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'File 4/6 I Kuwait-Iraq Frontier' [103r] (214/751)
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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international law of the 1913-14 Line His Majesty’s Government
will be prepared, as in the earlier case of Kuwait, to consider
sympathetically and to authorise you to discuss on your return
any reasonable proposal for minor adjustments. You might
suggest that now that his achievements have brought his country
into the circle of fully independent and properly constituted
States he cannot merely seek to set aside generally accepted
principles of international law which govern relations bet
ween such States. It would be impossible for His Majesty’s
Government to discuss the boundary question on any other
basis.
4. As regards 2 you should merely indicate that the
obligations of His Majesty’s Government towards the Shaikh
make it impossible to consider their relations with Ibn Saud
as entirely satisfactory until some method is found of
alleviating the damaging effects of the blockade upon the
Sheikhdom. Should the King raise the question of the Shaikh's
claims (regarding which position has not yet been cleared up
with Shaikh) you may say that His Majesty’s Government agree
that this matter must be settled also.
5. His Majesty’s Government will be glad to consider
any proposals on these two points which His Majesty can
communicate to them while you are on leave in order that on
your teturn to Jedda you may be in possession of full
instructions to enable you to discuss settlement of both.
6. As regards desiderata of Ibn Saud, since they
are uncertain you can only take note of them for report to
me. But if, as seems likely, his main desire is for some
tightening of ties of friendship, while you should bear in
mind the caution prescribed in my telegram No.18, you may
act on the assumption that if individual questions of
importance can be satisfactorily settled His Majesty’s
Government would be ready to subscribe to formula expressing
special degree of close friendship with Saudi Government
short of alliance.
7. I leave you to adapt and make the best use you c r n
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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