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'File 2/2 I. Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling' [206r] (416/444)
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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N q • 6 9 0 .
British Embassy,
Bagaaci.
llth December. 1933
Monsieur le Ministre,
'With reference to my note No.686 of December 8th,
I have the honour to inform Your Excellency that
complaints have been made to me during recent months
from the Shaikh of Kuwait, through the ir’olitical Agent,
to the effect that an armed Iraqi customs launch operate
regularly in the channel between Mashyan Island and the
Entrance to Khor Subiyeh on the route followed by
sailing craft travelling between Kuwait and Fao.
2. I am advised that the channel in question is well
within the territorial waters of Kuwait and would
invite attention to Your Excellency's secret letter of
luly 21st, 1932, (No.2944), wherein the boundaries of
Kuwait are specifically defined as including Mashyan
Island. I would accordingly urge that immediate
instructions be issued to the commander of the patrol
vessel in question to refrain from operating in such
waters.
3. In view of the present unsatisfactory situation,
it would appear most desirable that the Iraq.i Customs
officers on the spot, who appear to be unaware of the
territorial limits within which tuey can legitimately
operate, should be given definite information and
instructions on this subject, and that infringements
should be adequately punished in future. In cider
to minimise the danger of the deplorable incidents
mentioned in my note under reference, and to clarify
the/
His Excellency
Nuri
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
A1 Said, Gr.C.V.O.,C.M.G.,D.o.O*|
Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Bagdad.
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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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- 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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- Open Government Licence