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'File 2/5 I SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.' [22r] (48/320)
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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Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
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L'ated the 9th October, 1930•
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Ueutenart-Colonal n.JuP.Dickson,
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*
To
The Secretary to:
the Kon’bl© tlse Political Hesident
in the Persian Ouir, Bus hire*
"ill you kindly reior to my let -er Ifo.076 dated the
16^11 September 1930 to the ad ress of the Secretary to His
Excellency the %ch Commissioner for ’Iraq, copy of which I
forwarded to you*
2* I hare now the honoid? to forward to you for the
information of the Jlou’ble the Political Beside nt in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
tli© following further correspondonce which has
taken place on the sublect:-
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(a> Copy of letter Mo.9638 dated 29th beptemher
from the Legal Secretary to Hig liscclle.fi.cy
tlie High/ Commissioner together with copv
of his letter No.9636 dated 29th Septemier
to the . instry of Justice, Bag’odad.
(b) Trcui«!i%4tion(in duplicate) of my letter No.
739 dated the 4th October 1930 to His
Excellency ude Ruler of Kuwait.
(c) ponslatlon (in duplicate) of letter from
I Mis Excellency the Ruler No. Nil dated the
/ b 7 13th Jaiaad I 1349 (6th October 1930) to my
address.
As the suit in question concerns a portion of the
Shaikh f s great "Padaghiyeh" Estate on the Shatt-al-^rab, and
as there are reasons to suppose that more will be heard on this
matter, I think it right that the Hon'ble the Political
Resident should be aware of how the matter stands.
t'b is interesting to note that the original sale
of this Fadaghiyeh Estate to Shaikh Mubarak, formed the subject
of voluminous correspondence between this
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
and the Government of India in Sir Percy Cox’s time, all of
which should be on record at Bushlre.
incidentally Shaikh Mubarak was supposed to be
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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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- 'File 2/5 I SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.'
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- 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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