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'File 53/83 IX (D 176) Kuwait Iraq Smuggling' [90r] (189/512)
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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/" ' ' ( 291/4/43) 28.8.1^
ocv forwarded to 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.
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with the complimerrEs or H.i,: .Embassy, Bagdad.
(copy sent to Kov/eit*)
iL—- F.O.
191191,1
Mote Varbale. 5*
. His Majesty's Embassy presents its compliments to
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and has the honour to invite
their attention to the following matter.
2 # The Koweiti authorities have informed the Embassy
that on the morning of August 4th an Iraqi Police Officer in
a motor-car accompanied by an armed car manned by Iraqi
policemen arrived in Koweit from Basra, The officer had given
no earlier information of his wish to enter Koweiti territory
had not sought the permission of the Koweiti authorities
to do so* He stated that he was in pursuit of one Husain ibn
Hamadhi, an Iraqi who had escaped from custody in Basra# The
Koweiti authorities undertook to detain the fugitive if he
was found in Koweiti territory and asked the Iraqi Police
Officer to withdraw at once to Iraq with his escort.
The Koweiti authorities desire the Embassy to invite
the attention of the Iraqi authorities to the impro^ action
of this Police Officer in entering Koweiti territory with an
armed escort without first obtaining permission# They point out
that he was not in close pursuit of the absconded crimincs.X 8.nd t/ at
it was in fact quite unnecessary for an officer to go to Koweit
at all as a request for the detention of the wanted man could
I 'easily have been sent by telegraph.
4 # The Embassy, in addressing the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs accordingly, requests that,if enquiries by he Iraqi
authorities confirm the facts as set out above, the Police Officer
concerned may be warned not again to act ii t is manner.
His Majesty's Embassy avails itself of this opportunity
to renew the expression of its highest consideration*
rltish Embassy, ^
Bagdad. e*^AJb . /V 0 < - /
9 ^ .
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Sth August 1943•
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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'
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- 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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- Open Government Licence