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IOR/R/15/1/533
- Record Id:
- 040-000227988
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001fa
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023552874.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/533
- Title:
- File 53/83 III (D 113) Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains correspondence regarding alleged smuggling activities from Kuwait into Iraq.
Primarily, the file contains internal correspondence between British officials discussing efforts to resolve the issue. It also contains correspondence between British officials and their Iraqi counterparts as well as correspondence between Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait and Trenchard Craven William Fowle, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
The broader political implications of the tensions between Iraq and Kuwait are discussed in the file alongside details regarding Britain's mediation between the two sides.
The file contains a write-up of a meeting held at the Foreign Office in March 1935 to discuss the issue of smuggling that was attended by representatives of the Foreign Office and the India Office and by Archibald Clark Kerr, the Ambassador Designate at Baghdad (ff. 112-118).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000227427
037-000227638
038-000227925
040-000227988 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1 : Political Residency, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/199-703 : Political Residency, Bushire: subject files
IOR/R/15/1/471-549 : File 53: Kuwait
IOR/R/15/1/533 : File 53/83 III (D 113) Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0003]/037-000227638[0015]/038-000227925[0063]/040-000227988
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (235 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001fa
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1934
- End Date:
- 1935
- Date Range:
- 1 Dec 1934-29 Jun 1935
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: A bound correspondence volume.
Foliation: The file has an incomplete foliation sequence and a complete foliation sequence. The complete foliation sequence, which should be used for referencing, begins on the first folio after the front cover, on number 1A, and ends on the last folio of writing, on number 223. The file contains the following foliation errors: f 1 is followed by ff 1A-D; f 108 is followed by ff 108A-B; f.110 is followed by f 110A; f 157 is followed by f 157A.
- Former External References:
- A Series: 53/83 III
Confidential Series: D 113 - Arrangement:
-
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
Serial numbers in red crayon refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)