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'File 2/2 I. Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling' [176r] (356/444)
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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0 . 5 T ti , local Polio, StoHoa. After th,
nounded men, had had our woundu dressed
, aressed, they sent Abdu
ohah by hand to Basra (hie wmine
. ( 1 WOUnd was serious). Then they
took me and the 2 unwounded eeiirv* 4 a.i.
unwounaed sailors with the Chief of the
Police in a launch to a place behind the n
ii-uioe cenind the Dawasir Gardens
' “ 0r “l* Hussain Kff, M1
out to. opo, cr. to. f tola* pMo.. B „,
when the i olice Offioer ■.
asked us, we replied that it was
not the place at all but the*
it t5Ut tlBt true spot was near
Has Bibiyan. After much argument with Hussain Sffendi
and much endeavouring to make him point out the true place
of the shooting, the latter reused to alter his statement.
?e theref0re aU to Fao at 1 O’clock Arabic, night
(6.15 P.M.). on arrival we were at once driven off in a
car to Basra police Headquarters.
; ext day we were taken to the courts, where we
gave report similar to that which we gave at the "Bangalah"
* e remained in court till 6 O’clock Arabic (11.15 A.M.).
We were then taken back to the Police Station and received
an order of release.
Hass an Abdulla.
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STATEMENT.
r ’ Lt.-Colonel,
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,
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Kuwait.
Bated the 28th October 1933.
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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.
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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
- 166v, 175r:176v
- Author
- Hasan bin Abdullah
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