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The record is made up of 1 volume (240 folios). It was created in 3 Jan 1938-3 May 1938. It was written in English. 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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BUS H1RE RESIDENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. .
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Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ,
Kuwait.
ie 15th January, 1958.
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will you please refer to paragraph 5 and 6 of my
D.O.NO.16 of 15 th January, 1958.
2 ^ I do not wish to complicate or obscure the main
points of the present case in the Iraq courts against the
Sheikh but I should I think add the following items of information
^ if only to show how tiresomely the case may become surrounded
in intrigues if we do not let in some daylight by the employment
of a lawyer of repute from outside Iraq.
3 . Abdul Jalil Partu is a close relation of Nuri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
as Said, and the latter is even now staying with Partu*s
family in Beirut. Nuri, Partu told me, left Iraq hurriedly,
not, as the newspapers say, for reasons of health, or/and high
politics, but because his very successful reception in Basra
recently, frightened the present Cabinet and Nuri thought it
healthier to leave.
4 . Abdul Jalil Partu moved to Basra from Bagdad I believe
to avoid political complications, ana he is inevitably
suspected of being a "Nuri man", is not likely to fight
strongly unless he has outside backing, a case which will
inevitably have sane"national" and "political" side to it.
5# on the other hand Salman Sheikh Daoud and his father
have always been in the thick of Bagdad politics and both
have been^and may still be, member^*of Parliament.
X agree with the Ambassador that one is reluctant
to guarantee the integrity of any Iraqi lawyer.
The Hon’ble Lt-Colonel J r-
Sir Trenchard Fowle, K.C.I.B, C.B.K.,
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. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by the rulers of Kuwait and Mohammerah. 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 and the Shaikh of Mohammerah, Khaz‘al bin Jābir al-Ka‘bī in return for their military support against the Ottoman Empire in WW1.

The correspondence discusses in detail a number of cases in the Iraqi courts regarding the gardens (by that time owned by the ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ) and attempts made by British officials in Iraq and Kuwait to mediate between the two sides. In the correspondence, British officials discuss whether or not the British Government should compensate Shaikh Aḥmad for the amount of tax he had been forced to pay by the Government of Iraq and exactly what area of land was covered by the 1914 promise. More broadly, the correspondence is focused on how the disagreement can be settled permanently and whether an agreement incorporating border demarcations and anti-smuggling measures could form a part of any final settlement between Kuwait and Iraq.

The file contains correspondence regarding the hiring of an Egyptian lawyer to assist in compiling the defence for Shaikh Aḥmad. Two Egyptian lawyers are discussed and hired: Tewfik Doss Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. [Tawfīq Doss[?] Bāshā] and Ahmed Rushidi Bey [Aḥmad Rashīdī Bey]. The file also contains reports regarding the cutting down of trees on Shaikh Aḥmad's estates in Fao by order of the Iraqi authorities.

The file contains the following documents:

Extent and format
1 volume (240 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 included on folio 1A. .

Physical characteristics

Condition: A bound correspondence volume (although some of the file's sheets have come unbound and are now loose).

Foliation: The file's foliation sequence commences at the title page and terminates at the fifth folio from the back of the volume; these numbers are written in 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 file contains the following foliation errors: 1, 1A and 1B; 14 and 14A; 215 and 215A.

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IOR/R/15/1/496
Title
'File 53/11 XIV (D 137) Kuwait Date Gardens in Iraq'
Pages
front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:1v, 1ar:1bv, 2r:14v, 14ar:14av, 15r:214v, 216r:228v, iii-r:vi-v, 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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