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Coll 17/8(5) 'Shaikh of Kuwait's date gardens: litigation in Iraq Courts regarding the Bashiyah estate' [75r] (149/243)
The record is made up of 1 file (120 folios). It was created in 10 Jun 1938-24 Nov 1944. 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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Confidential
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
Puwait.
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10th September, ig^a
My dear '7eightnan,
Vi11 you pi
letter to Baxter to which Baggallay refers in fare o of his
letter to (Hhoon, forwarded under cover of
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.
letter
No.?•Z.5747 of 35rd August, 1906.
Iuay I add another point which Houston-Boswell has
overlooked. It was desirable to offer the services of a good
foreign lawyer, if only to try to give to the Ruling family of
Kuwait that confidence, which delays for sane twenty years in
to any Iraqi and as h-aitre Ahiaad Rushdl was selected by the
interest in the matter, he iuet be considered a good selection.
have been made to lose his case whoever had bf^en employed, but
whatever the effect of the employment of kaitre Ahmad Hushdi
may have been elsewhere, I can speak for the effect here. It
was excellent. His Fiajoety’s Government were considered to have
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done the right and generous thing and X bcslieve in view of the
increasing interest in London (Vide leading article in "The
Ti: es”) on the subject it may be that it will be found later
most useful that a man of the calibre of Ahmad Hushdi, selected
by our Embassy in Cairo, was employed.
The Holer preferred, he said, a sound Egyptian lawyer
Cairo T&abessy, and I understand Sir Uilee Laiapson took a personal
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arsoually I have little doubt that the Sheikh would
H./feightman , ^squire, l.C.S.,
Officiating
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.
.
Yours sincerely
hd.G.B.de Gaury
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- Content
This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2856. It contains papers regarding legal cases brought against the heirs of Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ (the Shaikh of Kuwait) by the heirs of Shafiqah Al Zuhair, concerning the ownership of the date garden properties known as the Bashiyeh: a suit filed by Rafiah in 1930, which was won on appeal; suits filed by Najiyajh, Hamida and Kamila in 1932; and a suit filed by Bahiyah in 1933. It documents actions taken on behalf of the Shaikh of Kuwait to have the ownership question addressed by a Land Settlement Commission.
It primarily consists of correspondence between 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the Foreign Office, 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. Political Department, and 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. at Kuwait. It also contains letters received from the Shaikh of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ), the Shaikh's son and acting representative in Basra (Shaikh Muḥammad Āl Ṣabāḥ), and the Shaikh's lawyer, Abdul Jalil Partu, as well as copies of outgoing letters to them.
The file contains the following legal papers:
- Decision given by the President of the Land Settlement Commission on the Bashiyeh gardens, dated 22 March 1941. "The two pieces of land... from this estate are to be registered as 216 shares, of which 180 shares go to Ali Al Zohair's heirs, and 36 shares to Jabir, Salim, Nasir, Hamid and Abdulla, sons of Mubarak al Subah...", f 73.
- Translation of the final decision reached by the Court of Cassation, Baghdad, ff 13-15.
The file continues with Collection 17/8 part 6, reference IOR/L/PS/12/2858.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 2).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (120 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 121; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-120; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Title
- Coll 17/8(5) 'Shaikh of Kuwait's date gardens: litigation in Iraq Courts regarding the Bashiyah estate'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:12v, 16r:45v, 47r:60v, 62r:72v, 74r:91v, 94r:94v, 98r:107v, 113r:121v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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