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'File 53/11 VIII (D 98) Date Gardens of Shaikhs of Kuwait and Mohammerah' [‎40r] (96/576)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (286 folios). It was created in 30 Sep 1933-30 May 1934. It was written in English, Arabic and Turkish. 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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filed m objection against this ex parte ludgenent repeating
the plea #iioh he had r^oorded on the previous hear tog des
pite the fact that the Court had ruled it against him #
This "Objection^ ease was to have come up for hearing on the
10th October 1955.
(f) It 1® important to note hare thet defendant 1 s
counsel (legal adriser of all the Ta f abs at Fao) had pro
mised to seoilM for %h.m. (Ta'ahs) a title of IndepeMant
ownership to the l? ao lands -and because of this promise and
the absence of Q-oTernment f s ae^i^taBoe to the Agent of the
Shaikh despite his repeated verbal &nt written applications,
the Ta f aba war© greatly eacouragad, m& almoot all of them
refused to pay the customary toas for 1933 to the Shaikh and
recognise their position*
(g) The Kgent of the .Ghaikh having cmtlraly failed to
secure Oovornment help so far raeol^ed as from Srd August
1935 f to adopt a aoursa of dipl^^macy with the ^Ta'abs"
i&ereby imd after many difficulties he succeeded, an the
29th Augunt 1955 In. securing a find agr^erierit with the ring
leader# of the Ta^bs. As a result the unity of the ^e'abs
ma broken, and they were divided into mfny parties, each
trying to surpass the other in securing the satisfaction
of the Agent, and that of the Shaikh.
{h) On the E6th Aufpiet 1955 (5 days before the final
agroeraent with the ringleaders) the Mutasarrif, Basra,
called the agent of the anr proposed a settlement on
a50/£0 basis through him (Mutasarrif) this the agent declined
to accept for certain reasons (already reported{.
ti) The final *agreementi cone to with most cf the
Ta f abs was on a 56/44 basis, mile that with certain of the
ringleaders contained two conditions: (1) Tlmt the produce
should be ocilculated and collected at 50 and 50 baaia l.e #
half to the ShaiMi and half to the Ta # ab; (E) That all law

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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by the rulers of Mohammerah and Kuwait. The correspondence discusses changes in legislation proposed by the Government of Iraq regarding the collection of land rent and land produce duties, and the impact of these changes to the ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ.

In particular, the correspondence concerns the Government of Iraq's decision to end the immunity from taxation (on the gardens) that had been granted to the former ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ and the Shaikh of Mohammerah, Khaz‘al bin Jābir al-Ka‘bī by the British Government in return for their military support against the Ottoman Empire in World War 1.

The file contains details regarding a legal case brought against Shaikh Aḥmad by members of the Al Zuhair family regarding the ownership of some of his land holdings in Iraq.

Correspondence in the file states that the problems between Shaikh Aḥmad and fellaheen Arabic for ‘peasant’. It was used by British officials to refer to agricultural workers or to members of a social class employed primarily in agricultural labour. (agricultural workers) on his land - as described in detail in IOR/R/15/1/489 - had been resolved.

The file contains correspondence regarding Jacob Gabriel, the Armenian legal representative of Shaikh Ahmad (ff. 5-13) as well as minutes from two meetings held at the Foreign Office with representatives from the 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. , the Treasury, the Treasury Solicitor's Department and the Foreign Office (ff.167-183 & ff. 187-200).

The file also contains the following:

Extent and format
1 volume (286 folios)
Arrangement

File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.

Physical characteristics

Condition: Formerly a bound correspondence volume, the file's sheets have been unbound and are now loose.

Foliation: The volume is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using uncircled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. .

The following foliation anomalies occur: 1a-1e, 27a, 140a-140f, 142a, 146a, 237a.

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English, Arabic and Turkish in Latin and Arabic script
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