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'File 53/75 (D 156) Shaikh Khazal's Claim against Kuwaiti Merchants' [14r] (36/140)
The record is made up of 1 volume (65 folios). It was created in 26 Apr 1930-20 Aug 1931. 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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Kuwait Is apprehensive lest In future years the fact
that a large pcrticn of the town belongs tc a Persian
subject may give grounds to the Persian ^ vornrncnit
to Interfere in Kuwait affairs• Ho has therefore
refused his assent to the c ;nveyance of these properties
tc t ae Shaikh cf I ichammerah and has appealed to the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
for advice#
X o nsider tnat the Shaikh iias Qoxae
grounds for his ap pre he ns i o ns and t:iat it la unancirable
that so large an aiauunt of acuse property In i u^alt
should belong to a foreign national• Sh uld the .'©rsian
GJcveminent at any future d\te c-.n. Laer txat taey nave
sorae claims against the .haikh cf llo^mrserah they might
try and dispose of his pr porties in Kuwait and a diffi
cult 6ituati n mi^ht arise.
Under the agreement of 2ord January 1399
with t ie iuler of Kuwait he was precluded from ceding f
selling, leasing, mortgagii^g or giving Tor occupation
any pcrti n of his territory to the Govermnent or suq-
Jects cf any other power without the previous consent
of iler Majesty's icvern: eat# This could hardly be
held to cover a case of the sale or h.uoe property, since
It is the b ildlng that is transferred and at the
ground on .srhioh it stanas f and there are of course aa^
for i 0 nci-s wno o./n aouse property in Kuwait# I would
suggest, however, that the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
sh.uld be
instructed t.; ial' .rm the Shaikh that it is open t hlia
as an independent ruler to wlthliold his assent from the
conveyance cf these properties to a foreign national
and that -dis Majesty's Government see no cbj action to
his doing so la the present ins a nee if he considers
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding debts owed by a number of Kuwaiti merchants to Shaikh Khaz‘al bin Jābir al-Ka‘bī, the former ruler of Mohammerah [Khorramshahr].
The file also contains correspondence between British officials and the ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ and Mirza Mohammad, Khaz'al's agent in Basra which discusses this issue.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (65 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
- Physical characteristics
Condition: A bound correspondence volume.
Foliation: The file's foliation sequence commences at the title page and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, 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.
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- IOR/R/15/1/528
- Title
- 'File 53/75 (D 156) Shaikh Khazal's Claim against Kuwaiti Merchants'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:22v, 25r:47v, 51r:65v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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