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'File 4/19 Smuggling of Unlicensed Tea from India by Kuwait' [37r] (73/282)
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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Translation of a petition from the undersigned mer
Kuwait, to H.H. the Kuler of Kuwait, dated 14th Dhil-^a*ada 1356
1 15.1,38)
After compliments,
We, the undersigned pray to Your merciful Highness to
look into this matter with due consideration and justice. Your
Highness has commanded, and your commands are law, that
consignments of tea imported here should he accompanied hy an
official certificate. 7/hat we know and what every merchant knows
is that the regulations followed for the export of goods from one
port to another or, more so, from one country to another and even j
all commercial connections in general have firm rules, between am
Nations and at all parts of the inhabited world, which imply that
when a merchant wishes to export some goods he has to do the
official transactions at the Customs Department and then exports
his goods to where ever he wishes through the Manifest and the
Bill of Lading
A document confirming the goods which a ship has received.
, and by these transactions the goods exported are
considered as having fulfilled the official conditions required,
and on presentation of these documents at destination the posess-
or is considered as the lawful owner’of the goods and he is
allowed to do whatever he likes with it. But, the imposition of
after-thought conditions and the requirement of additional
certificates will be detrimental to the trade and harmful to our
interests while it is, as a whole, against the rules of commerce.
Therefore, we repeat our prayer to Your Highness and
draw your attention to the working of a way for our rescue from
this irregular stae of affairs. Your Highness can enquire if
there is any such state of affairs prevalent in any of the
nieghbouring towns such as Basra or Bahrain.
Je firmly beleive that Your Highness, whose wakefulness
in the interests of his subjects is well known, will give your
great considerations to this matter. May Allah preserve your
life for the country and the people.
Signed by the following: -
1. Yusuf bin Issa. 2. Sayid Ali sayid Sulaiman. 3. Abdul Karim
4. Abdul Kahman Bahar. 5.Mash'an Al-Khudair Abul.
6. Mohd. Zahim. 7. K.A.Al-Hamad & Bros. 8. Bahad Al-Bulaij.
9. Md. H. Shaya. 10. Ahmed Humaidi. 11. Saleh Humaidi
12. A.M. Khurafi. 13. M. S, Al-Ghanim. 14. Abdulla Sayir
15. Ahmed Muhammad Al-Ghanim, lo.intelligeable.
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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).
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- 1 file (139 folios)
- Arrangement
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 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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/204
- Title
- 'File 4/19 Smuggling of Unlicensed Tea from India by Kuwait'
- Pages
- 37r:37v, 39r:40v, 49r:49v
- Author
- Abdul, Abdul Karim
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