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'File 4/6 I Kuwait-Iraq Frontier' [111r] (230/751)
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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P.Z.6156/54.
57, Queen’s Gate
October 1st 1954.
P.O.
My dear Laithwaite,
/
1
/ill you kindly refer to your note to me of £7th
September 1954, regarding the question of the e ror in the
description in the Kuwait eutral lone Convention of 19 2°,
of the Western Boundary of the Kuwait Neutral Zone.
Hth all due deference to the Assistant Librarian
I do not think that the Arabic word "dal” is a mistake for
"til", which he describes as meaning "a depressed piece of
ground having in it a hill from which it is possible to see
all round". It is much more likely, in my view, to be a
mistake for the commonly used Bedouin word "jal", which is
used extensively in Nejd, Hassa, and Kuwait for a long low
ridge, (for example, Jal al Liyah, Jal al Zor, which are
to be found north of the Bay of Kuwait and on the road to
Basra from Jahara),
3. '’he word "til" or "tel" undoubtedly means a small
hill, usually of conical shape, in Arabic, but although it is
extensively used in Palestine, Syria and Iraq is certainly
not used in Kuwait or Nejd, as far as I know. There the
commonly accepted word to denote such a feature as a small
hillock, cone shaped, is "thalaat" or "thalaiyat" its
diminutive, (examples Thal&at al Dhaba, Thalaiat as Sur,
both well known hills s.w. of K wait and west of the
Neutral Zone respectively).
small peak rising out of a ridge (example Idairat al Hussin,
Idairat al Hamdth), but I do not think we need bother our
heads about this latter.
whole host of terms are used for natural features such
as dry water courses, hills, depressions, flat open
spaces without vegetation, pebbly ground, rocky ground,
etc. etc. which are either not found in dictionaries, or
The Bedouin also use the term "Idairat" for a
4.
One thing is pretty certain, In Becouin Arabic a
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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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- 'File 4/6 I Kuwait-Iraq Frontier'
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- 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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