Coll 30/77 'Koweit: Persian interference with Koweiti dhows.' [12r] (23/361)
The record is made up of 1 file (179 folios). It was created in 2 Feb 1934-28 Feb 1948. 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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16th March 19S57*
Sir,
With reference to my deapatch o.lol of March
14th, I have the honour to report that I called on the Ministry
of Foreign Affaire to-day and handed to him the note respecting
tjne arrest of the Koweiti
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
”Furat”,a copy of which was
enclosed in ay despatch above referred to.
2 # After describing the incident to His Excellency,
I pointed out that the action of the Iranian vessel appeared
unjustifiable; I thought it well to add,as the Iranian
authorities are no doubt aware of the fact,that it might well
be that the dhow’s cargo was intended for smuggling purposes
and that I had in fact heard that it had been hoped to
smuggle the cargo into India. But even if this were so it
provided no justification for the behaviour of the Iranian
vessel. I added that these incidonts,if continued,(mist
inevitably lead to some really serious incident and loss of
life,and that it was really important that proper instructions
to prevent them should be given.
2. Bather to my surprise Monsieur Saoiy did not con
test the right of His Majesty’s Legation to make representa
tions on behalf of the Arab rulers. He may however have been
ignorant that this was the usual gambit for an Iranian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and may well raise the point in his
written reply. He undertook to look into the matter at once
and did not attempt,for the moment,any defence of the action
of the Iranian vessel.
4. I sm sending copies of this despatch to the Foreign
Secretary to the government of India ho.51,to the Honourable
DM
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The file concerns reports of interference with Kuwaiti dhows by Iranian (also referred to as Persian) customs and naval authorities. The papers contain witness statements, letters of protest by the Shaikh of Koweit [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, Ruler of Kuwait], reports, discussion of the incidents by British officials, and representations by HM Minister at Tehran (later HM Ambassador, Tehran) to the Government of Iran.
The papers concern four main incidents:
- The arrest of the nakhoda of a Kuwaiti dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. at Kharaj (also referred to as Kharg) Island [Jazīreh-ye Khārk], February 1934 - March 1937 (folios 160-178).
- The firing on a Kuwaiti dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. by an Iranian launch, near Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh], June 1936 - March 1937 (folios 132-158).
- The seizure of a Kuwaiti dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. by Iranian customs authorities at Qusbeh [Qoşbeh-ye Manī‘āt], February - April 1937 (folios 64-130).
- The seizure near Lingah of a Kuwaiti dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. (the Furat) outside Iranian territorial waters, by an Iranian naval sloop, thought to be HIMS Babr , February - May 1937 (folios 5-62).
Folios 72-110 consist of later correspondence, dated April 1947 - February 1948, also on the subject of interference by Iranian naval vessels with Kuwaiti dhows, which has been misfiled. A note on folio 3 states that the file 'seems to have got out of order'.
The file also contains significant correspondence from the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; 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; and the British Consul, Kerman.
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 (179 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 180; 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 30/77 'Koweit: Persian interference with Koweiti dhows.'
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- front, front-i, 2r:84v, 85v:127v, 128v:129v, 130v:155v, 159r:174v, 175v, 176v, 177v:180r, 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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