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'File 4/6 II Kuwait-Iraq Frontier' [181r] (361/440)
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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Baghdad*
14th July, 1946.
doar i^purtcxmt, ^ ^ 0
uur lottar ho* 367/4/48 of the 20th
Uarcii, about tha iwuwait-lra<i frontier*
Jelal Baban v Minister of uotu 2 .mnications
and Worke and Acting irlae Mini star» ralaed this
question with the /..abaaaador on the 8th July*
titter outlining the obvious advantages to Iraq,
of a port at Uxra ^asr (advantages which had been
recognised by oueoeaeive British Directors of tl^e ^
jfWt of Basra;, the Acting Arinre Mim^ter went on
to say that Iraq, would be laying claim to the
island of t,a*fca 9 since the approach channel to the
projected new port would pass between \*arba and
Bublyan* he did not mm it clour whether he
realised that, according to the authoritative
definition of the frontier, "wsrba appertains to
Kuwait , nor did he mention any doubts about the
site of Uiss ...oar port itself*
when the . ambassador declined to discuss
the aatter at this stage, the xting trim Minister
Mid that we should soon be getting a note opening
the whole question of the Xraq~KUwalt frontier*
Many of our basic papers on this subject
were burned in 1941, and although the gaps were to
aom extent refilled during the war it is still
difficult far us to feel certain of oar ground* It
would help ue greatly, therefore*^7*0 *B *B* eould
produce a paper on thliS iiubjeot in readiness for
its re-opening*
we are sending copies of this letter to
the political Acaidant in the leroian uulf, the
political AgeDt at i^xwalt, and H*K* Consul Oenoral
at Basra*
fours ever.
Chancery*
das tern. Department,
Foreign office,
hunDun, B*f«i*
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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).
- Extent and format
- 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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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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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- Open Government Licence