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'File 53/11 II (D 11) Kuwait: Sheikh's Fao Properties, 1905-1910' [149r] (325/587)
The record is made up of 1 volume (291 folios). It was created in 23 Dec 1904-10 Jul 1910. 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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of Ma*aiiair and they see the appearance of opposi
tion of Those who come from Ma'aakir and the^ Imow
that the truth is v /ith the persons who come from the
people of B 1 ao. Then when they come back to Basra
and their friends ask them^what do you write?* 1 .
TW answer "The right is with Mobarak but we see
tne intention of the Wali said we write'-^nd^ apart
from that, when e ® servants are pre sent, my af?i;ents in
Fao#only two men and their rosaries in their hands
and when Nagaimish is present he brings with him
200 men# armed with fi reams .Now that is the limit
of his power but I have thousands and am submissive
and try conciliatory proceedings but those who are
determined to do me injury - and the causes are evi
dent - from the direction of the north are exciting
Nagaimish and from the south their soldiers and
officials and the Wali writes to the Kaim Hokam v/ho
is honoured among them and under ^heir influence
and threatens him with responsibility and he writes
to them the actual state of affairs and mentions to
them "Mobarak has not embanked in gay days and he
has no unreclaimed lands to embank •This is in 1115
days and the questioning is from the people who have
information that these embankments are ox old time
tod they are always repairing from it'C^id the Wali
is bent on an injury and does not accept the report
of the Kaim Mokak and has destroyed my property and
I ask for pitj from your high position that thej
should treat me "/ith Justice and that they should
send from the people of Basra persons who are
under their influence like the Hakib of the Sharifs
of Basra and Mahmud
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, the v/akil i Sannia^and
people like them that they may see and I will accept.
And I,my first treaty with the Government 11& first
conditions were the preservation of my property and
they gave me an order for that from your predecessor
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This file contains correspondence regarding Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ's (the ruler of Kuwait) ownership of date gardens in Fao [the Al Faw Peninsula]. Much of the correspondence is between British officials but the file also contains copies - in both English and Arabic - of correspondence directly between Mubārak and British officials.
The correspondence discusses tensions between Mubārak and the Ottoman authorities in Basra regarding his ownership of land surrounding a military fort in Fao and British attempts to mediate in this disagreement. A sketch map of this land is contained in the file on folio 177.
On folio 51 the file contains a copy - in Arabic - of a settlement agreed between Mubārak and his relatives regarding ownership of properties in Fao. The settlement was registered at the British Consulate in Bussora [Basra] 8 January 1908.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (291 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
An index of topics discussed in the file is contained on folio 1c.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence in this file commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are typed (with additions and clarifications in ink or pencil), 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. The following foliation errors occur in this file: 1, 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D; 6 and 6A; 59a, 59b and 59c; 62 and 62A; 79 and 79A; 89 and 89A; 94 and 94A; 227, 227A and 227B; 258 and 258A.
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- Title
- 'File 53/11 II (D 11) Kuwait: Sheikh's Fao Properties, 1905-1910'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1ar:1dv, 2r:5v, 6v, 6ar:6av, 7r:24v, 26r:42v, 42ar:42av, 43r:50v, 54r:58v, 59ar:59av, 59dr:59dv, 59br, 59cr:59cv, 60r:79v, 79ar:79av, 80r:89v, 89ar:89av, 90r:94v, 94ar:94av, 96r:96v, 98r:98v, 100r:100v, 102r:107v, 109v, 110v:137v, 139v, 140v, 141v, 142v:153v, 156r:176v, 178r:227v, 227ar:227bv, 228r:246v, 250r:258v, 258ar:258av, 259r:276v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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