'File 53/11 XVI (D 141) Kuwait Date Gardens'
IOR/R/15/1/498
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The record is made up of 1 volume (204 folios). It was created in 22 Jul 1938-18 Oct 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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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by the rulers of Kuwait and Mohammerah. In particular, the correspondence concerns the Government of Iraq's decision to end the immunity from taxation (on the gardens) that had been granted by the British Government to the former ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ and the Shaikh of Mohammerah, Khaz‘al bin Jābir al-Ka‘bī in return for their military support against the Ottoman Empire in World War 1.
The file contains detailed discussion of a case in the court of Basra brought against Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait, by Abdulla Al Zuhair/Az-Zuhair [‘Abdullāh al-Zuhayr] and contains copies of various court documents from both the defence and the prosecution.
The file also contains reports regarding the cutting down of trees on Shaikh Aḥmad's estates in Fao (in order to widen roads) by order of the Basra port authorities and on folios 154-157 it contains four photographs of the affected area.
The file also contains the minutes of a meeting held at the Foreign Office that was attended by representatives of the Treasury, the Treasury Solicitor's Office, 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 (in August 1938) and copy of the Iraqi Land Settlement Law No. 29 of 1938 (taken from the Iraqi Government Gazette No. 21, 22 May, 1938).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (204 folios)
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- 2 imagesRef: IOR/R/15/1/498, f 1542 imagesRef: IOR/R/15/1/498, f 1552 imagesRef: IOR/R/15/1/498, f 1562 imagesRef: IOR/R/15/1/498, f 157
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end. An index of topics contained in the file is listed on folio 1c.
Serial numbers in red crayon refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Condition: A bound correspondence volume of which the front cover and some pages have come unbound and are now loose.
Foliation: The file's foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil with a minority in ink, and can be found 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.
Folios 131-135 are omitted. The file contains the following foliation errors: 1, 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D and 1E; 23 and 23A; 125 and 125A; 183 and 183A.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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- Archival file
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- 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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- Archive reference
- IOR/R/15/1/498
- Former external reference(s)
- A Series: 53/11 XVI Confidential Series: D 141
- Date(s)
- 22 Jul 1938-18 Oct 1938 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/R/15/1/498
- Title
- 'File 53/11 XVI (D 141) Kuwait Date Gardens'
- Pages
- 12r:23v, 23ar:23av, 24r:34v, 64r:75v
- Author
- Roushdi, Maitre Ahmed
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- The copyright status is unknown. Please contact copyright@bl.uk with any information you have regarding this item.
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- IOR/R/15/1/498
- Title
- 'File 53/11 XVI (D 141) Kuwait Date Gardens'
- Pages
- 81r:82v
- Author
- Roushdi, Maitre Ahmed
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- IOR/R/15/1/498
- Title
- 'File 53/11 XVI (D 141) Kuwait Date Gardens'
- Pages
- 126r:130v
- Author
- Iraq Government Gazette xx al Waqa'i' al I-Iraqiyya
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- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/498
- Title
- 'File 53/11 XVI (D 141) Kuwait Date Gardens'
- Pages
- 137r:137v, 149r:149v
- Author
- āl-Ṣabāḥ, Shaikh Muḥammad bin Aḥmad
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- IOR/R/15/1/498
- Title
- 'File 53/11 XVI (D 141) Kuwait Date Gardens'
- Pages
- 142r:142v
- Author
- Pertow, Abdul Jalil
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- IOR/R/15/1/498
- Title
- 'File 53/11 XVI (D 141) Kuwait Date Gardens'
- Pages
- 137r:137v
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- Unknown translator
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- IOR/R/15/1/498
- Title
- 'File 53/11 XVI (D 141) Kuwait Date Gardens'
- Pages
- 142r:142v
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- Unknown translator
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/498, f 154
- Title
- 'Howz Al Kishla Fao'. Photographer: Domnick Photo, Basrah
- Pages
- 154r:154v
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- Domnick Photo
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- IOR/R/15/1/498, f 155
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- 'Howz Al Kishla'. Photographer: Domnick Photo, Basrah
- Pages
- 155r:155v
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- Domnick Photo
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- IOR/R/15/1/498, f 156
- Title
- 'Howz Al-Kasir'. Photographer: Domnick Photo, Basrah
- Pages
- 156r:156v
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- Domnick Photo
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- IOR/R/15/1/498, f 157
- Title
- 'Howz Al-Bangalow'. Photographer: Dominick Photo, Basrah
- Pages
- 157r:157v
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- Domnick Photo
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- IOR/R/15/1/498
- Title
- 'File 53/11 XVI (D 141) Kuwait Date Gardens'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1ar:1ev, 2r:11v, 35r:63v, 76r:80v, 83r:125v, 136r:136v, 138r:141v, 143r:148v, 150r:153v, 158r:183v, 183ar:183av, 184r:197v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence