'File 53/83 II (D 105) Smuggling Between 'Iraq + Kuwait' [138r] (287/494)
The record is made up of 1 volume (246 folios). It was created in 29 May 1934-29 Nov 1934. It was written in English, Arabic and French. 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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On the morning of the 25th September 1934 at 0900
hours I went to see; His Excellency Shaikh Sir Ahmad bin
Jabir accompanied by Major Watts* The usual courtesies
were exchanged and coffee and sherbet handed round,
2* After a brief explanation of a misunderstanding
which had arisen over the coming of the ^raq representatives,
the Shaikh and I took up the thread of our previous
evening's discussion, I asked him whether he had thought
over the matter and he went over much the same ground as
on the previous evening. On this occasion the Shaikh
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asked for further details about the way of arranging for
the Customs and I told him about their desire to have an
'Iraqi Customs officer lent to him (I explained to be under
him like Mr. de Grenier was under His Excellency Shaikh
Hamad). The Shaikh laughed and asked if I thought that
it was possible for him to agree. I asked whether, if an
officer was required in such a capacity, it would not be
possible for him to get a British officer. After further
discussions I asked him what the difficulty was and he said
that he saw in this coming "damage". I enquired what he
meant by "damage" - what "damage" h# saw ? He replied
that he saw damage to his prestige, people would say that
representatives had just come without his permission and
uninvited by him. It was to be inferred, though he did
not actually say so in as many words, that he feared that the
visit was a "plant" and that the representatives would go
away and make capital out of the visit. I said that I also
saw difficulties in the matter because if His Majesty's
Government were informed that he would not discuss matters
with the delegates, or even listen to what they had to say,
that His Majesty's Government would feel difficulty in
helping/
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This file contains correspondence regarding alleged smuggling activities from Kuwait into Iraq. Primarily, the file contains internal correspondence between British officials but it also includes correspondence between British officials and Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait.
As well as general discussions regarding British attempts to mediate between Iraq and Kuwait, the correspondence also discusses a number of specific incidents including an alleged incursion into Kuwaiti territory made by Iraqi Government armoured cars, the shooting of two Kuwaiti subjects by Iraqi police and shots being fired by Iraqi Customs officials at a Kuwaiti vessel near Warba Island.
The file contains a write-up of an interview that took place in September 1934 between Shaikh Aḥmad and Ralph Ponsonby Watts, the acting 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 (ff 122-126) as well as a write-up of an informal conversation, that also took place in September 1934, between Percy Gordon Loch, the acting 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. , Tahsin Beg 'Ali, the Mutasarrif [Governor] of Basrah, and Dr Naji Beg Al Asil, the Director General of Foreign Affairs for the Government of Iraq (ff 127-132).
The file also contains a note on Iraqi-Kuwaiti Smuggling written in July 1934 by Trenchard Craven William Fowle, 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. (ff 65-66) and a bi-lingual Arabic/English copy of suggestions proposed to Shaikh Ahmad by the Government of Iraq in September 1934 (f 145).
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- 1 volume (246 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
Serial numbers in red crayon refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file.
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Condition: Formerly a bound correspondence volume, the majority of the file's folios are now loose and unbound.
Foliation: The file's foliation is written in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The foliation sequence, which should be used for referencing, begins with the first item of correspondence, on number 1, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 235. The file contains the following foliation errors: f 115 is followed by f 115A; f 151 is followed by ff 151A-B; the following numbers are missing from the sequence: f 11, f 160.
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- 'File 53/83 II (D 105) Smuggling Between 'Iraq + Kuwait'
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- front, front-i, i-r:v-v, 1r:10v, 12r:115v, 115ar:115av, 116r:151v, 151ar:151bv, 152r:159v, 161r:170v, 172r:235v, vi-r:ix-v, back-i, back
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