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'File 2/5 VI SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.' [147r] (298/412)
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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1954)• There are none that Colonel DioKson know© of on the
land side*
{it] H eeeiae to me that rights are quite
distinct from the question of eecixrixki the Shaikh a legally
ra 1 id and unassailable title by the grant of » sarn^d in Tapu*
Our responsibility begins and ends with placing the h&ikh in
legal possession of his estates* Having done that he must
settle his difficulties with his tenants like any other land-
owner* His Majesty’s iimbaesador has mentioned that the
Shaikh has made private settlements with many of the n&&bin*
on his ^adaaghiyeh estate* Colonel Dickson ie of opinion
that the Shaikh could and would settle with the remainder*
His difficulty in doing so hitherto has been due to the
insecurity of Ms title* which has lead some of hie *taablii * 1
to demand more than their rights.
UU) Colonel Dickson thinks* and 1 agree* that the
danger of any of this; >heikh 9 s family doing this is remote* it
would be the business of the Shaikh to cheek any tendwr.ey
(a) The first part of this paragraph, regarding the
possibility of challenge to the Shaikh 9 • title by his n*abin»,
is dealt with in my paragraph 5 (ii) above*
(b) /** regards challenge to hie title by members ^f hi*
own family, as mentioned in my paragraph 5 UU! above, this
possibility is remote. "ur object is to secure the • mi&n
in the kind of ownership which he claimed in 1914. If his
ownership was partly in the nature of a trust i.e. if some
of the properties concerned were then held by him on behalf
of the Sabah family* then the ihaikh could not reasonably
4
in this direction
with reference to paragraph 4 of the despatch#
in /
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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.
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- 1 volume (202 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- '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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