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'File 53/11 XIX (D 163) Kuwait Date Gardens' [146r] (316/494)
The record is made up of 1 volume (238 folios). It was created in 4 Apr 1940-10 Oct 1942. 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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C onfidential .
No. 0/100-2/5.
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Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
Kuwait,
SDd ?e"bruary, 1941.
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Major T. HickinlDotham, O.B.S., ;
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.
, Kuwait,
To
^rom
The Hon^le the
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.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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S ubject ; •* Shaikh of Kuwait's Date G-ardens.
Sir,
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I haye the honotir to refer to para. 5 of my tele
gram 0/703 of December the 27th 1941 and to enclose a cow
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of my letter No.7-2/5 of January the 17th to the Huler of
P-IUg
Kuwait and his reply thereto dated January the 30th 1942.
2. As has already heen pointed out in paragraph 3
b./oi.
of your telegram No .T/726 'of the 3rd. December 1941 much
trouole and hut little profit would follow m application
to the Court "by the Shaikh for the return of the original
sale money.
I have the honour to he,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant.
Major,
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.
, Kuwait.
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait. In particular, the correspondence concerns the Government of Iraq's decision to end the immunity from taxation (on the gardens) that had been granted by the British Government to the former ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ in return for his military support against the Ottoman Empire in World War 1.
The file contains translations of correspondence between Shaikh Aḥmad and his son (and representative in Iraq) Shaikh Mohamed [Muḥammad] as well as correspondence between British officials and the Iraqi government regarding the ongoing legal dispute concerning ownership of the gardens.
The file contains a letter (ff. 7-13) from Charles Geoffrey Prior, the British 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to Shaikh Aḥmad which includes details of the British government's settlement offer to him as compensation for loss of earnings since the Iraqi government ended his immunity from taxation in 1932. The letter asks for him to a sign a form that formally discharges the British government from liability for taxation losses and contains a draft copy of such a form.
The file also contains correspondence about a forthcoming change in the Iraqi land settlement law concerning the ownership of land by foreigners as well as correspondence regarding a court summons issued by Iraq against a number of members of the Al Sabah family including Shaikh Aḥmad (ff. 89-91).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (238 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
An index of the topics discussed in the file is contained on folio 1A.
- Physical characteristics
A bound correspondence volume.
The file has an incomplete pagination sequence and a complete foliation sequence. The complete foliation sequence is written in pencil in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins with the index of topics contained in the file, on number 1 and ends on number 230, on the last folio of writing.
The file contains the following foliation errors: 1 and 1A.
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- IOR/R/15/1/501
- Title
- 'File 53/11 XIX (D 163) Kuwait Date Gardens'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:1v, 1ar:1av, 2r:26r, 26r:26v, 26v:27r, 27r:27v, 27v:28r, 28r:28v, 28v:29r, 29r:29v, 29v:30r, 30r:30v, 30v:31r, 31r:31v, 31v:32r, 32r:32v, 32v:36r, 37r:66v, 67v:70v, 71v:94v, 96r:153v, 154v, 155v:159v, 160v:176v, 178v, 179v:196v, 196Ar, 196Av, 197r:230v, iii-r:v-v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence