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'File 2/5 II SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS' [24r] (52/420)
The record is made up of 1 volume (206 folios). It was created in 14 Jun 1915-27 Jul 1933. 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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empowering iiim on balialf of hiwssff and i^bdul Bagi and Ayeuha to
complete the transaction of the sale by Tapu registration ana
thereon to receive the balance of the purciiase money* Thereafter
you, as egent for the Shaikh of Kuwait and Aiklul sahab as agent
for Ahmad Pashs and Abd 1 Bagi and Ayesha, went before the Mudir
of the Tapu to register the sale. But the fcludir oi Tapu in an
order dated 9 Sh&bat 1324 refused to register the sole owing to
orders received from Constantinople, that no more sales of land
in the name of the Shaikh of Kuwait were to be registered. After
this you aod Abdul Wahab went before the British Consuijat Basrah
and privately registered before him a deed of sale ol the ’.state -
in so far as the holdings of Ahmad
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
and Ay sabs were con
cerned. Nothing was registered before the British Consul as
regards the holdings of Abdul Jdagi and Shafiqe snd. her daughters
*
and minor son. i bdul /ahab received from you the balance of the
pu chase money vJU. £T 33706 and handed the Bat ate over to the
Jihaikh of Kuwait, in whose name it stands in the Muhasibi
registers, though not jn the Tapu registers. The dhaikh of
Kuwait has during the last few years ceen paying the Miri tax
on the Kstate to the Ott)iaa.n Government, which must be held to
have by receipt of thejtax, acquiesced in the transf r of the
Estate to the Shaikh of await.
Now that KkJ& Ottoman authority has been removed, from Besrtih and
that the British Military authorities have reopened the x 3 cp,xfa.,u
Jept. the former difficulty about TapJA registration oi the sale
of the Estate has been removed, and you esk for formal registra
tion. But in the meanwhile Ahmad
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
ez ^uhair has died in
Constantinople, and his death h£is of course cancelled the first
power of attorney given to him by Ayesha and Abdul Bagi and the
second power of attorney given b w . him to Abdul ,/ahab. Ayesha
herself and the heirs of /Jmnad x asha are most of them in
Constantinople, and they refused before the ar to answer letters
sent from Basrah asking them to appoint another agent for the
completion of the sale before the Ta J* Dept* They have an
agent
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- Content
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 court suit raised in Basra Court by members of al-Zuhair family complaining against the Ruler of Kuwait. The suit in question concerns a portion of the Shaikh’s Faddaghiya estate on Shatt al-Arab, and the Bashiya land to which members of al-Zuhair family lays claim to. According to the reports, the Faddaghiya estate was owned by Aisha, wife of Ahmad Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Al-Zuhair. Ahmad Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. sold the estate to Shaikh Mubarak of Kuwait although he did not hold a Power of Attorney from his wife at the time of the sale, in 1914.
The Iraqi Government had requested via the British Embassy, Baghdad, for the Shaikh of Kuwait to submit to the Basra Court certain documents related to the case including a copy of Power of Attorney to prove the right of Ahmad Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Al-Zuhair to proceed with the selling.
The volume includes a sketch map of the Faddaghiya estate with explanatory notes (ff 94-97). It also includes minutes of a meeting which was held at the Foreign Office in London to discuss issues related to the date gardens and the court suits. The correspondence contains reports that the fellaheen Arabic for ‘peasant’. It was used by British officials to refer to agricultural workers or to members of a social class employed primarily in agricultural labour. on the Faw estate have started refusing to pay rent and were committing acts of sabotage. The Shaikh in turn argued that the British Government’s procrastination had caused him further troubles. Among the correspondents in the volume are 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. , Bushire, 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. , Kuwait.
The volume’s core correspondence covers the years 1932 and 1933. The earlier start date given to the volume is a result of correspondence between Sir Henry Dobbs, Revenue Commissioner, Basra, and Abdul Aziz al-Salim Al-Badr, Agent of the Shaikh of Kuwait in Basra (ff 23-25), which is dated 14 June 1915. The correspondence includes the details of the Tapu dead registration granted to the Shaikh of Kuwait.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (206 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate 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 208; 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. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 6-203, and ff 139-203; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- 'File 2/5 II SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:11v, 13r:15v, 18r:45v, 47r:70v, 74r:75v, 78r:140v, 144r:188r, 197r:207v, back-i
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