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'File 4/6 I Kuwait-Iraq Frontier' [227r] (463/751)
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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Ho. 43. 0-4 5
(| 7061/127/91).
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Foreign Office, 3.1.1,
22nd January, 1936.
Sir,
Hth reference-to correspondence ending with your
despatch No. 576 (377/9/35) of the 30th October, regarding
the alignment of the frontier between Iraq and Koweit, I
have to inform Your Excellency that the matter has now been
considered by the interested departments of His Majesty’s
Government with special reference to the results of the
survey recently carried out on that frontier by personnel of
His Majesty’s Forces. A copy of a sketch map showing the
relevant parts of the uncompleted 1/500(^,000 map based on
that survey is enclosed for your information.
2. As you are aware the definition of the Koweit-Iraq
frontier reads as follows:
"From the intersection of the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
al Audja with
the Batin and thence northwards along the Batin to
a point just south of the latitude of Safwan? thence
eastwards passing south of Safwan wells, Jebel sanm
and Dm Qasr, leaving them to Iraq and so on to the
junction of the Khor Zabeir with the Khor Abdullah”.
As you pointed out in paragraph 7 of your despatch under
reference, the frontier as defined above was intended to be
identical with the frontier defined in the Anglo-, arkish
donvention of the 29th July, 1913, and shown as a green line
on the map attached thereto.
3. This green line which you suggest should be most
carefully reproduced on all official maps on which the
frontier between Koweit and Iraq appears, is represented as
following the centre of the Batin. His Majesty's Governmen
x 4-v^ of anv other indication
following the centre ol tne
are of opinion that in the absence of any other indication :
the text, this is the proper construction :,o oa upcn
the words "along the Batin*. The Batin, however, is now
known to follow a winding and not, as shown ne i
sketch-map, a virtually rectilinear course. His Majes y s
the centre of the Batin. His Majesty’s Government
4.W Xhoonoft of anv other indication in
are of opinion that in the absence of any other indicate
the text, this is the proper construction to be placea a
the words -along the Batin-. The Batin, however, is now
known to follow a winding and not, as shown in the x913
His Majesty's
Government
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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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- 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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