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'File 2/5 VI SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.' [68r] (140/412)
The record is made up of 1 volume (202 folios). It was created in 22 Jan 1935-3 Mar 1936. 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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S/82/93)
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I raised this quest! *1 with Hurl
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
this evening.
I explained that it was causing a most unnecessary amount of
trouble and difficulty to everyone concerned, and that we were
really becoming rather worried about it. It was no good going
back over the early history of the matter or the question of
why the pledges had been given. The fact remained that there
was a pledge, which we had to see implemented, that the late
King Peisal had promised that the Sheikh’s title should be
validated, and that Nuri himself had renewed this promise, when it
had been agreed that the matter could be settled if His Ve^esty’s
Government would pay €2,000. Could not Nuri ^asha do something
to ensure that this tiresome quest ion should now be got finally
out of the way on the basis which had been agreed upon?
2. Nuri ^asha did not attempt to deny that these promises
had be n given, and said that just before he leftBegdad the
matter had been discussed by the Council of Ministers. The
difficulty then h> d been - according to him - to make the proposed
validation square with the tc^rms of existing legislation, end
it had been necessary to consult Mr. Brower on this noint.
Further it had bem suggested that an undertaking should be given
that the Sheikh’s title would not be contested in future; this
was impracticable, since no-one could prevent people challenging
a title, however legal it might be.
3. I replied that it seemed to me that two things were
required. In the first olace, the present action must be
disposed of and got out of the way. econd1y, some act vas
required on the part of the Iraqi Government, either fey
legislation or by any other kind of administrative action which
would put the Sheikh’s title on an unassailable basis, i.e.
finally/
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The volume contains correspondence related to the date gardens owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, in southern Iraq. In particular, the correspondence concerns the alleged intention of the Iraqi Government to expropriate a portion of the Shaikh of Kuwait’s property at Faw. The volume also concerns the service of judicial documents emanating from the Iraqi Government on the Shaikh of Kuwait in connection with his ownership of the gardens and the refusal of the Iraqi Ministry of Justice to recognise the Power of Attorney presented to them by the Shaikh of Kuwait’s lawyer in Basra, J Gabriel.
In the volume, British Officials discuss the failure of the Iraqi Government to validate the Shaikh’s title to his Faddaghiyya gardens, the Shaikh’s appointment of his son Muhammad as his attorney in Iraq, and the appointment of Abdul Jalil Partu as the Shaikh’s pleader in Basra instead of J Gabriel. The volume also includes correspondence related to the demands for customs duty by Iraqi customs authorities on Shaikh of Kuwait’s motor launch.
The main correspondence is between 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, the British Ambassador, Baghdad, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iraq, the Ruler of Kuwait, and the Foreign Office, London.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (202 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate 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 204; 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.
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- 'File 2/5 VI SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:7v, 10r:17v, 19r:24v, 27r:28v, 31r:32v, 34r:37v, 39r:39v, 41r:43v, 46r:46v, 47v:62v, 65r:79v, 81r:84v, 87r:87v, 89r:90v, 92r:94v, 96r:151v, 153r:156v, 159r:166v, 168r:175v, 178r:178v, 180r:180v, 182r:183v, 185r:193v, 196r:203v, back-i
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