حدائق التمر المملوكة لشيوخ الكويت والمحمرة في العراق. نطاق الالتزامات الممنوحة من حكومة بريطانيا في ١٩١٤. قضية مقدّمة لمعرفة رأي المسؤولين القانونيين الملكيين ورأي ت. و. هـ. إنسكيب و ب. ب. ميريمان، إدارة المسؤولين القانونيين، ٢٩ مارس ١٩٣٣ وتشمل حدائق التمر المملوكة لشيوخ الكويت والمحمرة في العراق. ملخص تاريخي [غير مؤرّخ] [و‎‎٣‎٣] (٧٠/٦٥)

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discriminatory tax would bo imposed on either Sheikh
in future (as proposed in the 19?4- solution; see
paragraph 10 above).
21o The claims of the She ikh of ..ohammerah under the
1914 undertaking are on a somewhat different basis to
those of the Sheikh of Koveit. The Sheikhs of ^oweit
remain independent rulers, but the Sheikh of x/iohammerah
has relapsed into subjection to Persia and it is conceivable
that he v.ill have no "successor" in the special and semi-
independent feudal circumstances which it might be claimed
His Majesty's Government had in mind in entering into the
engagement of 1914. The Foreign Office have taken the
view that the Sheikh of iiohammerah should be treated
during his life-time on the same basis as the Sheikh of
Foweit 5 without prejudice to a possible decision on his
death that he had no 'successors' and that His majesty's
Government could therefore regard their obligation as
exhausted. As regards the modality of the compensation
it had been suggested that the payment should be made
through the Legation at Tehran to prevent the money being
seized by the Persian Government; this suggestion did not
however commend itself to the Legation, who suggested that
payment should be made through a bank.
22. Assuming that there is no reasonable prospect of
inducing the Iraoi Government to agree to the 1954 proposals
(see paragraph 10) four alternative solutions of the
" possession " question would appear to remain for discussion:
(a) The Ambassador's 1955 proposal for a
Commission with full powers (see paragraph 14),
(b) A Commission with limited terms of
reference (see paragraph 16),
(c)