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Coll 17/19 ‘Iraq: Sheikh of Koweit’s Fao Date Gardens’ [‎305r] (609/675)

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The record is made up of 1 file (337 folios). It was created in 3 Jul 1933-25 Apr 1939. 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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Th« ring loaders war® able, however f
counter hie effort* by spreading reports that the autho
rities (In Basra) were behind then and would help
thezt* R* t our representative, was obliged therefore
to write a letter to us whloh you will find herewith
In original*
tfe, for our part, in spite of the written
report Of our representative to the effect that the
"ITallaheon" were still refusing to deliver our share
of the palm fronds, for a while decided to postpone
direct action in the matter* Bat when we saw that our
tenants parslstod in their determination to create
trouble and refuse to pay us our duos we instimeted
our Basra lawyer to put the case officially before the
authoritios for their consideration and action*
He the lawyer duly inf©m»a the ludir of
Sifco (Faoj who sent for our Fao Agent and ashed him
for a full report on the case, and espoel&lly what had
b*en th& customary procedure In the past*
Our repr sentative appears to have explained
everything to him fully, and the Modi* thereupon wrote
to the * ukhtar* (head :tum) of Fao ordering him to
Instruct the Fallaheen 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. " to deliver over to us our
usual ;.haro, to look nxt± after the gardens in their
charge properly, to prevent water from flooding the
palm areas (by keeping the protective dyke* in order),
and to drive away all straying or unknown animal®*
The *Uukhtar* informed them acoordlngly, but we regret
to say that not ing at all has resulted from these
instructions*
ubooquontly the Assistant to the Polloe
Commandant of Baare Liwa visited the Fao Administrative
Headquarters, and sent for all our '•Fellaheen", and
asked them to reply to certain questions which he put
to them* The latter were divided into twn W

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The file contains papers, mainly correspondence and 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. Minute Papers, relating to the Shaikh of Koweit’s [Kuwait’s] date gardens at Fao [Al-Faw] in Iraq. It includes correspondence concerning:

The correspondence mostly consists of correspondence between 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. and the Foreign Office, correspondence between 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. and 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. , and copy correspondence sent to 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. by the Foreign Office and 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 main correspondents in the copy correspondence are as follows: the Foreign Office; 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. ; HM Ambassador, Baghdad; HM Representative, Baghdad; 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 Iraqi Ministry for Foreign Affairs; and Shaikh Sir Ahmed Al-Jabir As-Subah, Shaikh of Koweit.

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (337 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 337; 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 6-336; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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