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'File 2/2 VI Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling' [140r] (292/386)
The record is made up of 1 volume (182 folios). It was created in 7 Feb 1937-1 Oct 1938. 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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aau-hf fldllns, are being ' upeee five yer ton.
Therefore to coovey a ton frora Lowoit to jiaora would cost
botw&QA ;iupass iOf** and Mupass dO/**, which incidentally
in. the latter case is as much as is charged for
trail porting it from London to Lowe it. here® a tie nesra
fort dues on merchandise sanded at ^asra is about nupess
four per ton and landing charges are ten a Ho
or twenty fils per case*
moreover, I an informed by the *vge»t of Cirav
“‘acKenzie and Company and the British India ntaec
Navigation Company and the Ltrick Line steamers, that
the cost of transporting a ton from. Karachi, v,x. . Basra
or o.I.'/* .low©it is exactly the same for cither place.
4 r an therefore forced to the conclusion that
merchants are unlikely to see advantas« in tlie 8U «® eBt ® d
divergence of goods for Iraq via i-oweit. had
there been any auvantage, 1 have no doubt that it
would have already discovered, and merebanta. Iraqi and
i.owoiti been leiiti.aately -•-orting their goods that J
vt&y , be-for & now •
I have thought that it night be as well to
m . cha impoesibiUty of legitimate trading of i ported
goods from i'owelt to Iraq quite deer, as it seone. fro,,
var -oub remarks 1 hear, that the idea is gaining ground
that vowelt could trade legitimately, but will not.
Nothing could be nora oat ue than that legitimate trade
of 1: ported goods from noweit to Basra is possible, or
that £owe!tie prefer soiling to Iraqis jugglers
legitimate trade. On the contrary 1 am cons'antly being
assed by His Highness the ruler and the merchants of
oweit what news i have for them about the end of the
, aui31 Blockade, to which all, without exception look
for ward#
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- Content
The volume contains correspondence related to Kuwait-Iraq smuggling and Iraqi incursions into Kuwaiti waters. The Shaikh of Kuwait raised his complaints to 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, about Iraqi customs attacking Kuwaiti nationals, firewood collectors and fishermen and their jolly boats. With his letters the Shaikh enclosed statements by some of those who were attacked, as well as tables of the goods seized by the Iraqi police including cigarettes, fish, and camels.
Other issues raised in the correspondence are the following:
- Investigation of the Iraq-Kuwait frontier incidents.
- Cases that were dealt with and the possible compensation.
- The export taxes on Iraqi cigarettes.
- The Iraqi Government agreeing on building two police posts at Kuwait border, one at Zubair and one at Nadjmi.
The volume includes records of a meeting held in London to consider measures for dealing with smuggling between Iraq and Kuwait. It also includes records of the regulations of the King of Iraq regarding the issue of smuggling which were published in the Official Gazette of Iraq .
The main correspondents in the file are the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Kuwait, 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. , Bushire, the British Embassy, Baghdad, the Iraq Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Hakim of Kuwait, and the Mutassarif of Basrah Liwa, Basra.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (182 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 182; 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.
The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers; nor does it include the six leading and ending flyleaves.
An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-182; these numbers are also written in pencil and are circled, but are crossed through.
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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/15/5/133
- Title
- 'File 2/2 VI Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head , tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:5v, 13r:32v, 36r:36v, 39r:43v, 46r:46v, 48r:49r, 53r:54v, 60r:76v, 78r:86r, 88r:99v, 102r:103v, 105r:133v, 135ar:135av, 136r:146v, 150r:166v, 169r:169v, 172r:182v, iii-r:vi-v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence