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'File 2/5 VI SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.' [108r] (220/412)
The record is made up of 1 volume (202 folios). It was created in 22 Jan 1935-3 Mar 1936. 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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POLITI GAL iiCLIMGY,
KUWAIT.
The 29th December 1955.
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My dear Powle,
^ vill you kindly refer to your confidential D.O.Ho.
999-3 of 14th December 1935, and which owing to the Christmas
and ID festivities throwing us out of gear, I have not been
able to answer before.
2 . ^ith regard to para 3 of iuabassador, Baghdad’s
letter No. 629 of 28th Nov ember 1955 quoted bv vou in
14/46735
your para 4, my replies are as fbllcws:-
(i) Yes, certainly the Bhaikh could register these
accretions, provided the Iraq Government will allow
him to do so. I say this because I understand that
under a law quite recently promulgated in Iraq, no
non-Iraqi will in future be allowed to register
property in Tapu, that is to say, buy any property
or add to any already in his possession.
How far this will apply to the Shaikh who owns
already property adjacent to the accretions I cannot
say.
In this connection, the only accretions that I
know of are certain silt strips known as "Shalhas"
or "Shawatis" which have been recovered from the
river. These are mentioned in ^nnaxure I -
"Al Mutaaw’ah* sub para (J£) , of my Secret Despatch
No.G-294, dated 15th November 1954 - and ^umezure I -
” a 1 ffaddaghiyeh ”, sub para If), of the same despatch.
There are no accretions that I know of on the land
side,
h * 7^ - f £ ( - - M 1 W
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The volume contains correspondence related to the date gardens owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, in southern Iraq. In particular, the correspondence concerns the alleged intention of the Iraqi Government to expropriate a portion of the Shaikh of Kuwait’s property at Faw. The volume also concerns the service of judicial documents emanating from the Iraqi Government on the Shaikh of Kuwait in connection with his ownership of the gardens and the refusal of the Iraqi Ministry of Justice to recognise the Power of Attorney presented to them by the Shaikh of Kuwait’s lawyer in Basra, J Gabriel.
In the volume, British Officials discuss the failure of the Iraqi Government to validate the Shaikh’s title to his Faddaghiyya gardens, the Shaikh’s appointment of his son Muhammad as his attorney in Iraq, and the appointment of Abdul Jalil Partu as the Shaikh’s pleader in Basra instead of J Gabriel. The volume also includes correspondence related to the demands for customs duty by Iraqi customs authorities on Shaikh of Kuwait’s motor launch.
The main correspondence is between 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, the British Ambassador, Baghdad, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iraq, the Ruler of Kuwait, and the Foreign Office, London.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (202 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 204; 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.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- 'File 2/5 VI SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:7v, 10r:17v, 19r:24v, 27r:28v, 31r:32v, 34r:37v, 39r:39v, 41r:43v, 46r:46v, 47v:62v, 65r:79v, 81r:84v, 87r:87v, 89r:90v, 92r:94v, 96r:151v, 153r:156v, 159r:166v, 168r:175v, 178r:178v, 180r:180v, 182r:183v, 185r:193v, 196r:203v, back-i
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