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Coll 30/23 'Persian Gulf. Koweit: Status. Position vis a vis Iraq and Ibn Saud. Boundaries of Koweit' [144r] (288/695)
The record is made up of 1 file (346 folios). It was created in 14 Oct 1921-30 Jan 1948. It was written in English. 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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COPY
(E 7061/127/91)
Ref: P.0, letter
c/o Mrs. : obertson.
84, Ola horehaa Road,
Hove, 4•
E 6631/127/91
dated 30th November 1935
Sussex.
2nd December, 1335
Dear Mr.Malcolm,
Thank you for your letter of 30th November; I am only
too pleased to do v,hat I can to help.
My references to this boundary are in ny heavy baggage in
storage, so what I write below is from memory. I shall be in
town either on the 4th or 5th, and will go to the War Office
to see my original field sheets to confirm this reply, and I
wil; then ’phone you to see if it is convenient to arrange a
meeting.
Koweit-Iraq 3oundary
I believe no mention is made of Hulnibu in any of the
various definition • In the original treaty with the Turks,
Koweit territory was defined as a semi-circle (! mox*e properly
aa part of a circle) with Koweit town aa centre. I think
the boundary as marked on the 1/a map was a debased form of this
circle; hence the curve aa the boundary left the Batin. The
definition as quoted by you says ’Eastwards’ and not ’due East’.
We more or less copied the boundaxy aa shown on the l/m map.
’Mufrash* is arabic for ’ spreading-out’ and is, as you
say, a sort of delta to the Batin.
I see no difficulty in placing the boundary as you suggest,
continuing it down the centre of the Batin and Mu fresh until it
reaches a point just douth of the latitude of Safvvan and then
turning due East. The v:ign-post referred to by Colonel
Dickson is just about 1 mile i outh of Safwan.
duiaibn . # .
A. Malcolm, Esq.,
The Foreign Office,
Whitehall
S. .1
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the delineation of the Iraq-Kuwait frontier. This correspondence is between officials of 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. , Foreign Office, 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. in Bushire, British Embassy in Baghdad, Geographical Section of the War Office and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait.
In addition to correspondence, the file contains the following documents:
- 'British Political Relations with Koweit' Foreign Office Memorandum, 1922 (folios 272-273)
- 'Precis of the Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' 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. Memorandum, 1928 (folios 277-279)
- 'Koweit, 1908-1928' 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. Memorandum, 1928 (folios 280-286)
- A note on Kuwait written by Major James Carmichael More in 1927 (folios 310-315).
The file also contains a number of maps of the region (folios 15, 67-68, 76 and 97).
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (346 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 347; 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.
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- Coll 30/23 'Persian Gulf. Koweit: Status. Position vis a vis Iraq and Ibn Saud. Boundaries of Koweit'
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- front, front-i, 2r:14v, 16r:66v, 69r:75v, 77r:96v, 98r:143r, 144r:177v, 178v, 179v:214v, 216r:222v, 224r:226v, 228r:322v, 323v:347v, back-i, back
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