'File 53/11 I (D 10) Koweit [Kuwait] Shaikh's Fao Properties 1903 and 1904' [234r] (474/624)
The record is made up of 1 volume (309 folios). It was created in 10 Jan 1902-14 Sep 1904. 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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Mubarek's nephews will receive in exchange for
1/4 of Pao and Sofieh estates £T 24,547
Their share of 3 Howzes and Khor (Dowasir)
property held in partnership with Ali el Mohamed 432
Due for last years date crop from Sofieh and
Zein about 900
Sum due, according to settlement, as oreviously
arranged 2000
Gross total £T 27,929
Value of Sheikh's interest i//ZC4n, Gherdilan
Ajerawiyehu Sofieh, and Ferhanie^ given in
land, in Dart payment of the above
£T 20,599
Sum already paid 1000
21,599
Net sum due £T 6,530
N.B.
The nephews share of the Xoweit houses does
not appear in this account.
March 9,1904. H.B.M's fconsul,
Bussorah
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This file contains correspondence related to date gardens in Fao [the Al Faw Peninsula] owned by the ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ.
The correspondence primarily consists of copies of letters between Mubārak and Ottoman and British officials and concerns an arbitration case regarding Mubarak's ownership of the land and claims to it made by several of his nephews. Details of the settlement reached between Mubārak and his relatives are contained on folio 210.
The file also discusses a loan of 100,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. given to Mubārak by the Government of India as well as the imprisonment of Mubārak's Bussora [Basra] agent Abdul Aziz Bin Salim [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin Sālim].
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (309 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
An index of topics contained in the file is located on folio 3. The file uses page numbers related to the incomplete pagination system in red and blue crayon.
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Condition: A bound correspondence volume.
Foliation: The main foliation sequence of this file commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; 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. A pagination sequence is also present between ff. 5-306; these numbers are written in blue and red crayon, and can be found in the top left or top right of the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. and recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. sides of each folio respectively. The pagination sequence often skips pages, and some sections are not in numerical order.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- 'File 53/11 I (D 10) Koweit [Kuwait] Shaikh's Fao Properties 1903 and 1904'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:4v, 5v:6v, 7v:16v, 17v, 18v, 19v, 20v, 21v:22v, 23v, 24v, 25v:27v, 28v:31v, 32v:45v, 46v:59v, 60v:64v, 65v:66v, 69r:87v, 88v:100v, 101v, 102v:103r, 104v:108v, 109v:111r, 112v:117v, 118v, 119v:125v, 126v:127v, 128v:147v, 147ar:147av, 148r:148v, 149v:152v, 153v:157v, 158v:161v, 162v:184v, 185v:193v, 194v:197v, 198v:228v, 229v:244v, 245v:249v, 250v:267v, 268v:280v, 281v, 282v, 283v:308v, back-i
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