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'File 2/5 IV SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS' [31r] (66/494)
The record is made up of 1 volume (243 folios). It was created in 12 Oct 1933-26 Oct 1934. It was written in English, Arabic and Turkish. 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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ENCLO f U : ' r -' r -
COVfc.rv.NG Etl i Ot
Hy dear Bennett,
’v'a tin re found the notice wntch wee Issued regarding
the re-opening of the fepu Deoertwent at Besreh In 19X5
referred to by 3lr Henry T>obbe in the letter forwarded under
cover of your letter of July 13th (E 3730/3 S/93). A copy
ia enclosed.
It wea not an order, but a notification that the Tepu
office would re-open for the tranaaotion of business. It wee
published in the dally "Basrah Timea* from the 3rd to 7th
May, 1915, inclusive.
Unfortunately for our purposes it was not issued by
the General Officer Commanding but by 3ir Henry Dobbs himself
his responsibilities for the ‘Tapu Department. There appear
to be no copies available in 'Iraq of the General routine
Orders of the Amy of occupation of the period in which such
an order might possibly have appeared but Bir Henry Dobbs
himself says in his letter that he believes that no Buoh o
was ever published. ithout it the notification in the
Basrah Times cannot attain the statue of an order by the
General Officer Commanding and la practically valueless so
far as the Kuddaghlyah sstates are concerned.
as evenue Commis*loner. We have not been able to discover
any order or prodam*ttan issued by the General Offleer
Coii^andlng that gave Sir Henry Dobbe any powers at all, even
ee wevenu* Commissioner, nor is there any definition of
You
C. STKKHDAVh BKJOtKTT, ESQ., C.M.O., M.C.
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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 agrarian troubles in the Shaikh’s gardens caused by the tenants and the fellaheen Arabic for ‘peasant’. It was used by British officials to refer to agricultural workers or to members of a social class employed primarily in agricultural labour. working there who were refusing to pay revenue to the Shaikh.
In the volume, British officials discuss issues related to the land registration granted to the Shaikh by Sir Henry Dobbs, Revenue Commissioner, Basra, in 1915, and the importance of obtaining an original copy of the claimed Power of Attorney authorising the sale of the land by Ahmed Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. al-Zuhair.
British officials correspond with the Shaikh and his lawyer, Jacob Gabriel. The lawyer in turn reported 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, and to the Shaikh of Kuwait, on a few issues, including: the troubles caused by the fellaheen Arabic for ‘peasant’. It was used by British officials to refer to agricultural workers or to members of a social class employed primarily in agricultural labour. , procedures at the court in Basra, the Iraqi Government’s involvement in the case and the Iraqi Limitation Law.
The volume includes copy of legislations under the title "Fellah’s Rights and Duties" (ff 58-68) issued by the King of Iraq and published in Al-Waqa’i‘ Al-Iraqiyya newspaper. It also includes notes of a meeting (ff 101-114) held at the Foreign Office, on February 1934, between British officials discussing the date gardens case.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (243 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 245; 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 7-240; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
A previous foliation sequence has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English, Arabic and Turkish in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/143
- Title
- 'File 2/5 IV SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:9v, 13r:15v, 23r:32v, 34r:41v, 44r:46v, 49r:53v, 55r:58r, 69r:71v, 73r:79v, 85r:85v, 89r:130v, 134r:142r, 143r, 145r:150v, 154r:162v, 166r:185v, 188r:194r, 195r, 196r:196v, 201r:206v, 209r:220v, 224r, 227r:228v, 236r:236v, 239r, 240r, 241r:244v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence