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'File 2/5 IV SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS' [181r] (366/494)
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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that the Iraqi Government are prepared to agree to the
proposals set forth in paragraph 2 above. I have, by tele-
groh, referred to the foreign Office in London the points
ra-aud by you ana have requested to be informed whether the
proposals as thus modified are acceptable to His Majesty’s
government. ^ shall in due course communicate to you the sense
of their reply.
inform you of the names of the persons who are claiming owner
ship of the Stoaikh of Kuwait’s properties. These may be
divided into two groupsi
following three persons claim one-third each of the portion
of the laddaghiyeh Estate, amounting to 38? jaribs, which
is in dispute:
(a) Abdulla al Luhair, nephew of Awasha.
(b) Najoefca )
following five persons, daughters of Shaf iqah(de^easedi), the
wife of All
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
bin Qassim (deceased), claim one-fifth
each of that portion of the Bashiyeh Estate, amounting to
33 j&riiis, which io in dispute:
(a) Kafiah
(b) Bahiyah
(c) Hajiyah
4
Meanwhile, Your Excellency has requested me to
(a) The persons who claim ownership of portions of the
Faddaghiyeh estate.
(b) The persons who cl&iu ownership of the portions of
that strip of the Faddaghiyeh Gardens which is known
as the Bashiyeh Estate.
5
According to the information at my disposal, the
As far as I am awar*, only Abdulla al Zuhair has
fhtyed a suit against the Shaikh in the Courts.
(c) Aida
daughters of Awaaha.
6
According to information at ray disposal, the
(d) Kamida
(e) Kamila
Rafiah filed a suit aguinst the Shaikh in 1930
and
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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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- 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