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'File 53/83 IX (D 176) Kuwait Iraq Smuggling' [74r] (157/512)
The record is made up of 1 volume (256 folios). It was created in 11 Feb 1941-5 Apr 1946. 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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of India in his telegraia Fo.i859 of 21st September 1942 stating
that Howes and Rogers "both required cars to enable them to carry
out their duties properly and enquiring whether it was possible
to purchase new cars through the Government of.India.
5. The Government of India replied in their telegram ITo•
763 S of 24th September that they regretted it was impossible
but that they would permit the export-of cars purchased by
officers in direct negotiation with dealers* This they had of
course been anable to do although they had been endeavouring to
do so for a long time.
6. Thompson then wired on the 4th October stating that
the Foreign Office had now authorised the purchase of a third
car "for official use here* and hoped that we could do without
it. I replied on the 9th October stating that as the Government
of India had been unable to help and as both my Secretary and
Vice Consul had been attempting in vain to obtain cars for the
past year I hoped that he would not press me beyond the two units
already agreed upon and I finally allotted the two cars to Howes
and Rogers.
that
7. On the 28th October Thompson stated/in view of what I
said he did not wish to press the matter further but in a later
telegram he again hoped that we could let him have the third
car mentioning for the first time that two cars were purchasable
from Government funds and one for H«M«Gonsul General at Basra.
I replied that there appeared to be some misunderstanding as at
no time had more than two cars been earmarked by my predecessor
for Baghdad and that in view of the fact that my Secretary and
Vice Consul had been unable to secure cars from India I had
decided in their favour in place of 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.
. There
the matter rested.
8. It is now almost impossible to hire cars in Persia
and new ones are unobtainable while on the other hand v/e now have
/ orders
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This file contains correspondence regarding smuggling from Kuwait into Iraq. The correspondence covers a number of topics including discussions regarding the current level of smuggling activity between the two countries, incursions into Kuwaiti territory made by Iraqi Customs and Police Forces, interference with Kuwaiti vessels by Iraqi Customs launches within Kuwait territorial waters, the importation of cars and tyres into Kuwait, the activities of Shaikh Subah Al Nasir Al Subah [Ṣabāḥ al-Nāṣir Āl Ṣabāḥ], a grandson of Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ and the shooting of Shaikh Mohamed Ahmad Al Jabir Al Sabah [Muḥammad Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] by Iraqi police forces.
Primarily, the file contains internal correspondence between British officials, but it also contains translated copies of correspondence between Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait and the British 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, as well as correspondence between the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the British Embassy in Baghdad.
The file contains an original letter (f. 143v) from Shaikh Aḥmad to Charles Geoffrey Prior, the British 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. , dated 24 October 1944. The letter is in Arabic and signed by Shaikh Aḥmad.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (256 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
- Physical characteristics
Condition: A bound correspondence volume.
Foliation: The file's main foliation sequence commences at the title page and terminates at the last page of content (i.e. text); 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. A second foliation sequence is present between ff 2-222; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
The file also has a pagination sequence that is present in the index section at the back of the volume; these numbers are written in a combination of blue crayon, black ink, and pencil.
The file contains the following foliation errors: 58, 58A, and 58B; 68, and 68A; 195, and 195A.
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- IOR/R/15/1/539
- Title
- 'File 53/83 IX (D 176) Kuwait Iraq Smuggling'
- Pages
- front, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:58v, 58ar:58bv, 59r:68v, 68ar:68av, 69r:143r, 144r:195v, 195ar:195av, 196r:248v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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