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'File 53/83 I (D 99) Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling' [319r] (644/716)
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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Translation of a statement made by nakhuda Husain
bin Luihaa^eG, a --u./ai t subject, on 29th Muharrani 1353
(13.5.34).
I and two other irBn as crew left ICuwait in my
"Jolly Boat" making for iOiuwair (IQior-as-3ubiyeh) for
u
wood-cutting, our usual occupation. 'Ye reached IQiwair
on the night of the 5th ; ;uharrsiii 1353 (18.4.34). On the
Sth uuharram we reached Jarba island, where we spent the
night. IText morning at dam (20.4.34) we sailed for the
Tha'alib, but before sunrise we were fired on from long
range. ^ few moments later we heard the sound of an
approaching motor boats. .. r e understood that it was the Fao
customs motor boat. Jire increased, end we, fearing that
some of us might be killed, let ourselves down in-to the
sea, taking shelter under the lee of our jolly boat. This,
however, did not avail us, as fire still continued. ?e,
therefore, to save our lives were o~ bliged to leave our
boat and swim to one side. Next the launch reached our
u_
boat and towed her off with sails still set abandoning s,s in
tlie water, 7 /e remained swimming until we were able to reach
land at the Tlia f alib. One of my crew was 6o distressed with
fatigue, that hs could not walk and we had to wait some
hours for him to recover. . Iq then thankful co escape the
peril, set out on foot, with a view to reach the settlement
of Subiyeh, and take refuge there. --y the grace of .-od,
however, we came across another wood cutter s balam
on the way, whose nakhuda was kind enough to put us uo j-Oi
eleven days until his boat y /as loaded with firewood, v.e
then sailed down stream, but when we reached bubiyeh a
strong "Shamal" storm blew and we had to wait there a
couple of days.
This is vfaat we have suffered on account of the
s motor boat at us.
n Muhammad,
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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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