"ملف ٤/١٤ أملاك شيخ المحمرة (خرمشهر) الراحل في الكويت" [و‎‎١‎٨] (١٩٤/٣٥)

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Confiuential .
D.O.No. C- A'KI
My dear Sir Trenchard,
Political agency,
Koweit•
The yth Leoenber, 1957.
Seventeen members of the family of the late
Sheikh of Mohammerah are visiting Koweit to look round the
family property here, i.e. the "Palace", consisting of
the very large buildings at the Jtest end of the town, a
"harem" and "diwniya", some smaller town houses, and various
things stored in them, before their final disposal.
On the : th the lawyer -han Bahadur Mirza Mohammed,
—s accompanied by ^akhri-suitana (now called Madam Butoul Mafi)
the late shaikh’s senior and "permanent" wife, and Mirza
Hussain Shakkaqi, her brother-in-law arrived, and in the
next day or two sheikh Chasib, the eldest son is expected.
-ail have visited the agency, and have recountec.
to me their troubles, with their o.,n family, and the
Iranian and Iraqi authorities.
2. Disposal of the property here is to be undertaken
at once.
home thousands of pounds worth of carpets are
^ found to be so moth eaten as not to be worth so many pennies.
The buildings, now in bad condition, nay be
bought by His Highness the Bhelkh of Koweit, whose property
and the Agency they adjoin. Bilver, and other small
objects will be divided or sold locally.
There remains two very old carriages, which
were offered to the Agency but which seem unlikely to be
saleable except as fire wood, and the ^rms and Ammunition,
to which I first referred in ray letter IIo.C-255 of 29th
July 1956.
The Hon’ble Lt-Colonel
Sir Trenchard Jowle, K.C.I.E., C.B.l.,
Political Resident, Persian Gulf,
BUS HIRE.