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'File 2/2 I. Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling' [77r] (158/444)
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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Coxy of letter No, R-3/1021 dated
the 23rd Safar 1352 (17-6-33), from
His Excellency The Shaikh of Kuwait,
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.
, Kuwait.
Reference your letter dated the
16th June current, I have pleasure in
infoiming Your Excellency that I fully
appreciate the intimate friendship that
exists be tween^and the Iraqian Government
and also the valuable assisstance you
are now giving to us both. I have, before
now, pointed out various facts to Your
Excellency regarding the question of
"Dhows" generally and their always sup
posed intention of smuggling. And, al
though I am aware of the trouble which
my subjects/put to by the Iraq Customs
authorities, and the mi just and unlawful
treatment that is meted out to them, I
nevertheless prefer to leave all arguments
on the subject of smuggling to and from
Kuwait to your kind consideration. I am
quite sure that Your Excellency will judge
the matter fairly. Actually, I have no
positive knowledge of anything that is sal
to be smuggled from Kuwait into.Iraq. I
have been doing my best and still do, in
the matter of watching the movements of
travellers, and check and control their
goings and comings by all official means
at my disposal. I am, as requested by tin
His Excellency the Mutasarif, sending
herewith a statement from the Kuwait
Customs Department, from which you will
learn the names of the smugglers, and the
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- Content
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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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/128
- Title
- 'File 2/2 I. Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling'
- Pages
- 21r:21v, 23r:23v, 29r:29v, 33r:33v, 37r:38v, 51r:52v, 55r:59v, 77r:78v, 80v, 109v, 110v, 149r:149v, 155r:156v, 159r:160v, 165v, 174r:174v
- Author
- Āl Ṣabāḥ, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir xx Al Sabah, Shaikh Ahmed al-Jaber
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- Public Domain