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'File 2/2 I. Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling' [27r] (58/444)
The record is made up of 1 volume (218 folios). It was created in 26 Feb 1933-2 Feb 1934. 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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‘-»q 0 Q—"i 1
Copy, in translation, of latter Ho* 1804, da tod Hie 26 th
February 1033, from the l utasarrif, Basrah Liwa, to the
Political Kamit*
I have the honour to inform Your bcoollancy that
a ssan, lajji i^llh al Mujalli by naia©, has approached this
Ifoit&mrrtf iyoh with an allegation to the effect that his
three sailing ships were seized by Pulla ^alih, Clerk of
Hi» iixc .lieney the Mm8mr $ while thoy had boon dispatched
by him, the mmtvj' to Kuwait to bring sand*
It ap ears from the applicant's statemnt that
the seisure made by the said Clark, was due, as presumed
by him, to there being a debt mod to him by najji allh,
whidk mm® to its.bbO/-, idiile the latter states that he
had paid this debt to the former, throw#* the fomors agent,
5a'ad, from whom he hold© a receipt of acquittance*
i lease be so good as to make the circumstances
known to Hi© .hccelle ncy tha Amlpr, bo that he my kindly
investigate the question and pass his orders for the release
of 'these ships, letting us know the result*
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- Content
The volume contains correspondence related to Kuwait-Iraq smuggling. British officials discuss the Iraqi Government’s proposal to the Kuwaiti Government for cooperation to help control smuggling between the two countries. They also discuss the conditions under which permission is given to ship goods between the two countries, the fines that are to be imposed on the boats charged with smuggling, and monitoring the territorial waters, Shat al-Arab in particular.
The volume also contains correspondence related to the firing on and seizure of a Kuwaiti jollyboat by a Fao customs launch near Bubiyan Island, and the seizure of three Iraqi ballams (small boats) by the Kuwaiti customs authorities.The volume also contains a confidential report prepared by 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. in Kuwait under the title ‘Kuwait note on the contraband problem of Iraq with her neighbours and in particular how it affects Kuwait’.
The main correspondents in the volume 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 Iraqi Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Mutassarif of Basra Liwa, the Hakim of Kuwait as well as Customs departments in Kuwait and Iraq.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (218 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 inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 220; 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.
Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 4-215; these numbers are also written in pencil, but, where circled, 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/15/5/128
- Title
- 'File 2/2 I. Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling'
- Pages
- 27r:27v, 31r:31v, 35r:35v, 72r:76v, 106r:106v, 108r:108v
- Author
- Mutasarrif of Basra Liwa xx Mutassarif of Basrah Liwa, Basrah
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