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'File 53/32 V (D 128) Kuwait Miscellaneous' [138r] (295/474)
The record is made up of 1 volume (235 folios). It was created in 29 May 1934-5 May 1937. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the 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. .
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Translation of an article which appeared in the " a L BILAD"
newspaper of Baghdad, No.968, dated the 21st iTebruary, 19S6.
THE QUESTION OF THE iiGCUMULaT^D LiND TiJCES OWING BY THE xJvIiCSR
OF KUWAIT *liV SHAIKH ICHAZaAL.
I.D.25,000 and I.D.30.
^The 'im Nas" newspaper of Basrah has published a
"word in its latest number, in which it said that the
"British Government gave a pledge to both the ioaeers of
"Kuwait and Mohamnerah, in return for their help to her
"during her invasion of Iraq, not to levy any land taxes
"on their properties. This^state of affairs, the said
5)aper goes on, continued to exist up to the end of 1927,
"when the Iraqi Government found out that it was detrimental
"to their income and that they were not bound to execute
"a pledge given by another government. They, therefore,
"at once ordered the two Shaikhs* existing properties in
"Iraq to be registered for levying the usual tax on them.
"The taxes due from the said two Shaikhs for the period
"from 1927 to 19SI, when the ^stihlak Law of Taxation*
"was issued, amounted to I.D.30....11
"This is what has been reported by the "An-Nas"
"newspaper of Basra. 3ome local papers have also quoted
"the news with its defects. As the abovementioned figure
"could not be relied upon, we deputed our local reporter
"to refer to well informed quarters frcm whom he discovered
"that the taxes accumulated against the abovementioned
"two Shaikhs were I.D.25,000 approximately. It is understood
Tiowever, that it is intended to levy only a portion of the
"amount and waive the other portion. No final decision,
"however, has as yet been adopted in this connection.
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- Content
This file contains correspondence related to a number of different topics (all of which concern Kuwait).
The majority of the correspondence in the file discusses anti-Kuwaiti newspaper articles printed in the Iraqi press. A number of examples of these articles are contained in the file including some original cuttings (ff. 112a-112d).
The following topics of particular interest are also discussed in the file:
- The possibility of the Ottoman Bank or the Imperial Bank of Persia establishing a branch in Kuwait (f. 22, 26, 55, 60, 61, 97-99).
- The right of British subjects to trade in Kuwait (ff. 156-159, f. 164, f.168, f.171, f.181, f.187).
- A complaint made by the Government of Iraq concerning an incursion into Iraqi territory by Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ and an armed escort (ff. 201-206).
- The education of Kuwaiti students in Iraq (ff. 122-23, f. 127).
- A proposed hunting trip by Shaikh Aḥmad to Amara in Iraq (ff. 188-189, ff. 192-193, ff. 197-200).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (235 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
An index of the topics discussed in the file is included on folio 1B.
Serial numbers refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file: red for incoming, blue for outgoing correspondence.
- Physical characteristics
Condition: A bound correspondence volume.
Foliation: The file's foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
The file contains the following foliation errors: 1, 1A, 1B and 1C; 112, 112A, 112B, 112C and 112D; 121 and 121A and the following omissions: 65; 179-181
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- IOR/R/15/1/506
- Title
- 'File 53/32 V (D 128) Kuwait Miscellaneous'
- Pages
- 138r
- Author
- Al-Bilad
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- Public Domain