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'File 2/5 VI SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.' [124r] (252/412)
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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*>•£.9/1936
No* 629 .
(14/46/35)
28th November, 1936.
Sir,
In his despatch No. 64 of January 31st, Sir Francis
Humphrys forwarded to your predecessor a copy of a note
addressed by him to the Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs,
in which he set out the proposals of His Majesty’s Government
in the United Kingdom for a settlement of the difficulties
connected with the properties in Ira* belonging to the Shaikhs
of Kuwait and Mohammerah. These proposals may be summarised
as follows:-
(i) On the understanding that the Iratii Government
would ensure that the Shaikh was given a legally valid and
unassailable title to his Faddaghiyah property (except that
portion of the Bashiyah section of it which has already
been alienated from the Shaikh by a Court judgment). His
Majesty’s Government would contribute a sum not exceeding
£ 2,000 towards the expenses which might be incurred in
carrying out the necessary transactions.
(ii) Provided that full effect was given to this
arrangement and on the further understanding that the Iraqi
Government would
(a) undertake to make no claims for arrears of
taxation against the shaikhs of Kuwait and Mohammerah
in respect of their properties in Iraq, and
(b) give a written assurance that no discrimin
atory taxation would be imposed on the properties of
either of these Shaikhs in future.
His Majesty’s Government would raise no further claim for
the exemption from taxation of the properties which these
/two
Ught Honourable
Sir Gamuel J.Q. Hoare, Bt., G.C. 3 .I., G.B.E.,
et c *# etc., etc.
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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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