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'File 2/2 I. Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling' [35r] (74/444)
The record is made up of 1 volume (218 folios). It was created in 26 Feb 1933-2 Feb 1934. 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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l *H«»OQqQ«» «*■»«».»
Oopy, in translation f of letter Ho 46, date cl the
18th April 1913, from the Mutssarrlf, Baarah Llwa, Basrah,
to the 1 olitioal Agent, Kuwait#
aubjeot: The BeiJSure of sailing ships.
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I have the hononr to reply to your letter Ho*
9/1/2201, dated the 30th March 1933, and to say that I
ha^e noted the oontente of the Xeft^lr of Bis §xo@ 11 onoy
the revered -'haikh, in which, it has been given that the
seizure laid on i alih a! ujalll’s sailing boats was due
to the attempts made by them for smuggling sand from the
coast© of Kuwait*
Bhat we have discovered is that the abovemontioned
boats, whim they 1 ft for Kuwait, were loaded with flour.
Wore they, however supposed to have attempted smuggling
sand, then the more reasonable course would have been to
collect the fine imposed from those responsible - This
in case it was proved that they bad attempted smug ling
sand, but it would seem that such a thing has never aken
place*
Therefore, we bog to request in a private manner,
that the attention of His Kxoellenay the Ahaikh be drawn
to the fact that seising the boat® of an Iraqi man not
In a justified manner, does not agree with the friendly
relations existing between the two twin countries* «©
should like very much that His xoellency the . haifch pay
a special attention to the settlement of this question,
and issue his order© for the release of these boats, which
no doubt are now greatly depreciated, and the owner of
which at a greet loss*
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The volume contains correspondence related to Kuwait-Iraq smuggling. British officials discuss the Iraqi Government’s proposal to the Kuwaiti Government for cooperation to help control smuggling between the two countries. They also discuss the conditions under which permission is given to ship goods between the two countries, the fines that are to be imposed on the boats charged with smuggling, and monitoring the territorial waters, Shat al-Arab in particular.
The volume also contains correspondence related to the firing on and seizure of a Kuwaiti jollyboat by a Fao customs launch near Bubiyan Island, and the seizure of three Iraqi ballams (small boats) by the Kuwaiti customs authorities.The volume also contains a confidential report prepared by 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. in Kuwait under the title ‘Kuwait note on the contraband problem of Iraq with her neighbours and in particular how it affects Kuwait’.
The main correspondents in the volume are the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Kuwait, 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. , Bushire, the British Embassy, Baghdad, the Iraqi Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Mutassarif of Basra Liwa, the Hakim of Kuwait as well as Customs departments in Kuwait and Iraq.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (218 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 220; 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.
Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 4-215; these numbers are also written in pencil, but, where circled, are crossed through.
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- IOR/R/15/5/128
- Title
- 'File 2/2 I. Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling'
- Pages
- 27r:27v, 31r:31v, 35r:35v, 72r:76v, 106r:106v, 108r:108v
- Author
- Mutasarrif of Basra Liwa xx Mutassarif of Basrah Liwa, Basrah
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