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'File 2/5 VIII Shaikh’s Date Gardens.' [274r] (552/646)
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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by the Iraqi Government of the proposals set out in paragraph 2.
These difficulties centre around the vexed question of
smuggling. The Iraqi Government contend, not altogether
without reason, that a great deal of smuggling takes place from
Koweit, where customs duties are low or non-existent, into
Iraq, where customs duties are higher, and that the Sheikh of
Koweit could stop this smuggling if he chose. Theresult is
that, although the Iraqi Government seem prepared to consider
the 1936 proposals in themselves, they are unwilling to do so
while the question of smuggling is unsettled. So strong in
fact is their feeling that His Majesty's Ambassador regards it
as hopeless to press the question unless the Iraqi Government
can be given some degree of satisfaction or assurance on this
5, The Sheikh of Koweit, who is in his turn incensed over
various frontier incidents, is unwilling for his part to : o
further in the direction of satisfying or reassuring the
Iraqi Government than to agree that, upon the completion of
certain negotiations in which he is now engaged with the Saudi
Arabian Government for the termination by Saudi Arabia of the
Koweit blockade, he will be willing to discuss the conclusion
of an anti-smuggling agreement between Koweit and Iraq,
although not necessarily on the lines of the anti-smuggling
agreement which is expected to form part of his settlement with
Saudi Arabia. At the same time the Saudi Arabian Government
make the conclusion of a Saudi-Koweit Trade Agreement (i.e. the
termination of the blockade) dependent upon the simultaneous
conclusion of agreements relating to frontier relations and
extradition. Every eiion;
of these negotiations to a c
a final s ettlement between K
far off, while a settlement
even in sight.
ettlement between Koweit and Saudi Arabia is still
Every effort is being made to bring the whole
gotiations to a close as quickly as possible, but
settlement betv/een Koweit and Iraq is not
6 ./
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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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- '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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