Publication Date
1939/1949
Publication Place
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Qatar National Library
Subject
Frontiers | border disputes | more | less
Type
Book
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
218
Physical Dimensions
1 file (218 folios)
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID
81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0000ac_ar | 81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0000ac_en | IOR/R/15/5/185
Record ID
81055%2Fvdc_100000000831.0x0000ac_dlme
Library Location
British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
Date
1939/1949
Notes
This file contains correspondence regarding the demarcation of the Iraq-Kuwait frontier including issues related to a disagreement between the governments of Iraq and Kuwait regarding the location of a specific border marker, smuggling between the two countries and the development of Umm al-Qasr port in Iraq and the potential implications thereof.The primary correspondents in the file are British officials from the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Political Residency, the Political Agency in Kuwait, the Commonwealth Relations Office, the British Embassy in Baghdad and the British Consulate in Basra.The file also contains a letter to the Political Agency in Kuwait from the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (in Arabic with English translation) and a limited amount of correspondence with the Government of Iraq (folios 46 and 110). | 1 file (218 folios) | The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. | Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 220; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-219; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. | more | less
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British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers
