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'File 2/5 VIII Shaikh’s Date Gardens.' [189r] (382/646)
The record is made up of 1 volume (319 folios). It was created in 2 Jul 1936-10 Mar 1938. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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of pending suits to the Land Settlement Offices.
3« If representations at Bagdad should be
unsuccessful, or possibly before their result is
known, it may be necessary to advise the Shaikh with
regard to proceedings in the Basra Court. With a view to
consulting 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.
, we should be glad to
have the advice of the Foreign Office on this and in
particular on the question whether Shaikh should be
advised to enter an appearance through his representative
and to contest the legality of the service of the summons.
This question was raised by the Acting Resident in his
telegram of 25th September (copy to the Foreign Office
under
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.
letter of the 28th September, P.Z.6350/37)
but it was not discussed with Sir T. Fowle while he was in
England recently, as it was decided to defer this question
in view of your despatch to Bagdad of the 29th September
(see our telegram to the Gulf No.2484 of the 13th October).
4. We not^/frora paragraph 2 of Scotts letter that the
Iraqis are still bent on linking any offer with the question
of smuggling from Kuwait. We suggest that the Ambassador
might be reminded of Foreign Office telegrams of the 17th
July 1936, Nb.133, and the 15th January 1937, No.16, and
urged to continue his endeavours to keep the treatment of the
two questions separate • although nothing can yet be said
on the matter to the Iraq Government Sir A. Clark Kerr is
aware, from the meeting with Sir T. Fowle held in Renders
room on the 1st -fcloveraber, that there is some hope that the
Shaikh may shortly be induced to abandon or modify his
present attitude on the question of smuggling.
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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 service of judicial documents emanating from the Iraqi Government on the Shaikh of Kuwait in connection with his ownership of the gardens. 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, together with 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. in Kuwait and the British Ambassador in Baghdad mediate the talks between the Shaikh of Kuwait and the Iraqi Ministry for Foreign Affairs in order to resolve the issue.
The volume includes correspondence from 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. and the Foreign Office discussing the issue of the Iraqi Government considering part of the Shaikh’s land as mowat (land which is not cultivated because it is not cultivable), and therefore, to be confiscated by the state. The volume also includes correspondence from the Shaikh of Kuwait complaining against the Iraqi Government for putting obstacles in the way of his agents and officials administrating his properties. Upon request, the Shaikh provides a list of names of the heirs of Shaikh Mubarak who have rights to the date gardens.
British Officials discuss a few other issues including: the court case disputing the Shaikh’s ownership of the date gardens having been prosecuted by the heirs of Ali Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Al-Zuhair at the Court of Basra, the cancellation of the attorney given by the Shaikh of Kuwait to his pleader in Basra, Abdul Jalil Partu, the suggestion of appointing an Egyptian lawyer to plead for the Shaikh at court, the importance of the Shaikh’s cooperation in taking anti-smuggling measures, the Iraq Land Settlement Law, and the British Government’s proposals for a comprehensive settlement of the date gardens issue.
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- 1 volume (319 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 321; 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 6-316, ff 69-199, and ff 242-316; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Title
- 'File 2/5 VIII Shaikh’s Date Gardens.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:9v, 15r:49v, 51r:65v, 69r:69v, 72r:143v, 146r:152r, 154r:191v, 194r:240v, 242r:243v, 252r:252v, 254r:254v, 256r:261v, 267r:295v, 298r:320v, back-i
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