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'File 2/2 III Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling.' [20r] (44/538)
The record is made up of 1 volume (265 folios). It was created in 18 Sep 1934-8 Jun 1935. 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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Translation of a letter No*B~4/l805 > dated the 29th
Bajab 1353, corresponding to the 6th Hot ember 1934, from
His Sxoellenoy the Ruler of Kuwait, to 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.
,
Kuwait«
After Compliments,
I have the honour to Inform you that at this time
of the year ,Autumn, and with the approaching hawking season
snarers/of falcons make a practice of going out into the
country to catch young hawks. Some of these actually the
servants of my brothers (actually cousins) Shaikhs All al
Khalifa and Salim al Hamud, were camped and had set their
traps on farba island (appertaining to Kuwait), On the 22nd
Rajab 1353 (31,10.34) a small boat whose nakhuda was one Jasjir
bin Khalil, proceeded from Kuwait to Varda Island with the
following provisions for the said trappers, viz half a bag
of Rice, a basket of dates, and some drinking water. As
the boat, after having discharged these provisions, was
anchored close in shore opposite the trappers* hut, a Fao
Customs launch appeared and started firing at them from a
distance of about half a mile. Six shots were discharged in
all, while the launch gradually came near to them. The
crew of the boat and the trappers, meanwhile, were standing
up conspicuously, the latter with their hawks on their
wrists, to show that they were trappers. Coming within
earshot the people in the launch shouted to the men in the
boat and the trappers to stand quite still and not move.
They all complied. Then the launch drew quite close in, and
a man from it asked the men In the boat to send him their
canoe (houri), to enable him to come to their boat. Two
of them went in the canoe to fetch him. He detained them
alongside in their canoe, and in his launch came alongside
the boat, which, he inspected. Having satisfied himself
that they were servants of ours and only trappers, he
left them and proceeded on his way.
In drawing/
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- Content
The volume contains correspondence related to Kuwait-Iraq smuggling. The correspondence discusses the following:
- Operation of Iraq Customs launch in Kuwait territorial waters.
- The shooting of two Kuwait tribesmen in Kuwait territory by Iraq Preventive Police.
- Proposing a conference to be held between Iraq and Kuwait.
- The suggestion to establish joint Iraqi-Kuwait preventive service to operate on land and sea.
- The suggestion to appoint a British Customs Director at Kuwait.
The British Embassy, Baghdad communicated with the Iraqi Ministry for Foreign Affairs regarding the Shaikh of Kuwait’s complaints against Iraqi customs. The correspondence also has references to complaints and incidents which are discussed in the previous volume in this series– IOR/R/15/5/129 'File 2/2 II Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling'.
The volume also includes reports on the number of cases of smuggling within 1934 and 1935, the smuggled goods including sugar, coffee, tea, tobacco and the values of these items. It also includes records of meetings held at the Foreign Office, London, to discuss the question of smuggling, and it includes notes on Syed Hamid Beg al-Naqib, Deputy for Basra in the Iraqi Parliament, and his visit to Kuwait in April 1935.
Among the 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 Shaikh of Kuwait, the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, New Delhi, the Secretary of State for India, London, and the Foreign Office, London.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (265 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 267; 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 149-262; 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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/130
- Title
- 'File 2/2 III Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling.'
- Pages
- 20r:22v, 39r:39v, 251r:257v
- Author
- Āl Ṣabāḥ, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir xx Al Sabah, Shaikh Ahmed al-Jaber
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- Public Domain