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'File 2/5 I SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.' [9r] (22/320)
The record is made up of 1 file (156 folios). It was created in 10 Sep 1930-22 Dec 1932. 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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Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Kunrait.
Dated the 16th September 1930.
From
To
Lieutenant-Colonel ILK.P.Dickson, C.I.E.,
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.
The Secretary to
His Excellency the High Commissioner for f Iraq,
Baghdad.'
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Sir, ' r
With reference to your memorandum No.8793 dated the
4th September 1930, forwarding certain documents from the ’Xrai
Ministry of Justice Baghdad, which you requested me to serve oi
His Excellency the Ruler of KUV/AIT.
2. I have the honour to inform you that while I did no1
consider it quite "En regie” to serve the said documents,
according to ordinary procedure, such as asking the Shaikh to
accept the Summons and sign the receipt, I neverthless sent
him the documents in question for perusal and any remarks he
oared to make.
His Excellency the Shaikh has now sent me his offic-
ial reply dated the 19th Rabl’ II, 1349 (13th September 1930)
translation of which I forward you for the information of ’Irao
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Minister of Justice, and has turned the documents, which are
also enclosed (unsigned).
4t# His Excellency followed up his letter by calling on
me the next day to explain certain aspects of the case.
5 * He i&at the property had been purchased
during the lifetime of Shaikh Mubarak 22 years ago (1909) and
had come down through two rulers, i.e. Shaikh Jabir al- Subah
and Shaikh Salim al-Subah to himself, and that throughout the
whole of this period no claim had ever been put forward to
any portion of the estate in question, either by the lady
Hafiyaa, her mother the lady Sfcafiya, or anyone else.
n ^ s Excellency next showed me a copy of the original
deeds of sale of the property in question, on one of which
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The file contains correspondence related to a court suit raised in Basra Court by Rafiyaa bint Ali al-Zuhair and other members of al-Zuhair family complaining against the Ruler of Kuwait. The suit in question concerns a portion of the Shaikh’s Faddaghiya estate on Shatt al-Arab, and the Bashiya land to which members of al-Zuhair family lay claim to. The Secretariat of the High Commissioner for Iraq passes the case to the 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, upon the request of the Iraq Ministry of Justice. In turn, the 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. passes the case to the Shaikh of Kuwait and to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Bushire.
The correspondence includes a report (ff 26-50) with full details related to the Shaikh’s Faddaghiya estate in Iraq, accompanied by two attachments. The first attachment includes communications with Abdul Aziz al-Salim Al-Badr, the Shaikh’s agent in Basra who provided the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. with details of the way by which Faddaghiya estate had been bought by Shaikh Mubarak in 1908. The second attachment includes the correspondence with Mirza Muhammad, agent in Iraq to Shaikh Khaz'al, recommending two lawyers, Messrs Jacob Gabriel and Arteen, to help the Shaikh with the case. The 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, also sent two short histories of the Bashiya and Faddaghiya estates (ff 88-96) to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Bushire. According to the reports, the Faddaghiya estate was owned by Aisha, wife of Ahmad Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Al-Zuhair. Ahmad Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. sold the estate to Shaikh Mubarak of Kuwait although he did not hold a Power of Attorney from his wife at the time of the sale.
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- 1 file (156 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 158; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 6-153; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Title
- 'File 2/5 I SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:7r, 9r:12v, 15r:20r, 22r:23v, 26r:35v, 47r, 48r, 49r:50r, 51r:52v, 57r:99v, 101r:101v, 103r:149v, 151r:157v, back-i
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