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File 18/2 'Koweit Customs' [‎69r] (137/410)

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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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COBFIDENTIAL
NO. $35 Of 1921.
British 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. and Consulate-General,
Bushire, 25th May 1921*
To
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. ,
Kuwait*
Memorandum*
Please refer to correspondence ending with your memo
No* 68-C dated the 20th April 1921*
The following information has been given me by Monsieur
Delcorde, Provincial Director of Customs, Eushire*
At the end of last March one of the Persian Company’s
steamers landed at Kuwait some 7,000 cases of tea. As this
quantity of tea was sufficient to have kept Kuwait provided
for a number of years it seems clear that the tea was not
intended for local consumption but in all probability intend
ed, as Monsieur Delcorde suggests, to be smuggled from
Kuwait to Behbehan via the small ports between Pao and
Dilum*
Again on the 17th of this month the same Company’s
steamer the "Kuwait" arrived at Bushire* It appears that
she sailed straight from Bahrain to Kuwait without touching
at Bushire as is usually done* From Kuwait she returned
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to Bushire and from Eushire she left for Basrah* Monsieur
Delcorde’s explanation of this somewhat strange proceeding
is that the"Kuwait’s" object in not touching at Bushire on
the journey between Bahrain and Bushire was to avoid having
to show her manifests for Kuwait and that she too like the
previous steamer was carrying large consignment for Kuwait
obviously in excess of local regimenonto and therefore in
tended for smuggling. The Dxplanation seems a probable one*
In fact as a result of inquiries made during his recent
visit to Dilum Monsieur Delcorde has ascertained that a
very considerable amount of smuggling is going on in and
there
around Dilum and/is reason to believe that Kerbelai Ali
Kazerooni of Kuwait is in alliance with Hussain Khan

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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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