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'File II. IRAQ (3) Vol. 2 Shaikh of Kuwait's Date Gardens on the Shatt-al Arab' [107r] (213/682)
The record is made up of 1 volume (338 folios). It was created in 14 Aug 1904-18 Aug 1920. 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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with him tiie chiefs of “the tribes aforomld in his ? u
service,or it ma^ be to A1 Ahna Hafar,r/hich is the
boundary between us and dejd and I cause to go with
the Consul the Wire of the Arabs in ilia service and
it may be to Basra on tne desert road 1 $ servants
are in his service and from these facilities which
I grant, I have seen opposition from the Turks and
universal injury to my property in Fao which is
the livelihood of the family of Subah, all of them.
The Turks have destroyed it.And if matters remain
in this opposition,we shall abandon it (via: the
land) -mri also,before this, two i ears ago,my clerks,
were driven out from ray house and my piopeity- at
Pao and d,000 maunds of lay dates were destroy ed and
worse than the destruction was the driving out of
my’ clerks before all people and the injury to my
honour and all that which happened to my property
before I have placed it and what has happened nov/,1
have also placed it before your exalted Honour and
before the Consul who is v/ith us.
Ahd besides what they are doing to my property of
injury,they have also stirred up the most corrupt
of mankind,who is estimated by yourself and others
than y ourself as a noted pirate,Na 45 aialsh,upon the
boundaries between ^ao and Ma'aamir and they send
their secants,the regimental officer and the regi
mental clerk and the accountant of A1 Ahsa and the
Kaim Mokam and they are present at the boundaries
and they deimand three men from Pao and three men from
Ha’aamir and three men from Pao come present^three
good old men bom in 'Pao aitd they ask them to swear
about the Pao boundaries.And they stood on the creek
and swore honestly that this is the boundary of Pao
and Ha’aamir and those whom Nagaimish presented by
force when they ask them for their o&ta 9 they hesi
tate, because they are liars and not from the people
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to three main topics.
The first main topic discussed is the Shaikh of Kuwait's date gardens on the Shatt al-Arab (ff 3-162). The discussion in the volume relates to the Shaikh's concern about the repair of embankments and the actions of Turkish soldiers in dismantling the embankments in proximity to their fort. Included in the volume is a hand-drawn plan (folio 135) of the fort, garden, embankments and marshlands in relation to the Shatt al Arab waterway.
The second main topic discussed is registration of Shaikh Mubarak's property at Faddaghiya (ff 163-311). The volume includes the Arabic version with English translation (ff 165-182) of the preliminary agreement between Shaikh Mubarak al-Sabah and Abdul Wahab bin Qirtass concerning 'the property known as Fadhagiya' as well as the final deed relating to the purchase. Also included is an Arabic copy (folio 251) of 'receipts passed for land revenue paid by Shaikh Mubarak on his Faddaghiya estate'.
The third main topic discussed is the dismissal of the Mudir of Fao for overstepping his authority.
The principal correspondents in the volume include the 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. , Kuwait (Stuart George Knox; William Henry Irvine Shakespear); 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. in Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Percy Zachariah Cox); the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department (Sir Louis Dane); the First Assistant Resident, Bushire; HBM's Consul at Basrah; and the Ruler of Kuwait (Shaikh Mubarak bin Sabah al-Sabah).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (338 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 340; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located 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.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Pagination: the file also contains a hand written pagination sequence (ff 3-339).
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- Title
- 'File II. IRAQ (3) Vol. 2 Shaikh of Kuwait's Date Gardens on the Shatt-al Arab'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:3v, 5r:12v, 14r:16v, 18r:25v, 27r:33v, 35r:56v, 58r:68v, 70r:70v, 73r:73v, 75r:82r, 83v:93v, 99r:116v, 183r:198v, 205r:208v, 209v:210v, 211v:213v, 214v:273v, 276r:293v, 294v:302v, 304r:339v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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