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Coll 30/76 'Koweit: Abduction to Koweit of two Persian customs guards, by the crew of a Persian dhow.' [14r] (27/30)
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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Translation of a statement made by Nakhuda Ahmad Bin Hussain
on the 5th Dhil Qa’dah 1352, equivalent to the 19th February,
1934.
I, Nakhuda Ahmad Bin Hussain, left Kuwait
for Fao on the 16th Shauwal 1352 (1.2.34) with a cargo of
23 bags of sugar as per manifest No. 697.
During the Voyage we met a very strong wind,
and were compelled to make for Dilam waters of Persia. God
destined that our Balam should go aground, when the Director
of Customs at Dilam, with two policemen came upon us,
arrested us and started threatening us. Some of our crew
escaped, and only three of us remained. The Director then
confiscated some of our cargo, and left with us two men as
guards.
We, knowing that we should be beaten and
suffer imprisonment, acted as anybody in our position would
to
act; we took'flight, and when our Balam floated on the high
tide, we sailed with the two policemen on board. We have
now come to Kuwait. We have not shown any harsh treatment
to the said policemen.
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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)
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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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- Coll 30/76 'Koweit: Abduction to Koweit of two Persian customs guards, by the crew of a Persian dhow.'
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- 14r
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- Unknown translator
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