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'File 53/83 I (D 99) Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling' [273r] (548/716)
The record is made up of 1 volume (355 folios). It was created in 11 Jan 1933-29 May 1934. 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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89 To sum ut ? « ^he emuG&ling ytM ch is prevalent
from Xuv;alt into ^Traq is a source of loss and annoyance
to the 'Iraq Oov^mment. Thip wiuggllnp takes tTf?o forms:
(a) by iRnd , the actual sraugfl ers heinn 'Iraqi trihesnen
#10 purchase their goods at Kir; ait and smu^le them into
^Iraq; snd (h) by sea, in vtfii ch the Kuwaitis are them
selves concerned as carriers e m he 1 Iraq Government have
asked for the co-operation of the ShalMi to check
swugglin^. The Shaikh is within his lef;al rights
to refuse co-operation as the burden of checking smuggling
rests on the country into ^hi ch the smuggled goods are
taken. On the other hand if the Shaikh does not co
operate the f Iraq Government have various legal methods,
stopping the Ifeait water-supply ceing imt , with which
they can retaliate. The foiwait-Iraq conference #iich
was to have taken place recently in Baghdad did not
materialise oxdng to the Shaikh 's refusal to give proper
authorisation to his representative. ri he Shaikh has,
however, agreed to tighten up his manifests, which if
carried out in a way acceptable to the 'Iraq (Joverrsnert
chould considerably lessen (if It does net altogether
stop) the snuggling by sea, srd it is en the sea an<? not
on the land that regrettable incidents have taken place
by the action of 'Iraqi Custcxns officials shooting Kuwaiti
boatmen. The ne^t step therefore is fbr an ♦Iraqi Customs
official, as sugpected by the Shaikh, to visit -uwait
for discussion with the Bhai kh on the subject of manifests,
^ith regard to Kuwait being represented at any conference
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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 (primarily Harold Richard Patrick Dickson, the British 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. in Kuwait) and Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait as well as correspondence between British officials and the Government of Iraq.
The majority of the correspondence discusses two incidents, in April and October 1933 respectively, in which Iraqi Customs Authorities attacked Kuwaiti sailing vessels, both of the incidents resulted in the death and injury of Kuwaiti subjects.
The file contains the following maps:
- Rough sketch of Kuwait-Iraq maritime frontier to illustrate the October 1933 incident (f 121)
- Two rough sketch maps showing Iraq's territorial water boundary (f 148 + f 149)
- Two rough sketch maps showing the official frontier lines of Kuwait (f 312 + f 320A)
- Copy of a tracing of Warba Island and its vicinity made by HMS Sphynx in 1903 (f 321).
The file contains a detailed note entitled 'On the contraband problem of Iraq with her neighbours, and in particular how it affects Kuwait' (ff 45-55) and a report on the supply of drinking water in Kuwait (ff 140-148) both of which were written by Dickson, 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. in Kuwait.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (355 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
Serial numbers in red crayon refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Condition: A bound correspondence volume.
Foliation: The file's foliation is written in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The foliation sequence, which should be used for referencing, begins with the first item of correspondence, on number 1, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 349.
The file contains the following foliation errors: f 147 is followed by f 147A; f 320 is followed by f 320A and the following omissions: ff 252-256. Note: f 148 and f 149 are stored in an envelope which is attached to f 147A; f 320A and f 321 are stored in an envelope which is attached to f 320.
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- IOR/R/15/1/531
- Title
- 'File 53/83 I (D 99) Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1r:120v, 122r:147v, 147ar:147av, 150r:248r, 250v, 248v:250r, 251r:251v, 257r:270v, 273r, 271r:272v, 273v:311v, 313r:320v, 322r:349v, v-r:viii-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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