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'File 53/11 XIII (D 136) Kuwait Date Gardens' [54r] (119/482)
The record is made up of 1 volume (241 folios). It was created in 14 Jul 1936-17 Dec 1937. It was written in English. 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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the revenues from the family properties in Iraq, and in
particular any sum v/hich might be allotted to them by His
Majesty's Government as compensation under the 1914 pledge?
The fact that certain of the heirs are apparently seeking to
acquire Iraqi nationality suggests the possibility of the
formation of antagonistic Persian and Iraqi cliques among the
heirs. This might result in discrimination against the
Persian heirs in the Iraqi Courts when the division of the
estates comes up for decision (e.g. the provision of Iraqi
law forbidding foreigners to hold land in Iraq might be
invoked), and I shall be interested to learn whether you
consider that in such an event the Persian Government would
be likely to give diplomatic support to the cause of the
heirs who remained Persian subjects.
9. A copy of this despatch is being sent to His
Majesty's Ambassador at Bagdad under cover of a despatch
(of which I enclose a copy) making complementary enquiries
on the same subject.
I am, with great truth,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
(For the Secretary of State)
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by the rulers of Kuwait and Mohammerah. In particular, the correspondence concerns the Government of Iraq's decision to end the immunity from taxation (on the gardens) that had been granted by the British Government to the former ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ and the Shaikh of Mohammerah, Khaz‘al bin Jābir al-Ka‘bī in return for their military support against the Ottoman Empire in World War 1.
The correspondence discusses in detail a number of cases in the Iraqi courts regarding the gardens (by that time owned by the ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ) and attempts made by British officials in Iraq and Kuwait to mediate between the two sides. In the correspondence, British officials discuss whether or not the British Government should compensate Shaikh Aḥmad for the amount of tax he had been forced to pay by the Government of Iraq and exactly what area of land was covered by the 1914 promise. More broadly, the correspondence is focused on how the disagreement can be settled permanently and whether an agreement incorporating border demarcations and anti-smuggling measures could form a part of any final settlement between Kuwait and Iraq. British officials also discuss whether an Egyptian lawyer should be hired to serve Shaikh Aḥmad and how much the Shaikh would be willing to contribute to the costs of this (ff. 38-43).
The file also contains discussions amongst British officials following the death of Khaz‘al bin Jābir al-Ka‘bī concerning whether or not the British promise made in 1914 was applicable to his descendants as well as the practical logistics of dealing with his numerous heirs. This includes direct correspondence between British officials and the administrator of Khaz'al al- al-Ka‘bī's estate in Iraq, Muhammad Ahmad.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (241 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
- Physical characteristics
Condition: Formerly a bound correspondence volume, most of the file's sheets have been unbound and are now loose.
Foliation: The file's foliation is written in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins with title page, on number 1, and runs through to 229, which is the last folio of writing.
The file contains the following foliation errors: f.1 is followed by f.1A-C; f.47 is followed by f.47A; f.159 is followed by f.159A..
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- IOR/R/15/1/495
- Title
- 'File 53/11 XIII (D 136) Kuwait Date Gardens'
- Pages
- front, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:1v, 1ar:1cv, 2r:47v, 47ar:47av, 48r:159v, 159ar:159av, 160r:229v, ii-r:v-v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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