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'File 4/6 II Kuwait-Iraq Frontier' [28r] (55/440)
The record is made up of 1 file (218 folios). It was created in 21 Nov 1939-7 Nov 1949. 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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not extend to the thalweg until the Junction of the Khor Zubeir with
the Khor Shetana*
9. I era therefore to suggest that if the frontier ie defined ae
being the shortest line between the two terminal points referred to
above, it should be added that if this line ©hail be found, when
followed on the ground, to strike the right bank of the Khor Zubair
oefore it reaches the junction of the thalwcrs of the Khor Zubair
and the Khor She tan a, it shei 1 be modified Tn "such a manner as to
follow from theft point the low water line on the right bank of the
Khor Zubair, thus leaving the whole of the Khor Zubair to Iraq* It
/79/seems clear that this was the least which ^Article 7 of the Anglo-
Ottoman Convention of the 29th July, 1913 (vihich forms the origin of
5 8 Sir i ercy Cox’s definition) and the accompanying map were intended to
give to Turkey. It is possible that the drafters of the Convention
supposed that Turkey would soon secure thereby some territory on the
right bank of the Xhor Zubair, ,
A 3
10. A re-5raft of the explanatory formula embodying the various
suggestions made in tills letter la enclosed herein. If Lord Zetland
sees no objection to these amendments, I am to suggest that the Sheikh
might now be approached and his concurrence sought, so that the matter
may be taken up with the Iraqi Government.
La ligne de demarcation part de la cbte a l 1 embouchure du Khor-
Zoube.ir vers le nord-ouest et passe immediatement au sud d^umm-
Kasr de Safovan et de Ljebel-Sanam, de facon h laisser ces endroits
et leurs puite av vilayet de Basea;
I am, iir,
Tour obedient servant
5d/- Lacy Baggallay
V
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This file contains correspondence regarding the demarcation of the Iraq-Kuwait frontier including issues related to a disagreement between the governments of Iraq and Kuwait regarding the location of a specific border marker, smuggling between the two countries and the development of Umm al-Qasr port in Iraq and the potential implications thereof.
The primary correspondents in the file are British officials from the Foreign Office, the 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. , the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait, the Commonwealth Relations Office, the British Embassy in Baghdad and the British Consulate in Basra.
The file also contains a letter to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait from the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (in Arabic with English translation) and a limited amount of correspondence with the Government of Iraq (folios 46 and 110).
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- 1 file (218 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 220; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-219; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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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/15/5/185
- Title
- 'File 4/6 II Kuwait-Iraq Frontier'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:36v, 38r:45v, 47r:109v, 111r:219v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence