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'File 4/6 II Kuwait-Iraq Frontier' [58r] (115/440)
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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PerBonftl confidenti al,
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The Agency» Kuwait,
20 th July t 1040. (Zcj
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With reference to your •pereonal* letter of the
16th July, I *u# eorry that you are not happy in this matter,
but hope that the following will dispel this. #hen it comes
to the point it appears that there is no one here who can
d finitely point to the exact spot on the ground where the
board originally was. Both sides are out in their calcula
tions.
2. You ask why I did not go with either the Shaikh or
Dickson. The Shaikh did not wish to cone although X asked
him and sent All al Khalifah with me. This man is the beet
desert authority here and knows the country as well as the.
Shaikh. He assured me that lie knew the spot. As regards
Dickson, I knew the spot according to him was between the
10th and 11th telegraph pole from Safwan. With this know-
ledgs and the Shaikh*s rsprssentatiye i considered that I
had enough to go on. When I got on to the ground the Arabs
did not at once find the spot but quite soua they did find
a place which had been previously dug and this they affirmed
to be the pl^oe. I did my best to check by the poles but
X discovered that Dickson’s spot (between 10th and 11th
poles) did not bring me to a mile away from Safwan. I did
not then know as I know now that there are between 17 and
18 poles to the mile. But as far as I could tell I was at
about the 10th pole and as this coincided with the spot
found by the Arabs I was forced to the conclusion that it
was the right spot.
The figures given by the Iraqis are not correct.
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The Hon’ble Lieut-Colonel C.G.Prior, C.I.S*,
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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.
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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