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'File 53/83 I (D 99) Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling' [4r] (22/716)
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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over again visited the Kuwait-IRAQ frontier along its
whole western and northern length and especially in
the vicinity of Safwan and Jabal 3anam» I have fur
ther discussed the matter, on many^occasi ons, with
dozens of Shaikhs and tribesmen, both IRA^J and Kuwaiti
and all evidence that I have been able to gather has
g^pe to show that very little smuggling indeed gDes on
the land side. Indeed that which does go on is confined
almost entirely to the IRAQ Muntafik shepherd tribes
who annually move into Kuwait territory for 5 months
during the Winter and Spring, Even this cannot be clas
sed as smuggling proper seeing that all it amounts to
is the conveying back with them,to their homes in IRAQ,
by each shepherd family, of small quantities of sugar,
coxi.ee ana tea - their needs for the return journey,
with a little over for home consumption. That this
does nox. amount to much roay be guaged by the fact that
uhese shepherds are poor and each family has transport
barely sufficient to carry its one tent and camp equip
age. They have little spare space for contraband.
As I have reported on different occasions
duringjthe past year, a small amount of contraband traf
fic does, undoubtedly, find its way a^d to the many vil
lages and hamlets on the IRAQ bank of the Shatt al Arab
near its mouth; but from evidence that I have been able
to collect it would appear that this traffic is carried
on mostly by IRAQ nationals who visit Kuwait in small
sailing vessels, make their purchases, and return home
aga in.
It is, I think, exaggerating the matter a very
great deal when the Director of Customs says that apods
to the value of £60,000 found their way into IRAQ from
Kuwait during 1932.
If he were to visit me in Kuwait occasionally,
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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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