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'File 53/83 I (D 99) Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling' [35r] (84/716)
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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coroijx^tlal ,
iNo.669-3 of 1953.
♦
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British
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
& Consulate-General,
Bushire, the S9th May 1933.
SUBJECT % Smuggliiig between Kuwait and Uraq.
Sir,
I have the honour to refer to Your Excellency^ letter
i
! ^ Ko#i^0 oi tiie v'lst March, and to state that the proposals of the
* Iraq Government concained. in it, for tne co-operation of
xxis iiixcel l ency the bhaikh of Kuwait in checicing smuggling
from Kuwait and 'Iraq, were put before his Excellency, and
that when passing through Kuweit recently on my return from
London I took tne opportunity of discussing tne matter with
the Shaikh. The result, which I fear is far from being
conclusive, is contained in the attached copy of a letter,
i ^ K-2/916> dated the 18th May, from His Excellency to Colonel
|
Jickson* I cannot help feeling that the somewhat ^on-
co-operative' attitude of the Shaikh is - at any rate in
part - due to the non-accommodating stand taken, in some
_ «iattera which concern him, by the 'Iraq Government, ( vide
y/
' tne incident mentioned in my despatch «o.l07-S, dated the
f^ 1st iebruary 1933), and also to the arbitrary methods employed
by the 'Iraq Customs authorities, culminating in the killing
ol two Kuwaiti boatmen, and the wounding of two others, as
V*- reported in my despatch Ko.667-3 of to-day's date. As lone
Hi s Ma j esty* s Ambas sad or,
British Embassy,
bagdad,
as/
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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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- Open Government Licence