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'File 53/83 I (D 99) Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling' [210r] (436/716)
The record is made up of 1 volume (355 folios). It was created in 11 Jan 1933-29 May 1934. It was written in English. 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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gates by land to the Bedouins who came up to market, and
her merchants would languish and die* Was this fair?"
14. Hypocritical t Iraq, with her tongue in her cheek
obviously anxious not to spend money on a strong anti-
smuggling service in the desert was trying to get His
Lajesty T s O-overnment to play her game for her. She was
clever at this. She was asking that he, the Shaikh,
should TT pQke out his eye with his own finger",
15, It would seem that ^raq developed her plan early
in 1903 and through His Majesty's Ambassador, requested
that he, the Shaikh, should cooperate to put dom. smuggling
which to Kuwait was no smuggling, but merely selling goods
legitimately to the Bedouin of the interior^
She asked (a) that he daould place an armed
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
near the Shatt al Arabj
(b) that he should accept a customs
official in his capital to issue
trade permits etc.;
(c) that he should patrol his own side
of the frontier, with a view to
seizing contraband runners.
He, the Shaikh, had rejected (a) because he could not afford
it, (b) because it was not compatible with his honour and
dignity as a sovereign State and (c) because such course
would be useless.* He did promise and would again promise
to use his good offices towards the prevention of overt
aauggling in his capacity of a friendly and neighbouring
ruler. Beyond this he could not go.
16. In his opinion it was clearly up to 'Iraq to act
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herself and do her dirty work for her. She bad the following
/v.
courses open to her and could act any time she chose, but
apparently did not so choose
(a) To reduce her terrific high import duties on
sugar, tea, matches, etc..
(b) To place a chain of customs posts on her
frontier along tfeie Batin Valley*
(c) To improve and strengthen her sea patrols,
round the mouth of the Shatt al Arab.
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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 (primarily Harold Richard Patrick Dickson, 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) and Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait as well as correspondence between British officials and the Government of Iraq.
The majority of the correspondence discusses two incidents, in April and October 1933 respectively, in which Iraqi Customs Authorities attacked Kuwaiti sailing vessels, both of the incidents resulted in the death and injury of Kuwaiti subjects.
The file contains the following maps:
- Rough sketch of Kuwait-Iraq maritime frontier to illustrate the October 1933 incident (f 121)
- Two rough sketch maps showing Iraq's territorial water boundary (f 148 + f 149)
- Two rough sketch maps showing the official frontier lines of Kuwait (f 312 + f 320A)
- Copy of a tracing of Warba Island and its vicinity made by HMS Sphynx in 1903 (f 321).
The file contains a detailed note entitled 'On the contraband problem of Iraq with her neighbours, and in particular how it affects Kuwait' (ff 45-55) and a report on the supply of drinking water in Kuwait (ff 140-148) both of which were written by Dickson, 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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (355 folios)
- Arrangement
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.
- Physical characteristics
Condition: A bound correspondence volume.
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 349.
The file contains the following foliation errors: f 147 is followed by f 147A; f 320 is followed by f 320A and the following omissions: ff 252-256. Note: f 148 and f 149 are stored in an envelope which is attached to f 147A; f 320A and f 321 are stored in an envelope which is attached to f 320.
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- Title
- 'File 53/83 I (D 99) Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1r:120v, 122r:147v, 147ar:147av, 150r:248r, 250v, 248v:250r, 251r:251v, 257r:270v, 273r, 271r:272v, 273v:311v, 313r:320v, 322r:349v, v-r:viii-v, 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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