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'File 4/6 I Kuwait-Iraq Frontier' [37r] (82/751)
The record is made up of 1 file (371 folios). It was created in 30 Jan 1931-7 Oct 1939. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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Confidential ,
No.118.
\
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Kuwait.
Da ted ^ftaoj* Auwal 1351.
VO July 1S32.
>
To
K. E. the Ruler of Kuwait,
Kuwait.
After compliments,
Regarding the removal by the ’Iraq Police of
the " notice hoard M marking the frontier between Kuwait and
’Iraq,
a. As Your Excellency is aware 1 made strong
representations to Mr. Jardine, the Administrative Inspector,
Basrah, when I noticed that the board had been taken away on
4th June, and Mr. Jardine wrote and said the Police had taken
it down by mistake, but would put it up again.
3 . I then wrote asking that if possible the board
might be freshly repainted in Basrah as it was already down,
and that if he, Mr. Jardine, sent the bill to Kuwait, I felt
sure that Your Excellency would pay any costs that had been
incurred.
flfi i
A
4. Mr. Jardine writes now in his letter Wo.156
dated 10th July and says that in spite of all his efforts with
the Mutasarrif, that official has declined to have the board
£
sent in to Basrah for repainting because of the expense. A
translation of the Mutasarrif *s letter No.8287 dated 5th July
to Mr. Jardine is forwarded with this for Your Excellency’s
information.
9 Mr. Jardine asked me in his letter to explain
to Your Excellency his great regret that the board was ever
moved, his farther regret that the new Mutasarrif has so
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This file contains correspondence regarding the delineation of the borders between Kuwait and its neighbours, Iraq and Saudi Arabia (occasionally referred to as Nejd in the file).
The primary correspondents in the file are officials from the British High Commission in Iraq, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait, the British Embassy in Baghdad and various British officials based in India. The file also contains correspondence from the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah and officials of the Government of Iraq, most of this is in Arabic (with English translations).
In addition to correspondence, the file contains the following:
- History of Kuwaiti-British Relations 1775-1929, extracted from Aitchinson's Treaties, Engagements and Sanads, Vol. XI, 5th Edition (folios 78-83).
- Copy of the Kuwait-Najd Boundary Convention of 1922 (folios 84-85).
- Tracing of chart made by HMS Sphinx, July 1903 that shows Bubayan Island and the border between Iraq and Kuwait (folio 97).
- Statement of the Wells and Territories of Ahl Murra (folio 149).
- Rough Sketch Map Showing Approximate Area of Morrah Tribal Area from Baduin [Bedouin] Sources (folio 158).
- Map showing the Iraq-Kuwait border around Jabal Sanam (folio 187).
- Copy of 'Iraq Government Gazette, 15 May 1938 (folios 292-294).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (371 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 369; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-366; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/184
- Title
- 'File 4/6 I Kuwait-Iraq Frontier'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:8v, 12r:34v, 36r:43v, 46r:52v, 54r:55v, 57r:61v, 64r:67v, 69r:96v, 98r:134v, 136r:136v, 138r:156v, 157ar, 157r:157v, 159r:186v, 188r:300v, 302r:328v, 333r:369v, ii-r:ii-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