of the frontier between Iraq and Kuwait. An unsigned and undated letter (in Arabic) with a list of demands for reform is contained on folio 20a. Seven names (written in English) have been added in pencil to t...
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the status of foreigners in Kuwait. In particular, the correspondence discusses the British authorities' attempts to convince the ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, to allow Britain to assume responsibility for t...
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding claims for compensation made by the ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ against Abdul Aziz ibn Abdulrahman ibn Faisal Al Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud)] the King of Hejaz, Nej...
File 53/75 (D 156) Shaikh Khazal's Claim against Kuwaiti Merchants
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding debts owed by a number of Kuwaiti merchants to Shaikh Khaz‘al bin Jābir al-Ka‘bī, the former ruler of Mohammerah [Khorramshahr]. The file also contains correspondence between British officials and the ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh...
File 53/83 II (D 105) Smuggling Between 'Iraq + Kuwait
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This file contains correspondence regarding alleged smuggling activities from Kuwait into Iraq. Primarily, the file contains internal correspondence between British officials but it also includes correspondence between British officials and Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait. ...