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'File 2/2 III Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling.' [82r] (168/538)
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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Extract from Kuwait Intelligence Summary Ho.xl for
the period 1st November to 15th November 934.
120. te) The Shaikh in a recent instructive conversation
with the
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
compared Bin Sand's energetic methods with
those of Iraq in the matter of trying to prevent Kuwait trade
from going into the interior* To use his words as near as
possible j-
»gj n gaud was manly and open enough to himself get on
w ith the job of trying to blockade Kuwait and kee^ her goods
out of I s ejd. he acted iirnily^ sent cars ^ appointed good
men to carry out orders 5 and never asked him, the Shaikh of
Kuwait, to assist in the 11 killing 11 of his town of Kuwait*
in Baud did his best to hurt Kuwait, of course, and he
retaliated and did his best to avoid Bin Baud's blockade
measures. Neither of them complained to each other - both
did their best to defeat the other, and both remained friends.
s .hy could not Iraq act as Bin Baud was doingV She objected
to Kuwait trade going into Iraq via the interior* iell and
goods but instead ox placing posts and establishing strong-
points 0 a the frontier or behind it, with cars patrolling,
etc* liice Bin Baud did, she asked him, the Shaikh, to assist
in killing his town of Kuwait by taking action in Kuwait ana
against his own people. Shen he refused, Iraq ^squealed” to
His tnjesty's bovemment and begged them to assist in ioreing
uwait to do tneir (Iraq's) biaai;ng. He opined in all
seriousness that Iraq's clear ana straighforw rd course was
to impose a land blockade against Kuwait, if she woulu not
agree to place a string of say 3 customs posts combined with
strong , oints along her frontier line, fiiis was what he
would like to see Sin Baud do also, but the latter had not
seen eye to eye with, him on this front so xar* ,<
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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
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:19v, 23r:27v, 32r:38v, 40r:79v, 82r:86v, 89r:201v, 204r:250v, 258r:266v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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