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'File 2/2 IV Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling' [170r] (344/542)
The record is made up of 1 volume (267 folios). It was created in 23 May 1935-13 Jun 1936. 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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deal* Ambassador,
1 have the honour to Inform Your Excellency that smuggling
activities based on Kuwait have brought about a state of affairs
the continuance of which will, it is feared, adversely affect
relations between Iraq and Kuwait and lead to increased disturbance
If frontier peace and order. It is revealed to the Iraqi Government
that "men of the Kuwait Principality" (? Kuwaiti Government officials)
tia?e been accompanying* and acting escort to, smuggling caravans ;
jooperating with smugglers In offering resistance to Iraqi forces
rithin Iraqi territory; employing their camels in the carriage of
ruggled goods ; and selling in Iraq arms bearing the mark of the
Shaikh of Kuwait, besides other varieties of arms the smuggling of
ahich into Iraq has been on the increase. -Bie following are
Instances of these activities :
U On 11 th December, 1935, at 9 p.m. the Police Force, then ^
at ihariat Ha shim Eayid, hearing the noise of camels fired a Verey
U#lt to ascertain the fact, whereupon the force was suddenly
received by a smuggling caravan with volleys of fire from both
front and rear. In th© engagement which followed the smugglers
were forced to escape. However, in the morning of 12th December,
1935, the Assistant commandant of the polio® armed Gars, while
doing patrol work at Al Ibtain and AX ’l&haibi came across a party
of these smugglers whom he arrested after having admitted their
guilt. The party consisted of 20 persons and had with them 55
camels and a quantity of smuggled goods* Of these 20 persons,
8 were "Fidaiyah" (armed retainers) of the Shaikh of Kuwait.
On another occasion the Iraqi authorities found with
1 yid ibn Sl&ihim, Salih Ibn Saif and Hamad iba ’Awadh li, (of the
Pldaiyah of the chaikh of Kuwait) two English rifles Hob. 543 and
ISfGIr, and one Turkish ’’Martin*’ rifle, all of which bore the mark
of the shaikh of Kuwait.
Ministry for Foreign Affairs,
Bagdad, 16 th March,1936
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The volume contains correspondence related to Kuwait-Iraq smuggling. British officials stood as mediators between the Iraqi Government and the Shaikh of Kuwait to try and solve the smuggling issue. They discussed possible ways to persuade the Shaikh of Kuwait to agree to a friendly arrangement for cooperation for checking smuggling on the lines which had been contemplated. British Government officials also suggested various methods to control smuggling such as a system of manifests, trade control posts, as well as the appointment of a British Director of Customs at Kuwait.
The volume includes minutes of a meeting held in London discussing the question of Kuwait-Iraq smuggling with the Shaikh of Kuwait, a list of regulations of the Customs Code in Iraq issued by the King of Iraq and published in the official gazette, correspondence related to a number of cases of violation of Kuwaiti territorial waters by Iraq Customs launches, as well as the arrest and detention of Kuwaiti nationals.
The Shaikh raised his complaints to the 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. who in turn shared the Shaikh’s concerns with other British officials. On the other hand, complaints were also raised by the Iraqi Ministry for Foreign Affairs regarding the Kuwaiti Government’s lack of control of its border lines.
Lists of violation incidents are also included in the volume. Each list includes the following information: date and place of occurrence by whom, a summary of the incident, date of report to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. and the Iraqi Government’s reply. The volume also includes summary lists of Iraqi newspaper articles which discuss Iraq-Kuwait related issues including smuggling, and the annexation of Kuwait by Iraq.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (267 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 269; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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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/15/5/131
- Title
- 'File 2/2 IV Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling'
- Pages
- 30r:30v, 170r:171v, 191r:192v
- Author
- Al Hashimi, Yasin Pasha
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