'File 2/2 I. Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling' [168r] (340/444)
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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FOUTICAL J0BKCT t
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IoXitioal Kuwait;
Tfc® Hon f bl# tha Political
in th© I'erslan Gulf t B u s h 1 r a r
rlnrc on and aeisuro of a 1 await jolly boat
by ’ao CuatoMi launch mar Pubiyan Island
on 15th Octo ©r.
In cent tnua tion of ?r.y telegram Ko.S57 f dated the
18tb October 1933 t I bar® the honour to enclose translation
of letter Ko.l/3/1299, dated the 4th iajab 1352 124th
October 1033), which I received from lie xcellency the
shaikh on 25th October, together with the attested state
ment of 'amsn bin Abdullah, one of the mu ded jmmbern
of the jolly boat*s crew, iho was discharged by the Basra
“Olios and returned to Kuwait, where ho is being treated
in the tUasion Hospital here. The other wounded man sue-
cunbed to his injuries in Basra.
2. The mn, Hasaan’s statamant, though
confused where ho tries to describe actual dates, ia, as
you will see, a simple mt straightforward one. In ©
perrone.1 interview, which I had with him, he mde the
following definite statement, which no amount of cross-
q^mstlonlag c»i. my part could shHce;
(a) The jolly bor* t was -3Eip^ when shot up and
captured.
(b) The incid at took place cloee to Has I ubiyan
the headland mar the old Turklafo fort, at
the Aouth Aaat corner of Bubiyan island.
(o) The fire of the launch broke the jolly boats
rudder, and she drifted ©shore clone to Has
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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.
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- 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
- 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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