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'File 23/15, 19 I (D 89) Mesopotamia - General' [177r] (375/455)
The record is made up of 1 volume (219 folios). It was created in 18 Oct 1918-9 May 1933. 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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(E 461/461/91)
(72/2/33)
British iSinbassy,
Bagdad.
11th January 1933
dear Renael,
Please refer to your letter E 6535 /6054 /91 of the
29th Decuiiiber on the subject of possible visits by King
Faisal to the Arab States of the Persian Gulf»
I agree that, in principle, such visits should be
firmly discouraged unless there is some very special
reason for making an exception. In the case of the
Trucial shaikhdoms, it should not be difficult for me to
dissuade King Faisal from carrying out any intention he
migjit have of paying them a visit.
The case of Kuwait seems to me to be on a different
footing and, though I am personally against the
establishment of any closer connection between Kuwait and
IraQ than exists at present, it will obviously be much
more difficult to convince King Faisal of the justice of
our claim that Kuv ^iit is out of bounds for him. You will
remember that the Shaikh of Kuwait paid King Faisal a visit
in Bagdad last summer, while I was absent in Europe, and it
might be claimed by Faisal that it would be discourteous on
his part not to return the visit. Then there is the
interminable question of the date gardens, and the
prevention of smuggling from Kuwait into 'Iraq which has
lately assumed rather serious proportions. The Director
ol Customs recently told me that he estimated that more than
£60,000 worth of goods had been smuggled into 'Iraq from
Kuwait during the past year, and that a member of his staff
had been shot dead in an affray with Kuwaiti smugglers.
It/
i&NDEL, ESQ., C.M.G.
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- Content
All the contents of this file relate to Irak [Iraq] between 1918 and 1933.
The file includes:
- A report of the killing of Mr J.H Bill (Indian Civil Service) and Captain K.R Scott (31st Punjabis, Indian Army) by a Kurdish tribal force near Aqrah in 1919 (f 7).
- A copy of a telegram sent to King Hussein of Mecca requesting one of his sons to be sent to occupy the throne of Iraq (f 27b).
- A letter from P.Z Cox, the British High Commissioner for Iraq to Winston Churchill, Secretary of State for the Colonies regarding the borders of Iraq (ff 50-52).
- A rough sketch map of the Nerva and Raikan districts of Iraq (f 54)
- A map of the Turco-Persian frontier (f 55)
- A cutting from al awqaat al iraqiyya (The Times of Mesopotamia) containing full text (in English) of the Anglo-Iraq Treaty 1922 (f 64).
- A detailed report concerning the practicalities of travelling from Baghdad to London via Aleppo and Beirut (ff 79-83)
- A copy of the Anglo-Iraq Treaty of 1926 (f 104)
Other matters discussed in the file include a proposed visit to Kuwait by King Faisal of Iraq, an idea for Iraqis to be sent for training to British consulates in the region and reports concerning the activities of 'anti-British' Persian clerics ( mujathids ) in Iraq.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (219 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
- Physical characteristics
A bound correspondence volume. The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled and can be found in the top right of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A second foliation sequence which is also written in pencil, but not circled, runs between ff 5-207. In addition to this, a very short sequence runs between ff 2D-4. Circled index numbers written in red crayon are also present in the volume.
Foliation anomalies: 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D; 27A and 27B; 88A and 88B; 159A, 159B and 159C; 163A and 163B
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- 'File 23/15, 19 I (D 89) Mesopotamia - General'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:1v, 2ar:2dr, 3r:26v, 27ar:27bv, 28r:53v, 56r:63v, 65r:87v, 88ar:88bv, 89r:158v, 159cr:159cv, 160r:162v, 163ar:163bv, 164r:172v, 173v, 173av, 174r:199v, 199br:199bv, 200r:211v, ii-r:v-v, back-i
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