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'File 4/22 II Umm Qasr' [42r] (83/428)
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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MFP—1048 SAP—(M-2042)—17-12-37—20,000.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
Department.
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Kuwau
NTIAL
eceipt
J 2 Du tefi 2 .^ i
EXPRESS LETTER (AIR MAIL).
This is an ORIGINAL message sent by AIR MAIL which provides a means of communication more
expeditious than the ordinary mail and is cheaper than the telegraph. It is intended to be treated
on receipt, with the same expedition as if it had been telegraphed. To save time and to obviate
Jormalilies it is drafted in the form of a telegram. It is authenticated by the signature of a
responsible officer of the Department.]
No. 143-3.
Bush ire.
12th December 1941* //
To Foreign, New Delhi.
Repeated H.M.Ambassador, Baghdad.
H.M.Secretary of State for India, London.
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.
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Reference ffff- Foreign Office telegram of 20th October Ho.1084
to Baghdad.
1 hare diecovered amongst my papers a map I have had
since the last war entitled *Degree Sheet No.3 N. Turkey in Asia.
Basra.* The scaie is 4 miles to l inch, and the map which is
marked 'Fourth Edition* was published in 1916 under the direction
of Colonel Jir S.G.Burrard, K.C.S.I., R.S., F.R.S., Surveyor-General
of India.
3. From this map it appears that all the country between
Jebel San am and Item ^asr had been surveyed as contours, heights
and other particulars are shown in considerable detail. Incidentally
the Khor Abdulla is shown as extending up to and including the
mouth of the Umm ^asr creek. . ^
I am having a tracing made of the relevant part of the
rv
map but meanwhile you may be able to obtain copies of it from the
records of the Survey of India.
5 * It is perhaps possible that Sir Percy Cox* definition of
the Kuwait-Iraq, frontier mcy have been based on this map or some
subsequent edition of it.
Attested.
Sd. W.R.Hay •
Polit&fe'/^sident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
For Secretary to the Political
Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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S. 44.
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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).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (212 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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