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IOR/R/15/5/133
- Record Id:
- 040-000242162
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000241998
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000050
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100043163158.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/5/133
- Title:
- File 2/2 VI Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling
- Scope & Content:
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The volume contains correspondence related to Kuwait-Iraq smuggling and Iraqi incursions into Kuwaiti waters. The Shaikh of Kuwait raised his complaints to the Political Agent, Kuwait, about Iraqi customs attacking Kuwaiti nationals, firewood collectors and fishermen and their jolly boats. With his letters the Shaikh enclosed statements by some of those who were attacked, as well as tables of the goods seized by the Iraqi police including cigarettes, fish, and camels.
Other issues raised in the correspondence are the following:
- Investigation of the Iraq-Kuwait frontier incidents.
- Cases that were dealt with and the possible compensation.
- The export taxes on Iraqi cigarettes.
- The Iraqi Government agreeing on building two police posts at Kuwait border, one at Zubair and one at Nadjmi.
The volume includes records of a meeting held in London to consider measures for dealing with smuggling between Iraq and Kuwait. It also includes records of the regulations of the King of Iraq regarding the issue of smuggling which were published in the Official Gazette of Iraq.
The main correspondents in the file are the Political Agency, Kuwait, the Political Residency, Bushire, the British Embassy, Baghdad, the Iraq Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Hakim of Kuwait, and the Mutassarif of Basrah Liwa, Basra.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000241998
037-000242135
038-000242154
040-000242162 - 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/15/5 : Political Agency, Kuwait
IOR/R/15/5/109-319 : Kuwait Agency, Second Series subject files
IOR/R/15/5/126-169 : File 2: Kuwait/Iraq Relations
IOR/R/15/5/133 : File 2/2 VI Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0005]/036-000241998[0002]/037-000242135[0002]/038-000242154[0008]/040-000242162
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (182 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000050
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1937
- End Date:
- 1938
- Date Range:
- 7 Feb 1937-1 Oct 1938
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 182; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers; nor does it include the six leading and ending flyleaves.
An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-182; these numbers are also written in pencil and are circled, but are crossed through.
- Former External References:
- Second Series subject files: file 2/2 VI
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)