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'File 4/6 II Kuwait-Iraq Frontier' [102r] (203/440)
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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DRAFT OR PROPOaKB ROTK F»OM HIS RX0XUSJCnT
THE XHAWI MINISTER FOR RODION AFFAIRS TO
THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR» BAGDAD
Your Ex©«ll«mcy,
I have the honour, on behalf of the Imqi
Govem-eat, to inform you that they deeire, in collaboration
with the Kowelti Govevmmnt, to arrange for the early
demarcation of the frontier between Iraq and Koweit, which
July 21et, 1932» to Hie Britannic Ma^eety 1 ® High Coimsiseioner
for Iraq, and in the reply of Hla Highness the Ffcler of
Eoweit co iiiunicate^ to the Acting Prime Minister with the
Acting High Ceml&sloner’e letter Ho. 120 of au» ust 22nd, 1932.
frontier wee defined we follows s~
w ?rom the intersection of the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
al Aud^a with
the Batin and thence northwards along the Batin to a
point Just aouth of the latitude of S&fwan. hence
eastwards passing south of Gafwan wells, Jebel ianam
and Urn Qasr leaving them to Iraq and so on to the
1 unction of the Khor Eobeir with the Khor Abdullah;
the Islands of Warba, Bublan, ilaskan (or l ashjan)
Pailakah, Auhah, Kubbar, ; t aru and lm ml rad in
appertain to Koweit• , *
The Iraqi roverrent propose that for the purpose
of the demareetion the following interpretation shall be
given to the above quoted description of the frontier line ;~
(1) "Along the Batin* the frontier line shall follow
thalweg . l#e. the line of the deepest depression.
was re-affirmed in the Prime Minister’s note
In the exchange of Notes referred to above the
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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