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'File 4/6 II Kuwait-Iraq Frontier' [103r] (205/440)
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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(2) Th« M point Just south of the latitude of Ssfwatt"
shall he the point on the thalweg of the Batin due test
of the point a little to the Bouth of Befwan at which the
poet and notice-board marking the frontier stood until
laroh t 1939*
(3) From the Batin to the nelghh urhood of rafwan the
frontier shall be a line along the parallel of latitude
on which stands tha above-mentioned point at which the
post and notice-board forraerly stood*
(h) The M Junction of the Khor Subair with the Xhor
Abdullah* shall mean tha Junction of the thalweg of
the Xhor Subair with the thalweg of the north-westerly
arm of the Xhor Abdullah known as the Xhor Site tana.
(3) From the Neighbourhood of Bafwan to the Junction
of the Kher lubalr with the Khor Abdullah the frontier
shell be the shortest line between the point defined in
sub-paragraph (2) and tha point defined in sub-paragraph
(4) - But if this line shall be found f when followed on
the ground to strike the right bank of the Xhor xubair
before it reaches the point defined in sub-paragraph (4)#
it shall be modified in such a manner se to follow the
low water line on the right bank of the :<hor rub air
until a point on the bank teed lately Opposite the point
defined in sub-paragraph (4) is reached, thus let wing the
whole of the Xhor ^ubair to Iraq*
(6) From the point defined In sub-paragraph (4) to tha
open see the boundary shell follow the thalweg of the Khor
Abdullah.
4* The Iraqi Government further propose that the operation
of demarcation shall be carried out in the following manner
a)
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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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- Reference
- 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