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'File 53/11 XIII (D 136) Kuwait Date Gardens' [58r] (127/482)
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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CONFIDENTIAL» POLITIGAL
AGENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
No.C-300. lOJ./AXT.
The 17th October 1956.
From
Captain G.S.de Gaury, M.C. t
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.
, Kuwait; Date
To
The Hon*ble the Political Resiaent
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, Susiii re»
shaikh of Kuwait's Date Ga rdens in Iraq.
a"'*
With reference to your Printed Letter i^o.^/lB3
y
of the 2nd October 1936 forwarding copy of
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.
letter No.P.Z. 6507/36 of 18th September 1936, with
enclosures, I have the honour to say that an opportunity
occurring I touched upon the subject mentioned some days
ago. His Excellency's reactions were as follows;
He was of course most pleased with the idea as
a whole and said that he would, if I recomiended it,
contribute towards the cost of the lawyer. He left it to
the Hon'ble the Resident and myself.
On his enquiring I could of course give him
be
no figures but quoting what I believed to/Mr.Monkton's
fee on a recent visit to India His Excellency was suitably
staggered and said that he could not contribute anything
in the thousands. He would contribute something quite
small say a hundred guineas if the Hon'ble the Resident
wished it without further to do, / | ^
x see that the Hon'ble the Resident has in para
of his note to Mr.Clauson given it as his view that there
is no call for the Shaikh to contribute anything at all.
On the/
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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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