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'File 2/2 I. Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling' [37r] (78/444)
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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Copy la translation, of letter Mo«R«*/M9, dated the
4th -sgr 1953, from His ^ccollenoy the Buler of Kuwait
to the iolitioal ilgent, Kuwait*
•vith, the hand of pleasure we have received your
letter Ho*253,dated the 1st May 1935, together with
translation of Hi© Uxoaileacsy the I'utasarrif,' Bar.r® f s
yfc 3 °
letter* In reply we beg to Inform ^our *xc©lleney that
the dhow® In question, as we already intimated to Tour
yb Mr
Sceellanoy in our letter I o* i-B/BBS, dated the 23rd Miuveh
1933, were seised because of their attempts to smuogle
sand* ! naturally the Cub toms and lort Bepartments were
the authorities o on earned In such crises, although w©
always instruct them to extend their good office© to the
people In goner 1, and to Iraqi© in particular, in view
of the friendly relation® existing between both countries
and the privilege of neighbourhood*
However, we have issued our orders to the
Director of Customs to collect the fine, which is usually
charged in such oases, and let the dhows go, provided the
owner® come and apply to this effect* In the meantime
w© assure Tour Excellency that it is not reasonable (as
the Mutasarrif suggests) that any on© b© treated unjustly,
without there being a just cause(for such a treatment)•
Further, wo bag to draw Your ixoellciicy * a at*
tention to the fact thrt the boats being loaded with
flour, when they left for Kuwait, doss not imply that the
owners could not attempt the smuggling of sand (on their
return journey) • Thor ©fore, I cannot see any point in
His Pxeellonqy the Mutasarrif including such a ® ntenoe
A > yx>
in his letter*
Your Excellency must have hoard of the case
of our own
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
, which was seized some time ago by the
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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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- 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