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'File 4/6 I Kuwait-Iraq Frontier' [338r] (685/751)
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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which I have in aiind those ^hieh arc
dice disced in Sir Archibald Clerk Karr's letter {4IS7/V57)
of Ha/ . to kr* hcndcl, end hr. l>;endal 1 ^ rcpl/
(E oif Jill/ l&tf 1$37« As regard® the position of
the frontier ftoutii of aafwan, I have followed kr. ^dkMtd®*
suggestion that it should be defined a® passing through a point
one mil® south of tim ssost south©rl/ palm of ;.>afwan. This is
however a lK>int to which, as hr. Bonds! indicated in his
letter mentioned above, the Osogr&phical Section of the far
Office attached particular importance and it should perhaps be
well that the/ should be consulted again before ^ draft formula
is finally adopted. 1 confess timt it does not mmi to roe to
define a ver/ sauc t and unvarying point.
4. 1 enclose a draft of a letter to the I ini®ter for
Foreign. Affaire which, has been prepared at thin Jmbasay, —
together with its sncloaure, mud I should be gratofnl for any
observations which you stay think it desirable to make thereon*
their desire to establish a port enjoying; unthreatoned access
to the Persian Oulf and to u,e suggestion «»d« to faufit Susaidi
(Utm Minister for Foreign Affairel^urlJSi conversation on \
4 r»r^ w
ti.ia subject At the >orei,;n wfxioe'iti cotobot 1»38 that tue
best place for such a port would b# on the ghor Abdullah in the
neighbourhood of its junotlon with the Khor ^ubair, the Iraqi
Gevernsient may be reluctant for the present to agree to
daws mate finally their frontier with Boweit further east than
the point where the land frontier reaches the waters of the
hhor ..ubair just belo» Urn veer* four Loi*d«hip 1® aware that,
in the conversation® mentioned above, Taufiq duesidi Indicated
that if the Iraqi Oovemraeat decided to develop a port on the
Khor Abdullah they would require certain frontier concession®
from the Shaikh of Kovelt#
1 foresee the possibility that, bavin*:: regard to \
/e.
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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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