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'File 2/2 I. Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling' [65r] (134/444)
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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camels going west into the IRAQ southern desert and then when
opposite Q ( assim, breaking up into parties of two and three
and making for Qassim by a swift dash across the intervening
desert. The most common method is for dhows to take cargoes
down the coast to the vicinity of Jinneh Island and Abu Ali
where there are a host of convenient shoals and hiding
places. From there cargoes are landed on the mainland,
where the starving Awazim, Ban! Ehalid, Ajman, and Mutair,
who incidentally all have relatives in Auwait to put them
wise are only too ready to cooperate if they safely can.
/
It may not be out of place to mention that at
the time of writing, the duty fixed by the Sa’udiyeh Governor
ment on Sugar entering Hassa is Hs.il/- on a bag costing
Rs.ll/-, so it is worth risking much to get the stuff in
free.
(a) As regards IRAQ. , who, as I have mentioned aoove
is the third in order of States sinned against: v7hat
contraband does go from Ku*iit across her borders, is run
in the following manner
1 . By small
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
to the entrance of the
Shatt al Arab and to the upper reaches of
Ehor Abdulla.
2 . By camel and donkey across the western
frontier of Kuwait.
Method (1) is managed usually as follows: Small tracers
from the various villages on the IPAQ, the lowor
reaches of the Shatt al Arab, come dorn^by small boat or
"Ballam" containing crews of perhaps 4 o 5 men e ch.
They find things very cheap, as compared with the cost
and trouble of getting the same articles at basrah. The
difference is probably about a quarter of what they would
have to pay in their country. These boats, which come
laden with fruit, vegetables, firewood, etc. for all of
which Kuwait is dependent on XRAU, f * 11 up wlth loads suf
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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.
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- 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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- IOR/R/15/5/128
- Title
- 'File 2/2 I. Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:20v, 24r, 25r:26v, 28r:28v, 30r:30v, 32r:32v, 34r:34v, 36r:36v, 39r:50v, 53r:54v, 60r:71v, 80r, 82r:105v, 107r:107v, 109r, 110r, 111r:119v, 123r:124v, 127r:133v, 138r:139v, 143r:148v, 150r:154v, 157r:158v, 161r:165r, 166r, 167r:173v, 177r:219v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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