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'File 4/22 II Umm Qasr' [27r] (53/428)
The record is made up of 1 file (212 folios). It was created in 8 Oct 1941-27 Nov 1943. 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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12 .
water which runs eouth and eatt of the junction of Khor
i.ubair with hhor Com *a«r for a distance of eix railee ie
described aa "a prolongation northwards of the abduilah
and Sabiyah hhors" (vide sketch map annexed, serial Mo.
1(A)). i'he term 'Khor babiyeh' used by Lorimer to denote
the starting point of Kuwait's northern boundary (serial Mo.
I) is somewhat vague. Probably the term was used to denote,
not a point, but a line, i.e. the channel of the Khor dubiyeh
south and east of the junction of Khor Zubair with Khor Umm
<< ’ aar * 14 wae ’ Presumably, because the term was not sufficient-
ly precise to denote the starting point of an internstional
boundary that it was replaced, in definitions subsequent to
that of 16th July 1912 (serial ho.II), by the term -the mouth
of the Khor Zubair*, a definition in regard to ^wich there was,
in 1915, no ambiguity whatsoever. The term -mouth of tne
Khor zubair* denoted in 1913, precisely and without sunbiguity,
that point where the inlet forming the prolongation of Khor.
abdullah and Sabiyeh bifurcated into two channels, the Khor
i:»ubair and the Khor UmH) v,&£r.
!«• It sometimes happens, especially in cases afiecting
boundaries, that logical and precise interpretation of the
words of a definition leads to a conclusion which, from a
broader aspect, appeers etrainf.d and unnatural. in this
case, however, careful examination and logical interpretation
or the terms used in 1913 to define Kuwait's northern irontier
suggest, and indeed prove, a boundary line which, so far irom
being iorced or artificial, demonstrably conetitutes the nat
ural U„k between certain well defined points. That boundary
line runs (using the nomenclature employed by Lorimerjfrom the
junction or the thalweg of Khor abdullah with the thalweg of tht
Khor Sabiyeh along the thalweg of TQior-ath-Tha'alab to the
junction of the thalweg of Khor Zubair with the thalweg of the
Khor item, qasri thence in a straight line to a point to the
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the construction of a port in Umm Qasr (also given as Um Qasr) in Iraq for the use of the British military. The correspondence is between officials at the British Embassy in Baghdad, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in 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. in Bushire, 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. and the Foreign Office. In addition to the practical details of the port's construction, its potential political and commercial impact in both Iraq and Kuwait is also discussed.
As well as correspondence, the file contains the following:
- a report entitled 'Location of the Proposed Port at Um Qasr' written by Major Arnold Crawshaw Galloway in August 1941. This report contains a simple hand-drawn map of the relevant area (folios 4-8).
- a note on the Safwan-Umm Qasr section of the Kuwait-Iraq Frontier written by Major Tom Hickinbotham in November 1941. The note contains a small sketch and number of annexes including relevant agreements and related documents. (folios 16-38).
- 'A note on the establishment of a Port at Umm Qasr and its effect in peace time on the trade and prosperity of Kuwait' prepared by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait, December 1941 (folios 44-48).
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- 1 file (212 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 214; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 7-205; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/5/209
- Title
- 'File 4/22 II Umm Qasr'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:213v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence