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'File 4/6 II Kuwait-Iraq Frontier' [99r] (197/440)
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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British
datgdad •
7th October* 1940*
Tour : xcelieacy,
I here the honour to inform you that my OorertiiMt
consider it desirable th^t the frontier between Iraq and
K owe it should be deniarca ted and I here received ine true t ions
to propose to the Iraqi OovemMat that arran^esiente should
be made to do this at an early date*
2. With this end in view, Hie Majesty’s c overn: eat suggest
that there should be an exchange of notes providing that the
work of demarcating the f rentier and erecting pillars should
be carried out in a manner »imilur to that laid down in the
notes exchanged for the ©a.«*e purpose between the Iraqi and
Baud! Arabian Governments in February 1936* In order,
however, to avoid difficulties which might otherwise arise,
Mia majesty’s aovermaent think it desirable that the proposed
notes should Include agreement on the interpretation of certain
points in the wording of the definition of the frontier as re
affirmed toy the 1 rime b: inis ter In his letter to the High
Coiamissloner Ho* 29M* of July 21st, 1932m L ~
3* In that letter the definition of the frontiers was
re-affirmed In the following tense i-
*Vrem the latereeotioa of the uadi al Au^Ja
with the Batin and thence northwards along the Batin
to a point Just south of the latitude of C&fw&n;
thence eastwards passing south of Safwan wells.
Jebel Sanaxa and Ua asr leaving them to Iraq and
so on to the junction of the Khor fcobeir with the
Chor Abdullah* rhe Islands of Verba, Bubian, Ifssken
(or Meshjan} Fallakah, Auhah, Kubbsr ^aru and Vm el
i^aradin appertain to i owe it*"
His Excellency
Al daiyld Hurl-al-$ald, i .0*V«G* , etc*, etc*,
minister for Foreign Affairs,
usm*
k*
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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).
- Extent and format
- 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