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'Adminisistration [Administration] Reports 1931-1935' [‎118v] (236/416)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (206 folios). It was created in 1932-1936. 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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(d) Kitting 1 and sabotage carried out by the labourers on the Shaikh’s
date wardens at Fao. r t he Shaikh declared that these disturbances
were Instigated by the Mutasarrif of Basra under the orders of the
’Iraq Government.
(e) Several cases of attacks by Iraq armed launches on Kuwait sailing
craft alleged to be smuggling goods into Iraq.
(f) Demand by the Iraq Government that the Shaikh should take active
W measures to put a stop to the smuggling into Iraq territory from
Kuwait. The chief of these measures were
1 Tim acceptance of an ’Iraqi customs official in Kuwait to watch
their interests.
2. The maintaining of patrols and guards on the Kuwait side of the
frontier to control land smuggling.
The Shaikh politely declared his inability to adopt Iraq’s suggestion for
financial and other reasons and suggested that an Iraq customs officii should
visit Kuwait to confer with him. This, in turn, was declined by the Iraq Govern
ment.
In the Autumn of 1933 an attempt was made by His Majesty’s Ambassador
in Baghdad for a conference to be held in Baghdad between Iraq customs officials
and the Shaikh’s Customs Director, assisted by 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. and the
Honourable 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. . This again fell through due to the feeling felt
bv the Shaikh that the “ dice would be too heavily loaded ” against him in any
conference held at Baghdad. He countered by asking for the conference to be
held in Kuwait where he would himself conduct Kuwait’s case, he offered also to
tighten up very considerably the question of sea smuggling (by means of
receipted Way Bills, etc.).
Cases occurred of attacks on Kuwait sailing vessels by Iraq launches.
In the matter of smuggling, Iraq, by the imposition of her high tariffs, has
only herself to blame, If trade is diverted to Kuwait, and Is smuggled across her
borders. The one thing that is certain is that the remedy lies in her hands
entirely. She could, for instance, try one or more of the following measures
(1) Reduce her high customs tariffs.
(2) Employ her own Bedouin to assist in stopping smuggling as Bin Sand
does.
(3) Place customs posts along her frontier. There are none for 100 miles
or more.
(4) Patrol her borders with armed cars.
(5) Forbid Iraq merchants to import cargoes marked u Basrah option
Kuwait ”.
(6) Forbid the export to Kuwait of “ bonded ” cigarettes and tobacco,
which the exporters bring back into Iraq, with the assistance of
Iraq tribesmen in their pay.
VIII.— Relations with Persia.
1. General. —These have not changed. Persia does not recognise Kuwait,
and Kuwait reciprocates by having as little to do with her neighbour as possible.
2. Passports. — (a) The Passport question still makes it impossible for a
Kuwait merchant, anxious to do trade, to enter Mohammerah or other Persian
port, and the only trade that exists between the two countries, is that carried
on by villagers from the Persian side of the Shaft al Arab and the Marmashir
estuary of the Karun, who come in small boats to sell vegetables, fruit,
“ bhoosa ”, barley and other eatables, and return with petty cargoes of contra
band. Such people never possess papers or passports of any kind and the Kuwait
Government does not worry them for any out of policy.
(b) A certain number of larger dhows (“ Bums ”) also come over froni ib e
coast south of Bushire and bring carpets, Abba cloth, nuts, spices, etc. These
also take back rice, tea, sugar and coffee in return. None of them possess pass'
ports or papers, for the simple reason that the Persian Government would refuse
to give permits to such persons to visit Kuwait.
(<G The Persian Government’s attitude to the Passnort question therefor®
makes it quite impossible for Kuwaitis to trade legitimately with Persia at ai*

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The volume includes Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1931 (Simla, Government of India Press: 1932); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1932 (Simla: Government of India Press, 1933); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1933 (Simla: Government of India Press, 1934); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1934 (Simla: Government of India Press, 1935); and Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1935 (New Delhi: Government of India Press, 1936). The Report for 1935 shows some manuscript corrections.

The Administration Reports are divided into chapters relating to the various Agencies, Consulates, and other administrative areas that made up the Bushire Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. . Within the chapters there are sections devoted to reviews by 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. ; lists of senior personnel; foreign representatives; local government; military and marine affairs; movements of Royal Navy ships; aviation; political developments; slavery; trade and commerce; medical reports and sanitation; meteorological reports and statistics; communications; naval matters; the Royal Air Force; notable events; and related information.

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1 volume (206 folios)
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The Reports are bound in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover and continues through to 208 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio.

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