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'File 4/17 Kuwaiti Smugglers and Indian Customs' [11r] (21/454)
The record is made up of 1 file (223 folios). It was created in 16 Apr 1937-25 Mar 1948. 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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Did you get any order from him for these goods ?
A. No. I sent it on my own account.
Q. fhat does he do with these goods ?
A. They are sold to Persian merchants who go there to buy in
small lots and smuggle them into Persia as there are
restrictions for the import of silk piece-goods into Persia.
Does the merchant, after selling the goods, sendthe money
to you ?
A. He sends it to my father at Kuwait and renders an account
for it.
Q. What is your father’s name .
His name is Shahin (s/o Mahomed) Alganim, Merchant, Kuwait.
Q. How does your father send the money ?
A. He sends it through passengers coming to Karachi in Govern
ment of India currency notes.
Q. Do you give Dubai merchant any commission ?
One per cent.
q. How many pieces were contained in the 33 cases ?
A. I think there were 1,260.
q. Where did you purchase them ?
A. 1,010 were imported direct from Bombay by me and 250
purchased locally from Messrs. Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Ltd.
q. The goods came in February and were shipped in March. Gan
you say where they were lying during this period ?
A. I do not know anything about customs formalities. My
muccadam knovs. I presume they were bonded.
q. What instructions did you give to the muccalam ?
A. I gave him the delivery order and left it to him to bond
and ship tae goods as he thought would be best to my
advantage. I could exactly tell him when the goods were to
be shipped to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
as we have to wait for a craft
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This file contains correspondence regarding the alleged smuggling of silk into India by a number of Kuwaiti traders.
In addition to correspondence between British officials in the Gulf and India (mainly in Karachi), 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) as well as correspondence with a number of the traders that were accused of smuggling.
The file also contains the following:
- Four Certificates of Identity that were issued by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait to the Kuwaiti traders involved (folios 32-33, 43 and 175).
- An English translation of an article that appeared in the Iraqi newspaper, al-Nas on 10 September 1937 concerning the removal of visas from a number of Kuwaiti subjects (folios 63-64).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (223 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 225; 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. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 1-225, and ff 2-208; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/202
- Title
- 'File 4/17 Kuwaiti Smugglers and Indian Customs'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:30v, 32v, 33v:42v, 43v:45v, 47r:49v, 51r:54v, 56r:61v, 65r:94v, 97r:107v, 111r:113v, 115r:126v, 128r:146v, 148r:148v, 150r:160v, 162r:172v, 174r:174v, 175v, 177r:183v, 186r:190v, 195r:200v, 203r:206v, 208r:213v, 215r:218v, 219v:226v, 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