'File 53/75 (D 156) Shaikh Khazal's Claim against Kuwaiti Merchants' [21r] (50/140)
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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Telegrs.m
P .P.
From
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.
, Kuv/ait.
To
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
, Bushire.
No. 305.
Dated 12th received 13th September 1930.
The Shaikh of Kuwait agrees to Minister 5
second proposal on the following conditions, oegins.
(1) Shaikh of Mohammerah to give him document
signed by himself and counter signed by Minister to the
effect that all property acquired by him shall be
enjoyed for his lifetime only and shall not "be sold or
mortgaged, to anyone mi Hi the Ruler of Kuwait 1 s sanction
and then to Kuwait subjects only, and that on his death
such properties shall be sold within three months by
the heirs, failing this being done Shaikh of Kuwait to
have full right to sell the said properties himself and
transmit money realised to person or persons indicated
in the document.
(2) That His Majesty's Government will give
guarantee that they will not allow the Persian Government
to interfere with, claim or touch any of the Shaikh of
Mohammerah 1 sproperties in Kuwait. Ends.
by genuine shortness of monay, moreover believes Peisians
capable any day of claiming Shaikh of Miohammerah 1 s pro-
-Derty here or elsewhere, and wants to safeguard tiiinbeli.
sent.
Document prepared by the Shaikh being
Shaikh anxious to do his best but prevented
j frhe foregoi
(rhe foregoing is in reply to your telegram
POLITICAL AGSFT
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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.
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- 1 volume (65 folios)
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File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
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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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- '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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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