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'File 4/6 II Kuwait-Iraq Frontier' [124r] (247/440)
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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POLITICAL -
Telegram
S
From
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
,
Kuwait.
To
Political [Resident
, Shiraz.
No.
C/420
Dated the
28th July, 1941.
Your Express Letter No. C/270 of July
SMUGGLING.
Very careful enquiries from selected reliable Badawin
and other confidential sources as well as from personal
observation over period many manths (quite apart from any
information furnished by Buler) have convinced me that
smuggling situation today even more favourable than reported
by Galloway in his telegram C/217 of April 23rd.
This due to \)
(a) Better realization by Shaikh that it vital in his
interests today to do all in his power to Itop
smuggling into Iraq in order give no handle to
Baghdad politicians to accuse him of conniving
or at least winking at same.
(b) Absence grazing over whole Kuwait state which has
compelled all camels (best form transport for
smuggling) to migrate for south into Nejd.
(c) Greater prosperity of Kuwait merchants due present
flourishing trade with Saudi Arabia.
Above does not refer to Arms Traffic which has ceased to exist.
2. It is true that with breakdown of Civil Government
following on British occupation of Basra when all Iraqi Desert
Police posts including Safwan were abandoned, many Iraqis
took advantage situation and in guise of refugees came down
to Kuwait in cars and did a roaring trade, smuggling goods
to Zubair and Basra but this was isolated case and with return
of control, their activities ceased.
3. Estimated value goods smuggled into Iraq today less
than Rs. 1000 per month.
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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
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence