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'File 2/2 I. Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling' [61r] (126/444)
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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COiOlD UNTIAL
NOTE ON THE CONTRABAND PROBIEM
OF IRAQ WITH HER NEIGHBOURS, AND IN PARTICULAR HO?f IT
AFFECTS KUWAIT .
——oO o-
I. GENERAL.
In order to understand the whole contraband ques
tion in its proper perspective one must for a start appre
ciate tMat of the States bordering on the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
we
have two distinct groups of States holding diametrically
opposite policies in the matters of customs tariffs,
(a) Persia » IRAQ, and Saudiyeh . all believers In
the theory that the sole object of Tariffs is to increase
the Revenue of the state, and to this end instructing
their Customs Departments to make their duties as high as
possible.
(b) Kuwait . Bahrain . Q atar , Debai (including the
Truciai Coast generally), all Arab States lying on the
Western shore of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, whose firm belief is
that low tariffs will attract trade to their ports to the
definite detriment of the high tariff countries mentioned
in (a) above. A not unnatural or incorrect assumption,
seeing that their chief revenue is derived from their
transit trade with the interior, and also the earl Trade*
which is almost entirely in their hands.
It stands to reason therefore that those countries
(b) above in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
possessing such low customs
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duties as 4 % ad valorem, are going to get most of the trade
whete the necessities of life are concerned, while their in
habitants are going to engage themselves in the contraband
business with their nei^ibours possessing high tariffs (a)
above.
A. Jl.
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Title
- 'File 2/2 I. Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:20v, 24r, 25r:26v, 28r:28v, 30r:30v, 32r:32v, 34r:34v, 36r:36v, 39r:50v, 53r:54v, 60r:71v, 80r, 82r:105v, 107r:107v, 109r, 110r, 111r:119v, 123r:124v, 127r:133v, 138r:139v, 143r:148v, 150r:154v, 157r:158v, 161r:165r, 166r, 167r:173v, 177r:219v, 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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