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'File 4/6 I Kuwait-Iraq Frontier' [190r] (389/751)
The record is made up of 1 file (371 folios). It was created in 30 Jan 1931-7 Oct 1939. 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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ENCLO UR£ IM FOREIGN OFFICE
ObVERiNO LETTER DATED 2 ?5 JAN 1936
No.43.
7061/127/91)
P . z.
57 8
S’cmst®! OFT'ICS, S.T.l.
SSnfi January, 1936.
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da^tcfc To. 873 ( 877/9/36) of the 30th Oetobar, regarding
the alignment of the frontier between Iraq and Kowelt, I
have to inform Tour ^oollenoy ttet the matter has now been
considered by the interested departments of His Majeety’*
dovernitient • with enecaal referenae to the results of the
survey recently oarried out or that frontier by oerionnel
•of Hie-aaieety ’a -Poroee; a cany af a sketeb map showing
the relevant parts of the uncompleted 1/600,000 sap based
■sm that buzh^ is -esaoXot^d i*or your inforxaBtioiie
2,. as you ere awe re definition of ths K owe It-Iraq
frontier reads as foXIoro$*
Prois the intersection of* the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
ai Aud^a with.
Batin and the roe northwards along the Batin to
point Juat eoutt. of the .latitude of S&fwaH; thence
^eastwards passing south of Safwan well© s . Jehel Saxim
,r ®^ hcsr 5 leaving them to Iraq aiid so on to the
” Junction of the Khor &«ibeir with the Khor Aodaliah w *
iVe you pointed mt in T^eragranh of your closestch under
Tefer&noe* the frontier as defined above was intended to be
identical with the frontier defined in the Ar^lo-Turklsh
Convention of the 29th Jily p 19X15# and shows as a green line
on
. ^oelleacy
Sir Arohihald Clark Kerr^
L*j # p 0 tC a 9 © t ( 5 * p
Bf^dad *
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- Content
This file contains correspondence regarding the delineation of the borders between Kuwait and its neighbours, Iraq and Saudi Arabia (occasionally referred to as Nejd in the file).
The primary correspondents in the file are officials from the British High Commission in Iraq, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait, the British Embassy in Baghdad and various British officials based in India. The file also contains correspondence from the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah and officials of the Government of Iraq, most of this is in Arabic (with English translations).
In addition to correspondence, the file contains the following:
- History of Kuwaiti-British Relations 1775-1929, extracted from Aitchinson's Treaties, Engagements and Sanads, Vol. XI, 5th Edition (folios 78-83).
- Copy of the Kuwait-Najd Boundary Convention of 1922 (folios 84-85).
- Tracing of chart made by HMS Sphinx, July 1903 that shows Bubayan Island and the border between Iraq and Kuwait (folio 97).
- Statement of the Wells and Territories of Ahl Murra (folio 149).
- Rough Sketch Map Showing Approximate Area of Morrah Tribal Area from Baduin [Bedouin] Sources (folio 158).
- Map showing the Iraq-Kuwait border around Jabal Sanam (folio 187).
- Copy of 'Iraq Government Gazette, 15 May 1938 (folios 292-294).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (371 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 (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 369; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-366; 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/15/5/184
- Title
- 'File 4/6 I Kuwait-Iraq Frontier'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:8v, 12r:34v, 36r:43v, 46r:52v, 54r:55v, 57r:61v, 64r:67v, 69r:96v, 98r:134v, 136r:136v, 138r:156v, 157ar, 157r:157v, 159r:186v, 188r:300v, 302r:328v, 333r:369v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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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