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'File 4/22 II Umm Qasr' [57r] (113/428)
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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53/87
Telegram "S*
1'rom
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.
, London.
To
folitioal Keoident, 5uehire
l>ated iJOth received £2
HO. 16456
following repeats telegram lo68 from Bagdad to
foreign uffioe 16th i/eoeiober begins.
Please pass to tiovernraent of xndia 5ii? Political
leeioent 36 Kuwait Jii repeated saving to General officer
Commanding and tfenioj ioer, Persian uulf.
four telegram 1084.
Purvey party cannot oe spared to undertake this
work before .March 194ii. Meanwhile however it should be
possible to utilise map recently prepared by itailway
Purvey Company once tho location Igr.muUi.) of *point
little to south of oaiwan at which the post aue notice
board marking it had stood until March 1951** has been
determined. I am accordingly instructing Major l^ovron
Assistant Political Adviser Basra to establish this point
as accurately as possible on the spot.
1 realise that this is not ideal solution as
actual position of tki asr rany lead to controversy at some
later date. it is no use nowever to expect any general
agreement to be reachoc on tl*e delimitation of this area
without intern!liable delay and for this reason i consider
it in vieairable lor us to go ahead on basis of our own
idea of frontier. Jbinds.
KUTaXaUDUK
U
42/12.
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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