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'File 2/5 III SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS' [118r] (240/418)
The record is made up of 1 volume (205 folios). It was created in 20 Nov 1909-18 Oct 1933. 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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ran as follows:
Mr•Gabriel to inform tho Mutasarrif that he could
not agree to his terras for the following reasons
(a) He (the Mutasarrif) had no right to dis-
crirainate against him from anjona all 'Iraq
landlords by trying to alter the law which
fixed the shares of landlord and tenant:
(b) He had no ri^it lot introduce the new and
highly objectionable suggestion of a division
of produce on a new basis, when all he had
asked for was protection against half a
dozen disturbers of the peace, who were re
sisting hie agent and Yictimizing his other
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.
, 90 per cent of whom were loyal
and c on tented men♦
The Shaikh also instructed his lawyer not to
allow the case to get into the courts on any account, and
refused to comply with the lawyers request for a Power of
Attorney to represent him legally where the Fao Estate was
concerned. (The lawyer in one of his letters had asked for
this.)
6. On 4th September I saw the Shaikh again and he
infoimied me that he had just received a widely signed pe
tition from his tenants at Fao, deploring the activities
of the rebellious minority, and the Mutasarrifs strange
way of trying to appease them. They protested their loyal
ty and complete readiness to pay their overlord, his share
of the date and other crops on the well understood and
established basis of 44/56 per cent.
7. It is indeed a matter of great regret to me that
just as this troublesome affair appeared to be on the high
road to settlement, and which, as far as I can see, presents
no real difficulties au oil, the Mutasarrif, Basra, should
have thought fit to deliberately enter the lists and spoil
everything.
8. On tho plea, no doubt, that he found that the
discontented few had a certain amount of right on their side
seeing that they were ’'Taab^ tenants who had actually
planted the palm, trees and generally had converted what
was originally marshy and bad land into good land, he had
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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 court suit raised in Basra Court by 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 lays claim to. 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, and she has given her husband a Power of Attorney to sell the land.
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, asking them to prepare certain documents, including a list of the names of the legal living heirs of Ahmed Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. al-Zuhair, an original Turkish copy of the Power of Attorney, and translated copies of the document both in Arabic and English.
The volume includes notes of meetings held in Baghdad between British officials discussing the cases. It also includes copies of the four Tapu title deeds (ff 55-64) connected with the Shaikh of Kuwait’s Faddaghiya estate dispute, dated 1915. The volume also includes reports on agrarian 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. on the Shaikh’s Faw estates.
The main correspondence in the volume is between 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 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, British Ambassador, Baghdad, the 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. , London, the Foreign Office, London, the Ruler of Kuwait and Jacob Gabriel, the Shaikh’s Agent in Basra.
The volume’s core correspondence covers June- October 1933. The earlier start date given to the volume is a result of correspondence by Jacob Gabriel (f 153), which is dated 20 November 1909. The correspondence includes a certificate from a school where he was a pupil. Jacob Gabriel provides testimonies and letters from previous places and people he worked with to prove his ability to take the Shaikh’s case on.
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- 1 volume (205 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 207; 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. Three additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 6-202, ff 42-127, and ff 176-202; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- 'File 2/5 III SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:32v, 38r:53v, 65r:65v, 70r:70v, 76r:108v, 110r:122v, 125r:150v, 164r:166v, 169r:186v, 193r:206v, back-i
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