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'File 4/6 II Kuwait-Iraq Frontier' [182r] (363/440)
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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CONFIDENTIAL.
The Rblitieal genoy.
No.It/GCl 17/10 & 4/3).
Kuwait* i/9z)
— S
Dated the 6th October, 1948*
to. Ch® oecretary t»o Hi a -xcellency 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 Oulf, ^hra^n .,
-jubjeot:- Ire.l violation of the Kuwait frontier.
-lr.
Jr have £»iie lionour to enclose copies of a translation
of a report received fron JhoUh ' bduila l ubarak, to whom it
had been transmitted by a Kuwait Oil Company driver. All el
ivhubaisi on the above subject*
3* Ithough the evidence rests on the uncorroborated
statement of one man, there is no reason to disbelieve it, and
the disquieting factor in the whole affair is that this Iraqi
patrol should have penetrated so far south as Metla*. Abdulla
luoaraic, when he came to see me about this incident, suggested
Ghat thi* incursion was a foretaste of further trouble now
the cold weather is setting in, and stressed his opinion that
unless energetic action was taken there loight be a recurrence
of the situation prevailing in the winter of 1946 - 1947* He
pointer out that although the Kuv/alti driver, li el Lhubaizi.
u 'C. Lst,::) unable to obtain the number of the armoured car or
the names of any of the patrol, there is no doubt that the
^leutenant concerned is the officer in charge at Safwan, and
he hoped that the Iraqi Government could be induced to replace
3* Ithough I doubt if a note of protest would have
much effect on the Iraqi Government, I feel this is an add
itional reason for pressing on with the frontier demarcation
so that the ^haikh may be able to build his proposed frontier
gu&ra posts iVide my express letter No* /20 dated the 19th
June, 1948).
I have the honour to be,
-ir,
Your most obedient servant,
3d/- R. McC. Andrew.
MB
lolitio&l gent, Kuwait*
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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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- 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