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‘Kuwait – Saudi Frontier.’ [7r] (13/48)
The record is made up of 1 file (22 folios). It was created in 21 Jun 1948-5 Oct 1949. 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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EXPRESS LETTER
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From
To
Political, Kuwait
Prodrome, Bahrain
No.R/54 (4/1).
Dated the 25th August, 1948.
CONFIDENTIAL.
gttS^
Reference your telegram No.689 dated the 2nd August,
1948 about Gurain.
2. I have discussed the matter with both His Highness
the ShaiEh and Abdulla Kulla, as well as paying a visit to
the site in question.
3. When I brought the subject up during an interview
with His Highness, both he and Abdulla Mulla claimed that
Gurain Wells as well as Gurain Hill were within the Kuwait
boundary. However, His Highness made the topographical
mistake of claiming that it did not make much difference
which was treated as the boundary mark, as the Wells and the
Hill were situated on an East - West line: and he also
admitted that he was relying on the "Map of the Kuwait
Hinterland" compiled by Knox and Bhakespear, where he may
have been misled by the fact that the boundary is marked by a
thick coloured line which embraces some of the Neutral Zone’
as well.
4. On Monday the 16th August I drove down to Gurain
accompanied by one of Shaikh Abdulla Mubarak*s guides, Saud
Feshetan: I asked the guide, and also several Bedouin on
the way, what they would understand by a simple reference to
"Gurain", and they all agreed Xjrafc they would mean the Hill.
This seems to me natural, as the Hill is an obvious landmark,
a clea®* pillar of rock in arptherwise featureless landscape.
It was some time however, before the guide could find the
Wells, which consisted of five or six, all silted up: and the
situation was further complicated by the fact that the guide
claimed that slightly larger wells, some 6 miles to the North
East and which I presume are those marked on the General
Staff Map No. 3954 War Office 1936 as GARUT, were also known
as Gurain Wells. He said he had never heard the name Garut.
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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.
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Correspondence between 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. at Kuwait (Gordon Noel Jackson), the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay), and other British Government officials, concerning the status of Gurain [Al Qurayn], located in the neutral zone between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Queries relating to a need to fix the boundary between the two countries were prompted by the Kuwait Oil Company’s plans to explore the area around Gurain.
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (f 23) mirror the chronological arrangement.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 24; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-23; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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