'File II. IRAQ (3) Vol. 1 Shaikh of Kuwait's Date Gardens on the Shatt-al Arab. (Kuwait's relations with Turkish Govt. and Turkish demand that Kuwaitis should take out Turkish Nationality Certificates)' [‎193r] (403/636)

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11 canned pract/l't 1 onor,— lio Banitery Inspector hlmsolf t —cund
a number of na*tiye physicians,chieriy Persians aid Indians,Py
whon b}ie s^ck were iiltiierix) a‘or the ho at pcxrt attended, have
lost ti eir means of* livelihood, I'P-e Inspector is or course
placed in a position to charge any i‘ee that ho pleases,and
his usual honorarium is reported to be much higher than tliat
ol" Uie Hakims ,>118 predecessors,and equally beyond, the moans
oi‘ the generality oi The inlmbitants or dai’bala. In ordor,it
is supposed to ensure the emorcemerit or the law,the headmen
or wards luwe been ordered to report all cases or sickness to
the authorities; and burials without a death certificate from
the Inspector have been prohibited, Dioro is much dissatis—
—faction in the town; some think that to insist on the medica 1
examination of the female dead may In the end lead to riots.
Telegrams on the subject were sent to the of Baghdad by
Saivid Tuhamma/1 (TCashi),Bayid Isma'il (Sadr),and Saiyid
•'fuhammad Raqir ( fT 1 abatal>ayi), of whom the first an r the last
receive allowances as fujtchids under the Oudii Bequest, Sai^tiA
M\.ih£iPU'iad Kashi seems to lau/e hinted at tlie possibility of
disturbanceu; cvad liazim Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ,who first ordered 1 in to be
informed that trie law of the country could not be changod,has
now,after furUier enmuiiy,directed him to be prosecuted on
the charge of disseminating a false and alarming report,
The question of unlicensed parctitioners seem likely to
come up In a serious shape at Baghdad before long; and I have
accordingly reported cn the subject in anticipation to
R.B.H’s Ambassador at Constantinople,and rent a copy of my
despatch to the Government of India.
Arabic petitions are again being accepted at the Sarai,
and official correspondence with the tribes conducted,as
previously, in Arabic. The uutsti bit ion of ri i-rl.i!bi was found
impos ible in nructici.