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'File 8/1 Arms Traffic' [97r] (198/624)
The record is made up of 1 file (308 folios). It was created in 2 Jan 1925-22 Apr 1939. 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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EXPRESS
LET TER .
From:-
To : -
Pollt i cal Agent,Kuwait;
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.
, Bushire,
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No,G-S07• Kuwait, the 24th October 1936. ,, 4
Reference your Express Letter No.765-S of the
14th October 1936 .
2. ?ith regard to (a): Nothing is known here of the
export of arms to Iraq from the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
3 . Reference (b): At certain times the Ruler em
phasizes his interdiction of the selling of arms across the
frontier by those who carry them, for example, last Spring
at the beginning of the revolt on the Euphrates he was
careful to do so and it took the form of a notice by the
President of Kuwait Municipality, of which he informed me.
This was in order to forestall a complaint by the Iraq
Government. I attach a copy of the notice then issued.
4 No order has been issued more recently to emphasize
the standing interdiction.
/ith regard to para 545 of the Summary: I have
enquired from several Bedouins who Nuri al Mishal of the
Shamaar may be. They have none of them heard of him.If Kuri
al Mishal of the Shamar exists I think he must be quite
unimportant.
„, isha l al Timyat and ^ is hai Xbn Tawala of the ahamm,
are of course well known in Horth 3ast Arabia but neither
has been in Kuwait territory for a year. One is unmarried
j i o not a son of thairs.
and the other has only inf an
or jhaianmr lives usually on the
Mishal
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
al Faris of the i^nammar
Xraq-Syrian border
Bast
(Per.) A Persian custom allowing an individual to seek asylum at a designated location.
of MosuX and his son is I think
called Nowwaf and not Nuri. r-nyway be is very far
Kuwait and has sources of arms nearer than Kuwait as has
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This file contains correspondence between the various Political Agents in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 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. at Bushire, the ruler of Kuwait, and various other officials on the arms trade in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Most of the papers pertain to a broad attempt to control the illegal trade in arms. The correspondents speculate and investigate the manufacture of arms- and the geographic origins, smuggling routes, and identities of intermediaries involved in the arms trade. Most of the trade occurs between the Arab ports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , southern Iraq, and the ports of the Persian side of the Gulf, but particularly the Makran coast.
Of note is a widespread investigation into the theft of arms from the Iraqi Army carried into the Arabian Peninsula by way of Bedouin tribesmen.
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- 1 file (308 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 310; 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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- 'File 8/1 Arms Traffic'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:13v, 15r:20v, 22r:25v, 27r:35v, 37r:47v, 49r:55v, 57r:88v, 90r:94v, 96r:152v, 154r:163v, 165r:166v, 168r:168v, 170r:177v, 179r:309v, back-i
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