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Coll 30/76 'Koweit: Abduction to Koweit of two Persian customs guards, by the crew of a Persian dhow.' [12r] (23/30)
The record is made up of 1 file (13 folios). It was created in 19 Feb 1934-26 Apr 1934. It was written in English. 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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Copy of letter No. C-60 dated the 20th February 1934 frorn^
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, to His Majesty’s Vice-Consul,
Mohammerah.
I have the honour to forward this by the hands of
two Persian Customs guards who have arrived in Kuwait under the
following circumstances.
A small Persian
Dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
crew 5 men, Nakhuda, Ahmed Bin
Hussain, cleared from Fao some 20 days ago with a small cargo of
rice. The boat proceeded to Bander Dilam instead of going to
Fao. There according to the Hakhuda, the
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
was aground, and
was boarded by the local Mudir of Customs who seized it and put
the two policemen on board to guard the cargo (judged to be
contraband).
3. When the tide came in and the
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
floated the Nakhuda
fearing he said, for his life and cargo, quietly slipped his cable
and set sail for Kuwait, bringing the Persian guards along with
him as prisoners.
4. On arrival the Nakhuda reported the matter to the
Customs Director who at once released the men and sent them to
His Excellency the Sheikh.
5. His Excellency was upset at the incident and ordered the
two Persian guards to be well treated, and given presents, and
■3- 5,
returned by the steamer sailing for your port today (&.&.Baroda)<>
6 . His Excellency personally came and asked for this
letter to you, saying that he had imprisoned the Nakhuda and had
passed sentence of banishment of him and his boat from Kuwait for
all time , that is to say, it would not be allowed to come and
trade with Kuwait again, on peril of its being seized and
confiscated. His Excellency said that he would have liked to
send the Nakhuda a prisoner to Mohammerah also, but Arab ’’custom”
(pUxi^A.
would not allow of this being -sorrg' especially as the man had
made ’’Dakhala” to him on arrival.
7. The policemen have had their arms returned to them
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The file concerns the abduction from Dilam [Bandar-e Deylam] in Persia to Koweit [Kuwait] of two Persian customs guards by the crew of a Persian dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. . The nakhoda of the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. feared punishment after his cargo was judged to be contraband by the Persian authorities, and so fled to Kuwait, with the customs guards on board and under arrest. When in Kuwait, the Shaikh of Kuwait [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] banished the nakhoda and his boat from Kuwait in perpetuity.
The papers include a statement made by the nakhoda of the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. (folio 14) and correspondence from various British officials, including the Foreign Office, as to what attitude the British should adopt, should a complaint be made about the incident by the Persian Government.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (13 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 15; 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.
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- Title
- Coll 30/76 'Koweit: Abduction to Koweit of two Persian customs guards, by the crew of a Persian dhow.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:13v, 14v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence