"ملف II. العراق (٣) المجلد ١ بساتين التمر العائدة لشيخ الكويت في شط العرب. (علاقات الكويت مع الحكومة التركية والمطالبة التركية بضرورة استخراج الكويتيين شهادات الجنسية التركية)" [و‎‎٥‎٨] (٦٣٦/١١٩)

in his nama without this difficulty, I said the taskerah precaution
seemed to superfluous and meaningless, as according to the convention
of 1867 foreigners could acquire land in Turkey, and that the arrange
ment entailed their assimilation to ©ttoman subjects. His Excellency
agreed, and said that Moharrem Effendi had blundered, but that the
real difficulty arose from the matter having been misunderstood at
the Sublime Porte, which imagined that the transfer referred to
large tracts of Government land at Ghermet Ali claimed by Ahmed Pasha
es-Zoheir, and regarding which litigation was proceeding between the
latter and the Ottoman Government. The vali said he was in com
munication with Constantinople on the subject, and hoped to settle
the question shortly. He added, however, that Sheikh Mobarak de
sired the land registered in the name of one of his sons, and had
offered no objection to his taking out an Ottoman teskereh
for the purpose, though he seemed to shrink from letting him appear
personally at Hussorah to complete the formality.
I said I hoped his Excellency would endeavour to smooth over
the difficulty, and let the Sheikh register his land at Fadaghia
in the same way as his other properties, and the vali promised me
to do what he could in the matter.
This is the first I have heard of the Fadaghia property being
mistaken for that of Ghermet All. They have of course nothing to
do with one another, and are situated in totally different parts
of the district. I am informed privately that Ahmed Pasha-es-
Zoheir and his family have been in possession of property at Gher
met Ali for many years, and hold the title-deeds of the land. There
is great enmity between his family and that of the nakib, with whom
the vali is at present very friendly, and the claim now put forward
to this property by the Government seems to be the result of an in
trigue on the part of Seyyid Talib, the nakib’s son. It is possi
ble the vali may have wished to mislead me, for it is quite certain
that the Porte laid great stress on Mobarak-es-Sabah taking out a
teskereh of Ottoman nationality, and gave orders to hold over the
registration of the transfer of Fadaghia until the formality was
completed.
I am also informed that Ahmed Pasha-es-Zoheir has been en
deavouring