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'Historical Summary of Events in the Persian Gulf Shaikhdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, 1928-1953' [‎54v] (113/222)

The record is made up of 1 volume (107 folios). It was created in c 1953. It was written in English. 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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96
(Appendix 1 (i)). He did not a ^| C ;^ make any deduction
incurred in the litigation nor did His Ma J e - , t u:. r ; n 1940 to cover taxation
from his claim on account of the P a y men t ; on 0 f the Faddaghiyah property
(paragraph 136 below). Litigation over p Cassation decided that
started in 1932 and contmueduntil 1943 when tteCou^ by Tapu „ to
the property was to be con^dered^ as . Nothj further had been heard
the Ruler and other members of h s -r he CO u r se of the litigation over the
about this property by the end of 195 . continuing at the end of 1953, is
Fao property, which began in 1943 and was still continuing
narrated below (paragraphs 138-139). ur
132. In 1930 His Majesty's Covernment took the wns
under the guarantee of 1914 (paragraph 128 Government never
Article 8 of the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1930 ( ) ine iraq Kingdom H i„ h
specifically accepted this "7, but ™ of let 4
(^XT^andKn August 1930 that the obl |ation should b^inclu^d^
fo^et"h?eC°tfpr^^
liauidation and that if these were successful the question would be discussed
between the two Govermneiits.r"! The undertaking entere 1 m o wi
Kuwait in respect of his date gardens in Iraq was includea in the list of International
Instruments referred to in Article 8 of the 1930 Treaty accordingly.( ) The High
^mrniSfoner subsequently tried to effect a settlement by direct negotiation between
t^^mqi Government and the Ruler on the basis of the purchase of the gardens
by the former, but the emissary whom the Iraqi Government sent to Kuwait for
discussions made no mention of the purchase of the gardens but mereiy mformed
the Ruler that his Government insisted on its right to tax his estates but would
be content with the sum of £4,500 a year only. The Ruler declined this offer and
referred the matter to His Majesty s Government.
133 In 1932 when a decision had been given against the Ruler in the litigation
over the Bashiyah estate (paragraph 131 above), he requested His Majesty s
Government to safeguard his interests in his property. Accordingly in May 1933
King Faisal was asked to intervene and undertook to ensure that the Ruler would
remain in possession of his date gardens, an assurance which he reaffirmed at an
interview with the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in June of the same
year.( 311 ) Faisal died shortly afterwards, but in September 1933 King Ghazi
reaffirmed his father's promise.* 312 )
134. At this time His Majesty's Government were concerned both with a
tax called the Istihlak tax which the Iraqi Government had imposed in 1932 on the
produce of date gardens and with the possibility of the Ruler's losing part of his
property as a result of litigation. The Law Officers of the Crown who had been
considering the legal aspects of the 1914 guarantee expressed the view that His
Majesty's Government were under a legal obligation to compensate the Ruler in
respect of any tax which he might be compelled to pay and of any property of
which he might be deprived by litigation.* 313 ) In April 1938 representatives of the
Foreign Office, 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 Treasury agreed that the 1914 guarantee covered
all the properties in the de facto possession of Shaikh Mubarak in 1914.( 311 ) Later
in 1949 the Legal Adviser of the Foreign Office held that the guarantee applied to
Mubarak's personal share in the properties only (and not to the shares of his
collaterals) and that it has since extended to such of them as are in the possession
of his lineal descendants.* ') So far as is known this position has never been
explained to the Ruler.
135. Various suggestions for dealing with the problems raised by the date
gardens were considered during 1934 and 1935 and eventually in July 1936 a
letter( 316 ) (Appendix I (iv)) was addressed to the Iraqi Minister for Foreign Affairs in | rej
(sos) p 280, Vol. 132, State Papers.
( 309 ) CO. toF.O. 78388/30 of August 22, 1930 (E 4560/1192/93 of 1930)
( 310 ) F.O. Confidential Print. 16016 (E 6272/41/93 of 1930)
( 311 ) (E 3727/308/93 of 1933.)
( 312 ) Tel. from Bagdad to F.O. 364 of September 16, 1933 (E 546^ /308/93 of 1933)
( 313 ) (E 1735/308/93 of 1933.) / / OI
( 314 ) (E 2751/28/93 of 1938.)
( 315 ) (E 10214/1083/91 of 1949.)
f 16 ) Bagdad to F.O. Despatch No. 358 of July 15, 1936 (E 4766/18/93 of 1936).

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The document provides historical information on the region during the period in question and, following a section on general matters, has separate sections on Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , and Muscat

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1 volume (107 folios)
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There is a table of contents at the front of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 109 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. The foliation sequence continues into the separate volume of appendices and genealogical tables - IOR/R/15/1/731(2).

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