'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)' [‎195v] (408/636)

4. Prom the end of 1907 to beginning of 1909 he purchased what is now
described as the Mutawiah property from Sheikh Sadun of the Muntifich and
Abdur Eahman Beg, his brother. The property consisted of two main divisions
known as Shaleh and Hizan, but the vendors owned portions in each division.
Sheikh Mubarak purchased first Atdur Rahman’s land directly from him, and,
no difficulties being made by the Turkish authorities as to nationality certifi
cates, had it registered at once in the “ Tapu ” Office books in the names of his
four sons. Por various reasons he did not wish to purchase direct from Sheikh
Sadun and therefore, though he provided the money, the sale-deed was drawn
in the name of Hamid-al-Khalid and the transfer effected to this man’s name in
the “ Tapu” Office. This is the same man who was reported by my predeces
sor as forced to take out a Turkish nationality certificate to protect himself in
his trade*dealings in Basrah. Some time subsequently, the Sheikh saw no use
in leaving this land in Hamid-al-Khalid’s name and therefore had fresh sale-
deeds made out authenticating a sale from Hamid to himself and had the trans
fer duly registered in the “ Tapu ” Office bocks in the names of three of his
women-kind (one being the mother of Sheikh Jabir and the other two concu
bines;. On this occasion, which I am now told occurred some time last year,
the authorities insisted on nationality certificates and accordingly these docu
ments were taken out for the three women.
5. There remains only the Padaghia property which consists of portions
named Al-Kharam, Al-Bashiya, and Padaghia, but the whole is now always
called Padaghia. This property was purchased from Ahmed Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. az-zuhair’s
family and four sale-deeds were executed, all of which were witnessed by most
of the notables in Basrah. It was a condition cited in these deeds that the trans
fer in the “ Tapu ” Office books should be carried out by the vendor party, the
vendee paying all expenses. It is in this case that the Turkish authorities are
obstructive by demanding that this property must be registered in the names of
the Sheikh’s four sons and that they shall all take out Turkish nationality
certificates.
6. To recapitulate, the Sheikh’s properties now consist of—
(a) The Pao and Parhaniya estates acquired by inheritance and not re
gistered in the “ Tapu ” Office.
(&) The Mutawiah property of Shaleh and Hizan acquired by purchase in
1907-08 and duly registered in the “ Tapu ” Office partly in the
names of the Sheikh’s four sons, who did not take out nationality
certificates, and partly in the names of three of his women,
for whom nationality certificates were taken out some time last
year.
(c) The Padaghiya estates acquired by purchase in 1908-09 and as yet not
registered owing to Turkish officials insisting that Sheikh’s four
sons should take out nationality papers and the transfer be made
to their names.