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Coll 17/19 ‘Iraq: Sheikh of Koweit’s Fao Date Gardens’ [‎322r] (643/675)

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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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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’ s Government, and shouid be
returned to the Foreign Office if not required for official use.]
From I RAQ , £ 4 y ) (j
Telegram (en clair) from Mto Ogilv ie^orfe-sl By u.ad.,
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D. 2Cth July, 1933.
R. 25th July, 1933
No.6, Saving.
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Resident, Bushire, has reported to me hy telegram which
he repeated to 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. number 5C4 of July 14th y that
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 Shaikh of Kuwait l s Fao estate are refusing to
pay rent ©nd are committing acts of sabotage® They claim
that they are owners of soil and that Iraqi Government will
make them proprietors in place of Shaikh® They have briefed
Basrah lawyer to look after their interests® Shaikh. 1 s agent
applied for help to local Iraqi officials who intervened but
without effect*
Shaikh and 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. believe that this movement
has been instigated by Iraqi Government® Alternatively
there are indications which cause me to consider that it may
have been fomented by group of Basrah advocates including
Shaikh’s own lawyer*
In view of possible inter-action between this movement
and Shaikh’s other troubles I have as a preliminary step
privately informed Acting Adviser Ministry of Interior
requesting him to investigate matter and to warn local
officials that it is their duty to aiford to Shaikh s agent
all possible assistance and protection*
I am requesting Fowle who is flying through Bagdad today
to deliver this telegram*
Addressed Foreign Qffioe telegnuiuKao^Sa-viii^r repeated
Bushire and Kuwait by bag*-

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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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