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'File 53/75 (D 156) Shaikh Khazal's Claim against Kuwaiti Merchants' [‎55r] (118/140)

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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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~rom - —.E. Shaikh Sir Ahmad al-Ja"bir as-Subah,
K.C.I.E., C.S.I., Ruler of Kuwait.
To - The. _ olit ical Agent, Kuwait.
Dated the 20th Safar 1350 (6-7-31)
After compliirients.
I have pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter I mo .5 o 1 dated the 17th inst in which you asked for
a reply to your confidential letter No. 131 dated the 28th
Ranadhan 1349, (16-2-31), and beg to inform you, with regard
to the Question of the debts owed by certain Kuwait subjects
to :i.S.Lir ilhaz 1 al Khan, that we have been endeavouring to
recover same, but the debtors are in the most straitened
circumstances.
A portion of the debts, however, was recovered,
and paid to the Imperial Bank of Persia, Basrah, through Khan
Bahadur " irza ~ uhammad, the agent of H.Zl. Sir ]:Chaz T al Khan.
The recovery of the balance is being dealt with, but all the
people are now suffering from the financial crisis and there
is nobody who is able to pay anything at present.
Some of the debtors had given landed estates to
His Excellency as mortgages, but at the end they failed to
pay the debts and were compelled to give their landed estates,
in a special manner, to His Excellency in payment of the
debts, as, for fear that the Persian Government may put their
hands on H.S.Sir Khaz T al Khan T s estates, no landed estates
can ever be registerec in "'is name.
We had made a "Sanad" and sent it under our
personal letter dated the 19th I.abi* II, 1349, (12-9-30),
with a view that it may be signed by • — • -ir .ixhaz'al r-han,
and that K.ivP s Government may give guarantee that the ersian
Government shall not interfere with the estates belonging .-o
His Excellency. This, however, was not agreed to.
Therefore, no landed estates can be registered
in the name of the above mentioned unless he would agree to
the contents of the abovementioned "Sanad" and H.LI T s Govern-

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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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