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'File 2/2 IV Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling' [250r] (504/542)
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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inclinea to a critical attitude) and always receive the same
answer that smuggling has now very much decreased. It is
most unlikely in view of the freedom with which I move
and speak with people here that a deliberate conspiracy of
silence could be kept up and I believe that it i s true that
smuggling other than 'Husabila' - if that is so called - i s
now as near negligible as smuggling may be, or in any case is
certainly not largely increasing. His Excellency the Ruler
however thinks that there may still be some in tea, sugar and
Iraqi cigarettes. The latter it seems have a light export
tax but a heavier internal tax,
10. These articles it is thought are smuggled mostly
by the Shaw^iya or donkey sections of the Muntafiq tribe
(Iraq) perhaps moving Sast of the Zubair road and probably
crossing the frontier roundabout Umm. Qasr. They seek cover
as it were from the sections of their tribe camped here.
11 , With regard to the "continuance of smuggling,
especially of arms and ammunition" it is noted that His
Excellency said that he would be glad to receive details
of any positive instances which had come to light and
that the Prime Minister replied that "as the arms were
passed on through the tribes it was very difficult to
establish proof".
IB. I take it from the Prime Minister’s two remarks
read together that he has abandoned the allegation made in
the Iraq Foreign Office letter to the iuabassador No.c/734,
dated the 16th March 1936 that the Shaikh is himself
running caravans, or that anyone is, as caravans are
oatchable and evidence, but that rifles are passing in ones
and twos but constantly from hand to hand across the
frontier from out of Kuwait.
IK. If this is so the suggestion, which the Prime
it is difficult to prove, may be examined
Minister admits
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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
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:29v, 31r:53v, 60r:65v, 68r:68v, 70r:79v, 81r:82v, 85r:85v, 89r:95v, 98r:116v, 118r:129r, 130r:131v, 135r:145r, 146r:169v, 172r, 173r:174v, 177r:183v, 185r:190v, 193r:201v, 208r:209v, 211r:220v, 222r:233v, 235r:236v, 238r:243v, 246r:261v, 265r:268v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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