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'File 53/11 XIII (D 136) Kuwait Date Gardens' [103r] (217/482)
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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Land Settlement Law that the government are considering the
introduction of radical changes in it. I have seen some
of the proposals put forward. They seem reasonable and, so
far as I can judge, are not likely to react against the
Shaikhs.
4. One piece of hopeful news gleaned hy Bateman during
a recent visit to Basra was that Abdullah Zuhair, who
claimed portions of the Paddaghlyah garden, has just died.
This means that the cases pending against the Shaikh of
Koweit will have to be brought de novo and the whole cause
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pleaded afresh. Fortunately for us, the claimant's son
lirTlunatic and we shall thus have a breathing space,
during which I shall urge the government to accede to our
Land Settlement proposals without delay. Once they accede,
we can, I think, forget the pending cases, as they will
fall to be dealt with by the Land Settlement Officer (again
please see our note No.34^ to the Ministry of orelgn Affairs
of July 8th, paragraph 9). '
5. Reverting, however, to your despatch No.776, I think
I ought to point out that there are one or two points in
it that show that your information is inexact.
6. In paragraph 3 the phrase in "brackets conveys a
wrong impression. The fact is that the Iraqi Government have
not taken the piece of land in question. T-e only land
the Shaikh has ever lost was the "bit of the Bashiyah which,
as you know, he lost through his own action in rushing into
i ■n minwii u . n i m n wpwiwiijiin mwn
court without telling us. The history of the piece of land
v/hich Ward wanted for a labour camp at Pao is very simple.
Ward went to great trouble two years ago, in looking round
for a site, to make sure that he would not "be treading on
the Shaikh's toes. As an Iraqi employe he could not very
well ask the Shaikh directly or through his agent whether
the land was his. But he made exhaustive enquiries in all
other/
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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.
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- 1 volume (241 folios)
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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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- 'File 53/11 XIII (D 136) Kuwait Date Gardens'
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- 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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