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'File 2/2 I. Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling' [175r] (354/444)
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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S?A Tg aggT_gF ^HASSANJBIlLiBDUIiA.
#e sailed from here (Kuwait)at 7 O'clock Arabic
(midnight) on the night of 21st Janad thani 1552 (12th
October 1935) and after jd 2 days we arrived at Bandar
DILAM, we remained there, till the evening, and again at
7 O' Clock Arabic (midni^it) sailed agKin for Kuwait*
After 2 ni$its and 1 day including the night on which we
set sail, that is on the morning of the second day, at
1 O'clock (6*15 A.M*) 15th October (?) we met the Fao
launch near Has Buhiyan. The officer in charge pretends
that he dhouted to us to lower our sail, we certainly did
not hear him, all we know was that he fired four rifle
shots at us. We signalled to him not to shoot, and as the
weather was calm, we shouted to him (the officer) to bring
his launch alongside* He however refused, and opened a
steady rifle fire on us and continued same, till he had
killed our nakhuda, Haji by name, and wounded Abdu Bhah,
who at the time was holding the mainsail rope and lowering
the sail* We were close to the land of B^biyan* Next I
was hit whereupon the remaining 2 of our crew threw thon-
selves into the Sea and swam to the launch where they were
bawled on board*
They explained to the officer (Hussain Effendi)
that he led killed one man and wounded two more, and that
their boat carried no cargo at all* The officer at first
tied them up and heat them severely, then he untied one
man and sent him across in a f, dug out n canoe to fetch Abdu
Shah and myself to the launch* After that the launch came
along side our boat, which in the meantime had grounded by
the stern. The launch also went aground. In the evening
at about 2 O'clock Arabic (7.15 P.M.) , we both got off with
the tide, and the launch towed us to the "Bangalah" (Fao
Customs House). We arrived there at dawn (16th October?)
They sent me , the dead Nakhuda and Abdu Shah to ■ .ospito.l
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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'
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- 166v, 175r:176v
- Author
- Hasan bin Abdullah
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