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'File 2/5 VI SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.' [104r] (212/412)
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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by a money payment - by an agreement made between the
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trees . and the owner of the land. ihey cannot be ex-
^Taabin ** - the persons whonactually first planted tte date
‘•Taabin* 1 -
tingulshed by merely securing the registration of the land
in the name of the Shaikh. The Shaikh has made private
arrangements with many of the * taabin * on his iraddaghiveh
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property, but not with all of them. 4iere is a possibility
of actions being brought against the Shaikh by those H taabin w
(iii); Upon the death of a Tapu holder the land devolves
on his heirs in the proportions laid down in the Land Uode *
The Faddaghiyeh lands axe registered in thenames of Shaikh
Mubarak 1 s sons, of vhom one was the father of the present
Shaikh. Any of the present Shaikh*s uncles or any brother
or sister of the Shaikh might, therefore, ask for the land
to be partitioned, and bring an action in the Courts for
his share of the revenues.
i 4© In these circumstances it seems that litt^L would
. be achieved by the issue to the Shaikh of a proper Tapu Sanad
4 in respect of his Faddtaghiyeh estate, which, as you are aware
,:i from paragraph 2 of Sir Francis Humphrys’s despatch »o.64,
Pi!? is the means by which it is proposed that the Shaikh # s title
to the kaddaghiyeh estate should be made legally sound and un
assailable. iiiven thoughthe Shaikh were in possession of
such a Sanad , his title to parts of the Jjaddaghiyeh estate
itself would not be immune from challenge by such of the
t , t * taabin 11 with whom he has not reached a settlement. The
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on the Faddaghiyeh estate with whom settlement has not been
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made, and still more by the "taabin" of the j-ao estate.
which has never been registered in Tapu at all. On this
estate the " taabin " are actually still cultivating the
estate.
validity
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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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