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'File 2/2 III Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling.' [202r] (408/538)
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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Confidential.
No .C/421.
Ministry for Foreign Affairs,
Bagdad, 28th February 1935.
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs present their compliments
to His Britannic Majesty's Embassy, Bagdad, and, with refer
ence to the Embassy's note No.84 dated 22nd February 1935,
have the honour to give below the result of the enquiries
made into the incident in question.
1. Enquiries made from the Assistant Preventive Officer,
Customs and Excise Office, Fao, and the individuals who
accompanied him, reveal that the motor launch which carried
them did not ''cross" (? enter) the territorial waters of
Kuwait while proceeding to Khor 'Abdullah on 4th November
1934, that they did not land on the Island of Warba, and that
their cruise was confined within the 'Iraqi section of that
zone •
2. At 9 a.m. on the day of the incident the above mentionec
'Iraqi officials saw a boat enter the 'Iraqi waters in the
zone in question, whereupon they fired a few shots in the
air with the object of ascertaining whether the men in the
boat had any arms with them. Having satisfied themselves
that the boatmen had no arms with them, as the latter
threw themselves overboard into the water and tied away into
the desert in 'Iraq, without offering any resistance, the
'Iraqi officials drew close to the boat, which they searched
and found to tontain smuggled goods. On their return, the
'Iradji officials came across a boat, belonging to one oa»im,
a nakhuda, which, it occurred to them, was also engaged in
smuggling, and they therefore in accordance with their
practice fired a few shots in the air with the object of
ascertaining /
His Britannic Majesty’s Embassy,
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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.
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- 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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- IOR/R/15/5/130
- Title
- 'File 2/2 III Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling.'
- Pages
- 87r:88v, 202r:203v
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- Government of Iraq
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