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'File 53/83 VII (D 147) Kuwait Iraq Smuggling'

Title	'File 53/83 VII (D 147) Kuwait Iraq Smuggling'
Author	Iraqi Customs and Police Forces. Primarily
Publication Date:	3 Jan 1938-31 Mar 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject	1
Type	Document
Language	ara,eng
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	253
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	IOR/R/15/1/537
Record ID	vdc_100000000193.0x0001fe
Library Location	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.
Date	3 Jan 1938-31 Mar 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	This file contains correspondence regarding alleged smuggling activities from Kuwait into Iraq. The majority of the correspondence discusses details regarding arms trafficking from Kuwait into Iraq and incursions into Kuwaiti territory made by Iraqi Customs and Police Forces. Primarily, the file contains internal correspondence between British officials. It also contains translated copies of correspondence between Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait and the British Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Kuwait as well as correspondence between the British Embassy in Baghdad and the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The file contains a write-up of a meeting held at the Foreign Office in London in October 1938 that was attended by Taufiq Suwaidi, the Iraqi Minister for Foreign Affairs (ff 125-129). The file also contains a report on arms traffic in the region from December 1938 that was compiled by a Saudi informant (ff 165-169). The report includes a comparative table of the prices of rifles and ammunition in Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait. A large hand-drawn map of the Arabian Peninsula is contained in the file on folio 173.
Erişim Koşulları	Unrestricted
Düzenleme	File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end. An index of topics discussed in the file is contained on folio 1C.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)	A Series: 53/83 VII Confidential Series: D 147
Gruplandırıldığı Yer	‘Arabia’ 2 images Ref: IOR/R/15/1/537, f 173

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'File 53/83 VII (D 147) Kuwait Iraq Smuggling'

Author Iraqi Customs and Police Forces. Primarily

Publication Date 3 Jan 1938-31 Mar 1939 (CE, Gregorian)

Subject 1

Type Document

Language ara,eng

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 253

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID IOR/R/15/1/537

Record ID vdc_100000000193.0x0001fe

Library Location 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.

Date 3 Jan 1938-31 Mar 1939 (CE, Gregorian)

Notes This file contains correspondence regarding alleged smuggling activities from Kuwait into Iraq. The majority of the correspondence discusses details regarding arms trafficking from Kuwait into Iraq and incursions into Kuwaiti territory made by Iraqi Customs and Police Forces. Primarily, the file contains internal correspondence between British officials. It also contains translated copies of correspondence between Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait and the British Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Kuwait as well as correspondence between the British Embassy in Baghdad and the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The file contains a write-up of a meeting held at the Foreign Office in London in October 1938 that was attended by Taufiq Suwaidi, the Iraqi Minister for Foreign Affairs (ff 125-129). The file also contains a report on arms traffic in the region from December 1938 that was compiled by a Saudi informant (ff 165-169). The report includes a comparative table of the prices of rifles and ammunition in Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait. A large hand-drawn map of the Arabian Peninsula is contained in the file on folio 173.

Erişim Koşulları Unrestricted

Düzenleme File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end. An index of topics discussed in the file is contained on folio 1C.

Eski Harici Referans(lar) A Series: 53/83 VII Confidential Series: D 147

Gruplandırıldığı Yer ‘Arabia’ 2 images Ref: IOR/R/15/1/537, f 173