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'File 4/6 II Kuwait-Iraq Frontier' [166r] (331/440)
The record is made up of 1 file (218 folios). It was created in 21 Nov 1939-7 Nov 1949. 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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N.O. No. C/253
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The Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
Dated the 2cth March, 1948.
Please ref'er to the correspondence restirr: with your
printed letter No.355-S dated the 9th February, 1948.
2. I have had occasion recently to discuss with the Shaikh
the question of maintaining security in the northern part of his
territory, and he is now patrolling the area with 4 armed cars and is
taking exceedingly effective steps to stop smuggling to Iraq. In fact
my information is that this traffic has been brought to a complete
standstill.
3. This is satisfactory; but the Shaikh is nervous that his
armed cars, although they do not go north of the Raudhatain, which is
indubitably some miles within' Kuwait territory, will meet Iraqi
police cars which are said to enter Kuwait for illicit purposes with
out the knowledge of the senior police officers. Should a meeting
take place he is afraid that the Iraqis would open fire and the
Kuwaities have to reply.
well
4. The Shaikh is perfectly/aware of the desirability of
avoiding any such incident but, while emphasising this, I have told
him that I cannot advise him to relinquish control of what is
undoubtedly part of his territory for fear of a clash with marauding
Iraqis. I feel, that, since this patrolling is on a larger scale
than that practiced previously, it might be as well to inform the
Iraqi Government that it is being carried out and to ask them to
ensure that their police co-operate, as it is in their interests of
Iraq* that smuggling should cease, it would be desirable for the
Iraqis to agree to Kuwait cars going right up to Safwan for purposes
of liaison with their own police.
5. It appears that the Shaikh is keen that the frontier
should be demarcated and that he would then be prepared to build
The Hon’ble
Lt-Colonel Sir Rupert Hay, K.C.I.E., G.S.I.,
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.
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This file contains correspondence regarding the demarcation of the Iraq-Kuwait frontier including issues related to a disagreement between the governments of Iraq and Kuwait regarding the location of a specific border marker, smuggling between the two countries and the development of Umm al-Qasr port in Iraq and the potential implications thereof.
The primary correspondents in the file are British officials from the Foreign Office, the 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. , the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait, the Commonwealth Relations Office, the British Embassy in Baghdad and the British Consulate in Basra.
The file also contains a letter to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait from the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (in Arabic with English translation) and a limited amount of correspondence with the Government of Iraq (folios 46 and 110).
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- 1 file (218 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 220; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-219; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/5/185
- Title
- 'File 4/6 II Kuwait-Iraq Frontier'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:36v, 38r:45v, 47r:109v, 111r:219v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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