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'File 4/19 Smuggling of Unlicensed Tea from India by Kuwait' [8r] (15/282)
The record is made up of 1 file (139 folios). It was created in 13 May 1937-29 Sep 1945. 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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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.
memorandma ^ T o.862/
53/12-*^, dated the 5th lr ay, 1935, and '"freenway # s Express
letter rr o. C-150, dated the 31st ? r ay, 1937,
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2* The memoraTidum merely draws ycur attention to
previous correspond eree from which you will see that if
any complaints are made hy Kuwaitis regarding seizure of
tea hy the ^ndian customs we can do nothing in the matter.
^ith regard to freenvay*s letter the situation,
as understood hy 7ir Trenchard, is as follows:-
The Government of India, in order to protect the Indian
tea trade and l:eep up its price, have put an expert duty
on all tea leaving India. Notwithstanding this tea is,
smuggled out of India without paying this expojVtfu^, and
as far as we are concerned, taken hy sailhl5g boats to
Kuwait, whence it is exported to 'Ixiiq. ^rom the Ambassa
dor Baghdad’s letter * T o. 314/5/^7 of the 20th April, 1937,
to the Government of India forwarded to you under the
latter*s letter "o. t 583-K/36 of 13th Kay, it appears that
the tea is not smuggled frem Kuwait into ’Iraq hut is
imported openly after ’Iraqi customs dues have been paid.
^ne ’Iraqi Government, therefore, suffers no direct loss
ana their intervention is mci\ely prompted by their merchants
f the ’Iraqi
merchants are not our concern arVd the ’Iraqi aspect of the
question does not, therefore, concern us.
who suffer unfair competition.\ The woes ^ v ~ ’ T ~
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Gaptain de Gaury.,
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.
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This file contains correspondence regarding the alleged smuggling of tea into Iraq from India and Ceylon by Kuwaiti traders. Towards the end of the file, more general information concerning the importation of tea from India into Kuwait is also contained, including details of the Kuwaiti merchants involved in this trade.
In addition to correspondence between British officials in the Gulf and India, the file also contains letters that were exchanged between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait and the country's ruler, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (in Arabic with English translations).
The file also contains a copy, in both Arabic original and English translation, of a petition that was sent to Ruler of Kuwait from several Kuwaiti merchants that were active in the tea trade on 15 January 1938 (folios 39-40).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (139 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 141; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/5/204
- Title
- 'File 4/19 Smuggling of Unlicensed Tea from India by Kuwait'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:3v, 5r:6v, 8r:20v, 23r:25v, 27r:30v, 38r:38v, 41r:47v, 50r:50v, 52r:84v, 87r:90v, 93r:109v, 113r:117v, 119r:119v, 121r:121v, 123r:126v, 133r:133v, 137r:140v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence