The Date Gardens in Iraq of the Sheikhs of Koweit [Kuwait] and Mohammerah. Scope of undertakings given by HM Government in 1914. Case for the opinion of the Law Officers of the Crown and Opinion thereon T W H Inskip and F B Merriman, Law Officers' Department, 29 Mar 1933. inc The date gardens in Iraq of the Sheikhs of Koweit and Mohammerah. Historical summary [undated] [‎21r] (41/70)

2.
'(1) That your gardens v/hich are no iM in your
possession vi'.:-• the date gardens situate between Fao and
Qurnah shall regain iu your possession and in possession
of your descendants without heing subject to the payment
of taxes or imposts.'
"in the letter to the bheikh of Mohammerah dated
21st ii'oveinber; 1914 s it v/as stated:-
'lurther the d...te ■ . rdens which you now possess
on the Turkish side of the 3hatt-el -Arab shall remain in
full possession of you and your heirs and immune from
taxation. 1 H
5. The date gardens referred to in both these letters
are situated in territory which has now become part of Iraq and
His Majesty's Government have always contended that the Iraqi
Government should inherit these obligations: all attempts in tlxus
direction have so far failed as the following paragraphs will ^how.
4. The original proposal to deal with the matter in
the financial agreement arising out of .rticle 15 of the
Anglo-iraq Treaty of 19^2 having bern ab^ndonedj the High
Commissioner was informed in Novembers 192^ that it would be
necessary to tre. t the matter separately under Article 10 of
the 1922 Treaty. Unfortunately the final instructions
sent to him made no reference to this point and the
High Commissioner made no mention of the matter in his
note to the Iraqi Government defining the latter's
obligations under Article 10 of the 1922 Treaty. To repair
this omission the Counsellor to the High Commissioner
wrote to the Iraqi Prime iiinister explaining the omission
on the grounds that the .latter was a minor obligation in
respect of Iraq, contracted by His Majesty's
Government/