File 2/5 XI 'SHAIKH'S DATE GARDENS' [207r] (418/528)
The record is made up of 1 volume (260 folios). It was created in 19 Jan 1939-1 May 1939. 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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COWFIDiKTlAl
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. ,
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Departmentr
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EXPRESS LETTER (AIR MAIL).
[tf.B .—This is an ORIGINAL message sent by AIR MAIL which provides a means of communication more
expeditious than the ordinary mail and is cheaper than the telegraph. It is intended to be treated,
on receipt, with the eame expedition as if it had been telegraphed. To save time and to obviate
formalities it is drafted in the form of a telegram. It is authenticated by the signature of a
responsible officer of the Department.']
No. 313-3 Of 1939.
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Bated
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7th April f
from - Political Raaident t
Buahira*
To - Hit iiaj oa ty * a Secretary of 3tate for India*
London.
He eat«d The secretary to the Government of India*
external Affaire Department, Mew Delhi.
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His Majesty's Onargk d'Affaires, Bagdad
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.
, Kueait, leference his acVress letter
Ho.0-143 of the 29th March 1939.
3 ubj ect *, i’.hailch of Kuv*ait'B date gardens in Iraq.
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Reference my telegram dated the 4th April 1939, and
connected correepondence.
2. I enclose translation of the demand made by the Mudir of Pao
on the Shaikh’s Agent for arrears of taxation.
3. The original is being returned herewith to tne 1 olitical
Agent, Kuwait, for return to tne Shaikh.
sd. T.C.Powle.
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 Peraian Gulf.
Attested.
for Secretary to the political
Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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S. 44.
iIPP—1613 8&P—(M-2617)—21.4-37—16,000.
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(Signature)
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(Designation)
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This volume is a continuation from IOR/R/15/5/149. It contains correspondence, memoranda and legal papers regarding law suits brought against the Shaikh of Kuwait [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] by the heirs of the former owners of the Al Faddaghiyeh, Al Bashiyah and Al Fao properties. The papers discuss: the progress of the law suits, including appeals lodged against previous judgements; the Shaikh's legal representation, and options to replace the Shaikh's Basra lawyer (Abdul Jalil Partu) following an error in the wording of a surety document, and later following his conscription into the army; and the seizure of the Fao and Faddaghiyah estates by the Mudir of Fao on account of unpaid taxes, followed by the eviction and replacement of the Shaikh's tenants. The papers also concern the question of compensation to be paid to the shaikhs of Kuwait in respect of a) property potentially lost through litigation, and b) income lost through the imposition of Istihlak tax.
The volume 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, 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, and HM Ambassador to Iraq. 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 volume also contains the following case and legal papers:
- Legal papers plus correspondence between Abdul Jalil Partu 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. in Kuwait regarding the use of an inappropriate tense in the wording of a surety document, which led to an appeal being dismissed, ff 26-39.
- Copies of the surety document, in English and Arabic, ff 32 and 36.
- Note on a conversation held between Partu and Saiyid Yusuf al Kabir regarding the Faddaghiyah case, ff 69-71.
- English and Arabic copies of a judgement passed by the Application Department of the Court of Revision on 11 November 1938, ff 91-93.
- English and Arabic copies of petitions lodged at the Court of Appeal in Iraq regarding Case No. 373/932 by Abdul Jalil Partu, ff 155-169 and 173-179.
The file continues under reference IOR/R/15/5/151.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (260 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 262; 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 40-257; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- File 2/5 XI 'SHAIKH'S DATE GARDENS'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:7v, 9r:13v, 15r:16v, 18r:28v, 40r:51v, 53r:55v, 65r:71v, 75r:90v, 94r:134v, 137r:146v, 149r:149v, 152r:152v, 180r:186v, 188r:237v, 239r:240v, 244r:251v, 255r:255v, 258r:261v, back-i
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