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'File 53/11 VII (D 94) Date Gardens of Shaikhs of Kuwait and Mohammerah' [150r] (318/550)
The record is made up of 1 volume (273 folios). It was created in 26 Jun 1933-30 Sep 1933. It was written in English, Arabic and Turkish. 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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Ahmad; both would retain their personal powers,
and continue to run the internal administration of
their states without interference. All that the head
state Iraq would be responsible for would be their
Foreign Policy # The Prime Minister then asked if I
did not agree with this view, but I fear received
only a laughing and non-committal answer.
As regards (iii) Kuwait . The Prime Minister expressed
much sympathy with the ShaiWti over the question of
the Istahlak tax, and said that he had heard confi
dentially from London that the matter would shortly
be settled satisfactorily to both Iraq and Kuwait.
Iraq would waive all her past revenjie^and His
Majesty's Government would pay Kuwait's share of all
future land revenue to Ir^q. He said nothing about
the Faddaghiyah or Bashigeh cases, but asked what
the Shaikh had thought of King Faisal, and his recep
tion in Baghdad last year. He emphasised how much
he personally had liked the Shaikh and was most
impressed with his courtly and charming bearing. He
knew also that Faisal thDUght the same as himself.
It was here that I thought the opportunity an excellent
one to open the question of the Shaikh's Fao property
and the communistic trouble that was going on there.
This I did in detail, giving it as my opinion that
the
fellaheen
Arabic for ‘peasant’. It was used by British officials to refer to agricultural workers or to members of a social class employed primarily in agricultural labour.
had got out of hand either because of
some interested and unknown persons intrigue, or
because the long delay in the settlement of the
Bashigeh and Faddaghiyah cases which every one
believed would eventually be taken from the Shaikh
had encouraged the
fellaheen
Arabic for ‘peasant’. It was used by British officials to refer to agricultural workers or to members of a social class employed primarily in agricultural labour.
to think that they might
be successful also in getting a slice from the
Shaikh's estates if they made enough noise. I then
quoted the Bedouin proverb "when the camel is down
out comes everybody's knives" which pleased the
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by the rulers of Mohammerah and Kuwait. The correspondence discusses changes in legislation proposed by the Government of Iraq regarding the collection of land rent and land produce duties, and the impact of these proposed changes to the ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ.
In particular, the correspondence concerns the Government of Iraq's decision to end the immunity from taxation (on the gardens) that had been granted to the former ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ and the Shaikh of Mohamerrah, Khaz‘al bin Jābir al-Ka‘bī by the British Government in return for their military support against the Ottoman Empire in World War 1.
The correspondence discusses disturbances on the land owned by Shaikh Ahmad caused by his fellaheen Arabic for ‘peasant’. It was used by British officials to refer to agricultural workers or to members of a social class employed primarily in agricultural labour. (agricultural workers) allegedly refusing to pay rent, committing acts of sabotage and some of them demanding to be made proprietors of the land in place of the Shaikh. Within the correspondence, British officials discuss the Iraqi government's role in fostering the discontent and discuss the appropriate response with both Shaikh Aḥmad and the Government of Iraq.
The file contains a Foreign Office memorandum that outlines the sequence of events regarding the Shaikhs' date gardens from 1914 until 1933 (ff 22-25).
The file also contains details regarding a legal case brought against Shaikh Ahmad by members of the Al Zuhair family regarding the ownership of some of his land holdings in Iraq.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (273 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
- Physical characteristics
Condition: Formerly a bound correspondence volume, the file's sheets have been unbound and are now loose.
Foliation: The file has one complete foliation sequence, which is written in pencil in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The sequence begins with the first item of correspondence, on number 1, and runs through to the final folio of writing, ending on number 258. The following foliation errors are contained in the file: f 68A, f 224A.
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- 'File 53/11 VII (D 94) Date Gardens of Shaikhs of Kuwait and Mohammerah'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:v-v, 1r:5v, 6v:10v, 13v:68v, 68Ar, 68Av, 69r:142v, 143v:224v, 224Ar, 224Av, 225r:259v, vi-r:x-v, back-i
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