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'File 53/11 XIV (D 137) Kuwait Date Gardens in Iraq' [155r] (326/484)
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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o.
No. C- - '
Dated, 4th April 1938
POLITICAL
AGENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
KUWAIT
I forward herewith two copies in translation
of the defence document, in the Shaikh of Kuwaitis date
gardens case, of which the Arabic has been handed to
the Court in Basra.
a draft translation of the first half of this document.
for the case, promised to have several English copies
made from his Arabic copy, in Cairo, of which he would,
he said, hand three to the British Embassy in Cairo
asking them to send two to me, of which I shall send
you one, and the third to the Foreign Office for 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.
.
until the final and fair translation is received.
2
Sir Trenchard Eowle took with him on the 23rd
3
Ahmed Rushdi Bey, the Egyptian Lawyer, engaged
Sir Trenchard is aware of this arrangements
4
This copy, which I send now, is an interim one
H. Weightman, Esquire, I.C.S., I - 1 ^
Offg.
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.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, B ahrain .
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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:
- An English translation of a petition filed by Abdullah bin Issa Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Al Zuhair before the Basra Court of Instance against the heirs of Shaikh Mubarak Al Sabah (ff 60-63).
- An English translation of a court notice regarding the petition filed by Abdullah bin Issa Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Al Zuhair (as above) that appeared in the Basra newspaper, Al Thagr in January 1938 (ff 64-65).
- A list of the members of the families of the male sons of Shaikh Mubarak Al Sabah (f 84).
- A copy of Tewfik Doss Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. 's biographical entry from Personalities in Egypt for 1937 (ff 152-153).
- An English translation of the legal defence document drawn up by Ahmed Rushidi Bey (in Arabic) and handed to the court in Basra (ff 156-188).
- A rough sketch of the sections of Shaikh Ahmad's estate in Fao (ff 215-215a).
- 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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- 'File 53/11 XIV (D 137) Kuwait Date Gardens in Iraq'
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- 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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