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IOR/R/15/1/538
- Record Id:
- 040-000227993
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001ff
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023486893.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/538
- Title:
- File 53/83 VIII (D 153) Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains correspondence regarding alleged smuggling activities from Kuwait into Iraq. The correspondence discusses a number of topics including incursions into Kuwaiti territory made by Iraqi Customs and Police Forces, arms smuggling, the demarcation of the Kuwait-Iraq frontier, the possibility of Kuwait constructing frontier posts and an idea for the creation of a British-led armed force in Kuwait.
Primarily, the file contains internal correspondence between British officials, but it also contains translated copies of correspondence between Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait and the British Political Agent in Kuwait, as well as correspondence between the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the British Embassy in Baghdad.
- 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
040-000227993 - 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/15/1/538 : File 53/83 VIII (D 153) Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0003]/037-000227638[0015]/038-000227925[0068]/040-000227993
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (225 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001ff
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Arabic
English
French - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1939
- End Date:
- 1940
- Date Range:
- 31 Mar 1939-25 Jun 1940
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: A bound correspondence volume.
Foliation: The file's main foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A second foliation sequence is present between ff 3-89A; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
The file contains the following foliation errors: 2, 2A, and 2B; 89, and 89A and the following folio is omitted: 190.
- Former External References:
- A Series: 53/83 VIII
Confidential Series: D 153 - 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)