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'File 53/83 IV (D 123) Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling' [192r] (395/526)
The record is made up of 1 volume (264 folios). It was created in 20 Jun 1935-20 Jul 1936. 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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examined on the general evidence available.
14. it is from this, I think, most likely to have been
true for rifles in iirabia are known to pass from hand to hand
like shares in the European markets and are regarded more
or less in the same light.
15. -iThenever there is a demand, as at the present moment
on the Middle Euphrates, there is certain to be a drift
of weapons in that direction as the Prime Minister must know.
16. But the number, other things being equal, coming
in from Kuwait would necessarily be smaller than from
bigger countries with longer frontiers adjoining Iraq, such
as Saudi Arabia, Syria and perhaps Persia. Other things
however are not equal. The entry of arms into Kuwait is
under strict supervision^
His Excellency the Huler himself cannot import a
shot gun without permission from the Political iLgent.
The
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
sloops also make it a practice
to examine dhows at sea and have not found arms hereabouts
or destined for Kuwait.
17» Information too is good and numbers of ri "les could
not be landed without ie being known. On the other hand
in neighbouring country large stocks are frequently landed,
as may be seen for example from the official British reports
from Jedda and the Monarch customarily gives to visiting
Shaikhs presents of arms which sooner or later go into
general circulation, (inspite of arms carrying regulations).
18, Thus it is reasonable to suppose that the
proportion of arms going in from Kuwait would, by comparison
or any standard, be very small indeed.
19, Local information here is that fairly large numbers
do go into Iraq by other frontiers when there is a demand.
The wells of UI^I AR RADHIM^A south west of the Iraq Neutral
Zone are always mentioned as being on the smugglers route,
the smugglers being individuals (not Shaikhs or whole sectiom)
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This file contains correspondence regarding alleged smuggling activities from Kuwait into Iraq. The correspondence discusses a number of topics including incursions into Kuwaiti territory made by Iraqi Customs and Police Forces, anti-Smuggling measures adopted by the Iraqi Government and negotiations between the two sides mediated by the British.
Primarily, the file contains internal correspondence between British officials discussing efforts to resolve the issue. It also contains correspondence between British officials and their Iraqi counterparts as well as correspondence between Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait and 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.
The file contains a write-up of a meeting held at the Foreign Office in London in July 1935 and attended by Shaikh Aḥmad and representatives from the 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. . It also contains a list of violations of Kuwaiti territory by Iraqi Customs and Police Forces between 1933 and 1936 (ff. 158-161) and a list of attacks made on Kuwait in the Iraqi press from the same period (ff. 198-200) as well as a rough sketch map of the bay of Kuwait (f. 29).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (264 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 on the title page, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 258. The file contains the following foliation errors: f 1 is followed by ff 1A-C.
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- IOR/R/15/1/534
- Title
- 'File 53/83 IV (D 123) Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling'
- Pages
- front, front-i, i-r, ii-v, 1r:1v, 1ar:1cv, 2r:28v, 29v:40v, 42r:91v, 93r:257v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence