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File 18/2 'Koweit Customs' [‎57r] (113/410)

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The record is made up of 1 file (203 folios). It was created in 30 Aug 1907-22 Dec 1928. It was written in English, French 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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for which there ie a good market at .oweit and tfcke the rest to
-3hur otc, ail that he w ill lose his duty on a lot of carrrojif he
calls for proof of payment of duty in some other, country, he will
defeat nis own object and drive the hakhudaa to manifest elsewhere.
I presume that the nakhudaa of the dhows obtain manifests to
Koweit and not to Vaahur etc because if they took out manifests
to latter places they would have to pay the Persian ( ustoma duty,
either because the Persian Customs Department or the british
representative would hear of their coming from the Indian Customs
Department, or because the latter demands proof of cargo having
been landed and paid Customs duty when the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. returns to India.
The most I could get the Shaikh to do was to say he"would think
over ♦he matter", which, if he remembers the shaikh of Bahrain
in this respect, means that he’will forget about it as quickly as
possible.
The Head Clerk informed me that the Shaikh has been coached
up in this subject ^ind advised to adopt a nfcn pbssumus attitude
by the Director of Customs Khan sahib Abdul Latif, who, according
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to ,? r. D'Mello has lately been getting too big for hie boots and
giving a considerable amount of trouble. He also informed me
that since the correspondence forwarded with ycur memo, under
reply was written, Capt. McCollum had written another letter to
you suggesting that the Shaikh’s assent to abolish this custom
should be one of the conditions on which the Bunder Shweikhd
lease should be resumed,after cancellation. If the lease Is
cancelled and resumed this would be a good way of settling the
matter if Col. LeachmAn cannot settle it by constantly pressing
the Shaikh. I think it possible that he may be able to do so,
and if you agree I will send a letter requesting him to do so.
There seems to be no reason wny Koweit saould enforce a rule
which does not obtain any where else.
Sd/- o.P.Trevor, Lieut-Col.
Deputy political Hesidont,•Persian iulf

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The file contains correspondence relating to Customs charges and procedures at the Port of Kuwait, Customs co-operation between the Kuwait Customs authorities, the Persian Customs authorities at Bushire and the British Collector of Customs at Basra, and also detailed reports of the negotiations in 1923 between the Ruler of Kuwait and Ibn Saud (the Sultan of Najd) about proposed Najd Customs collection at Kuwait. The majority of the correspondence is between 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. at Kuwait and 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. at Bushire. It includes several letters of complaint received from British companies and commercial agents operating in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , mainly with regard to import and export charges levied on their shipped goods by the Kuwait Customs authorities. The Arabic correspondence in the file consists mainly of an exchange of letters between 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. at Kuwait and the Ruler of Kuwait. There is also a small amount of correspondence in French from the Inspector General of Persian Customs at Bushire to the Secretary 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. at Bushire, in 1927 and 1928.

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1 file (203 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 205; 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. Two irregular additional foliation sequences are present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Condition: a small amount of text is difficult to read because the edge of the paper is torn (folios 105, 145 and 146).

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English, French and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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