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'File 2/2 I. Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling' [127r] (258/444)
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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GOITFIDaraiAL.
No. X ( .
POLITICAL
AGENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, fe 1
KUWAIT.
Dated the Idth Septaaber 193S.
/rom
To
Lt.-Colonel Dickson, C.I.E., I # A.,
Poll ti cal Agent, Kuwai t;
The Hon’ble 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.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, B U s H I R E .
Smuggling between Kuwait and f Iraq«
J
Sir, nr
With reference to your confidential No.ll47-S, datec
the 31st August 1933, enclosing British 5in.bassy, Baghdad;
letter No.36(357/35/33), dated the 19th August 1933, I
have the honour to state in reply that although you asked
for my views only, I considered it desirable to discuss
the matter anew with His Excellency the Shaikh more especial
ly ’Iraq Ministry of Foreign Affaires letter No.7423, dated
the 8th August to H.B.M*s Embassy, a copy of which was also
forwarded to me, under your letter referred to above.
2. His Excellency who is particularly sensitive about
this matter of alleged wholesale blockade running from
Kuwait into Iraq, expressed his sincere disappointment that
the Iraq Government should have adopted such an uncompromisi?
ing attitude as they have done, to the Hon’ble the Politi
cal Residents very reasonable suggestion that a discussion
at Kuwait might have useful results.
3. The Shaikh feels that the Iraq Government have,
in this matter, made rather a mountain out of a mole hill,
mainly due to interested parties having exaggerated and mis
represented matters at Baghdad and he had hoped that it would
have been possible to convince the Iraq Government through
their chosen representative here that Kuwait was not
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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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