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'File 2/5 I SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.' [37r] (78/320)
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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tresuitetlQB of a not* on mo IMtoshiyah
^roportloo proporod by »AMul ’Asst* as^ alin al-ttaftr, Afiont
of iCfo JScoollonoy ttho '>batkb of fa Saomb oaf ootelttoA
on ism Juno 1938 to Hi* ^oollomy (ho ule?«of Blomit,
A* tom BsnMlSonoy Oooiaoo to m» way by
whioh moaNshlyah ootatos hare boon bought, froa m» begin-
afag «9 t» It* JWouK of (ho roooat ouft mod by Raff *(>11
bint UU lama «*-:nhair, Z bog to ostett a fuU report m
owe, together with a rew«2c ropcrdfng what wo nay bo fbood -
with la (ho future,
S. m the year tarn U908) Abnad ItuOn bin «ufn
aa-''uteir, a ymofnant fandomuer of Saara, owe (0 (itarait,
and aeeovdfag to a powor of attorney (Mcalah) whieh woe
signed and sealed by oao lluat&fa lasahia Bff,, tboa Qadhi of
the Gailata quarter in Oonamntinaple, and wMah wae giwon
by the oaid ahmd ihshe*# wife, Uiahah bint ’&bdnllah ChalaM
aa-;uhBir, mo wan than residing in Constantinople, ho sold
the piece of lend nsraed rnddaghiyah {000 jarihs approodraatoly)
to Shaikh Ubarak ao« 6 abah, Uto transaetion took place in
me town of ikwait, and 1 was ordered 0 by ahaiidh ihtbaiwk to
arrange the transfer of the property in the »'&»$«" Uoparbasnt
sad got the *lteptt” deeds aado out in the mmm of his sons,
1 left Kuwait for Basrah, and thsra X started aU ncoessary
transactions ooranootod with ms "Sapu" Bapartaant, but at the
nonent of paying the tomm& bringing the matter to a eon-
elusion an order dated 9th February 1380 {Run!} waa reselwed
front me Department ef the imperial nefttstere {in Constantin
ople) to the offset that it should be recorded in the 2 apu
title-deeds that the huysre were Ottoman subjects. Owing to
this extraordinary condition all transactions were stopped,
so the ingle-msait treaty did net allow Shaikh ihibarak to
aeeept ottoman nationality.
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fc. &
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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)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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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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- IOR/R/15/5/140
- Title
- 'File 2/5 I SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.'
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- 37r:43v, 48v, 50v, 100r:100v
- Author
- Al-Badr, Abdul Aziz As-Salim xx Al-Salim
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