'File 53/83 III (D 113) Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling'

Title:

'File 53/83 III (D 113) Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling'

Date:

1934/1935

Description:

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).1 volume (235 folios)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.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.

Language:

English
Arabic

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Smuggling
Customs administration

Extent:

1 volume (235 folios)

Rights:

Public Domain
Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001fa_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001fa_en
IOR/R/15/1/533

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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