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'File 26/185 V (F 96) Shaikh of Mohammerah' [‎30r] (65/472)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (233 folios). It was created in 17 Nov 1939-16 Nov 1946. It was written in English, Arabic and Persian. 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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appeal for help to rbn Saud, The Shaikh of Kuwait told me
that he understood that Shaikh Chassis would not press his
request es for permission to enter Saudi territory tut would
return to Basra and added that he had given M m a gift of
1,000 to help him in his extreme poverty.
3. On the 12th of March Shaikh Chassib again called on me
and said that he was returning to Basra as soon as he could
arrange a car and that provided I had no objection he was pro
posing to send his wife and children here for a holiday, I
replied that provided His Highness the Shaikh agreed I could
not possibly object. He then went on to describe how the
leaders of Khuzistan had appealed to him, how they had offered
their services to the British and their only request had been
that they should not be delivered over to the Iranian Govern
ment again, and how no one had given any reply to him or his
father^ people. He then talked to me for a time about his
financial position and I was surprised at the smallness of
their income and strongly advised him to sell the three houses
they have here to the Shaikh of Kuwait, who is I believe willing
to buy them. He said that the Shaikh was only likely to pay
Es. 15,000 for the two near the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. which was little more
than a tenth of what they cost to build. I pointed out that
it would cost at least Rs. 20,000 to repair them properly and
he could not do better than sell them while there was a
purchaser. He said he auite agreed and would do his best to
persuade the other heirs to agree to dispose of the property
in the meantime he offered them to the British Government rent
free should they at any time wish to use them for war purposes.

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The volume contains correspondence pertaining to the relatives of the late Shaikh of Khuzestan, Khaz‘al Āl Ka‘bī. The correspondents include 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. at Bahrain, 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. at Kuwait, Government of India, Foreign Office, 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. , British Ambassador in Tehran, British Ambassador in Baghdad, Middle East Office at Cairo, British Consul General at Ahwaz, Vice Consul at Korramshahr, and two of Khaz‘al's sons, Abdullah [‘Abdullah bin Khaz‘al Āl Ka‘bī] and Chassib [Jāsib bin Khaz‘al Āl Ka‘bī].

The matters covered in the volume include:

  • compensation to be paid to the heirs of Sheikh Ahmad of Kuwait and Sheikh Khaz‘al for taxes [ istiḥlāk ] paid on estates that they should have been exempt from;
  • the intrigues and actions of Khaz‘al's sons, ‘Abdullah and Jāsib, including small-scale incursions into Khuzistan [Khūzestān] from Iraq and attempts to garner Arab and British support for their return to power in Khuzistan;
  • where to settle ‘Abdullah after his return from Persia.

Folios 64-69 are letters in Arabic, signed by several of the heads of leading Arab families in the region, petitioning 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. for help against Persian oppression.

Folios 214-228 are internal office notes.

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1 volume (233 folios)
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The volume is arranged chronologically.

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Foliation: There is an incomplete foliation sequence and a complete foliation sequence. The complete sequence, which should be used for referencing, is circled 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 on the title page, on number 1, and ends on the last folio of writing, on number 228. There are the following irregularities: folio 1 is followed by folio 1A. It should be noted that folio 67 is contained in an envelope which is attached to the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of folio 66, and folios 71-72 are in an envelope which is attached to the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of folio 70.

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English, Arabic and Persian in Latin and Arabic script
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