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'File 53/83 I (D 99) Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling' [16r] (46/716)
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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8# It has struck me perhaps that the IRAQ Customs
people at Fao (I refer more especially to subordinate
officials and constables) do not know that Bubiyan Island
belongs to Kuwait, and that the actual boundary line bet
ween Kuwait and IRAQ follows the centre line of the Khor
Abdulla from a point
Bast
(Per.) A Persian custom allowing an individual to seek asylum at a designated location.
of Warba Island { belonging to
Kuwait) to the open sea: I make this suggestion as it was
once or twice reported to me and as late as 1932 that on
more than one occasion IRAQ Customs Launches have been
seen creeping along the Southern shore of Bubiyan Island
and once even in the Khor Subiyeh itself* That I did
not take the matter up at the time was solely due to lack
of proper evidence.
9• It, nevertheless, I think, would be a useful
point to make with the IRAQ Government, if the question
of the eocact whereabouts of the Kuwait sea boundary vis a
vis the Fao promontory were thcrcughly instilled into the
minds of the Fao Customs Preventive Officers. Clearly IRAQ
has every right to do what she likes within her own terri
torial waters, and if she suspects contrabandists to be
planning a coup near her shores, no one here can complain
against the action she takes, always provided she is within
her side of the boundary line.
10# What is so unfortunate, and creats so much bad
feeling here is the knowledge that IRAQ Customs Launches
do operate outside their own waters, and may easily be
tempted to commit acts of piracy, for the sake of the large
rewards whldi are undoubtedly doled out to those successful
in bringing in prizes.
11. I am sending you five spare copies of the report,
with the request that one be sent to toe Senior Naval
Officer,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
if you see no objection to
such/
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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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- 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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