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'File 2/4 I TAXATION OF SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.' [136r] (276/640)
The record is made up of 1 volume (316 folios). It was created in 3 Nov 1914-12 Dec 1930. 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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7 May
17 May 1930.
78214/30.
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Gentlemen,
I am directed t>y Lord Passfield to state that
he desires to refer to you certain questions regarding
the exemption from taxation of certain date gardens
the property of the Shaikhs of Kuwait and Mohammerah in
Iraq.•
1* In November 1914 in order to ensure the
assistance of the Shaikh of Kuwait in connection with
the military operations then proceeding against the
Turks in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
a letter dated 3rd November,
1914, was addressed by the Resident and His Britannic
Majesty’s Consul General in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
to the
Shaikh of Kuwait in which he was promised inter aliC -
that the date gardens then in his possession situate
between Fao and Qurnah should remain in his possession
and in possession of his descendants without being
subject to payment of revenue or taxes. A copy of the
, 1914. letter is enclosed. Cn 2lst November, 1914, a letter
v., 1914. (copy enclosed herewith) was addressed by the British
Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and Kis Majesty’s Consul-
General for Pars to the Shaikh of Mohammerah in which
he was also promised that in consideration for the
assistance he had rendered to the British Government
the date garden he then possessed on the Turkish side
of the Sha11-al-Arab should remain in full possession
of himself and his heirs and immune from taxation. The
date gardens referred to in these letters are situated
in territory which has now become part of Iraq.
2. On 10th October, 1922, a Treaty of Alliance
between Great Britain and Iraq was signed at Baghbad,
The Law Officers
of the Crown.
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The volume contains correspondence related to the date gardens owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, and the Shaikh of Mohammerah, Khaz'al al-Ka'bi, in southern Iraq. In particular, the correspondence concerns the Government of Iraq's intention to end the immunity from taxation (on the gardens) that had been granted to the former ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ, and the Shaikh of Mohammerah by the British Government in return for their military support against the Ottoman Empire in the First World War. The volume contains letters (ff 16-20), dated November 1914, from the British Resident and Consulate-General, Bushire, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , to both shaikhs in respect to this issue. The volume also contains correspondence between British officials discussing the British Government's obligations to Kuwait and how it should react to the Government of Iraq's plans.
The Iraq Government had considered and continues to consider that the exemption from taxation is illegal. This issue was discussed in an extract of an article that appeared in Al-Iraq newspaper and published in 1927, in which the writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. gives the exact amount (12.000 Turkish gold liras per year, or 100.000 in the past 7 years) Iraq was losing annually as a result of the exemption from taxes granted to the two shaikhs.
The British officials had direct correspondence with the Council of Ministers, Iraq. They conveyed the British Government’s approval to the Government of Iraq to open up direct negotiations with the Shaikhs of Kuwait and Mohammerah regarding their revenue exemptions. Correspondence between the High Commissioner, Baghdad, and the Government of Iraq were made as early as 1924 in regard to the issue. The correspondence between the British officials includes articles of the Anglo-Iraq Treaties as well as reports prepared by the Law Officer of the Crown, Downing Street (ff 116-123).
The volume also contains correspondence between Sayid Hamid Bey Al-Naqib, Basra Deputy to the Ruler of Kuwait, and Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir conveying to him the procedures taking place in Iraq regarding his date gardens. Al-Naqib also paid visits to the Shaikh on behalf of the Government of Iraq. The volume also includes statements of the properties of both Shaikhs between the years 1914-1928.
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- 1 volume (316 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 318; 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.
Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 4-313; these numbers are also written in pencil but, where circled, are crossed through.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:22v, 26r:27v, 37r:83v, 86r:106v, 110r:176v, 178r:203v, 205r:207v, 209r:229v, 231r:232v, 235r:238v, 241r:246v, 248r:252v, 256r:259r, 260r:262v, 265r:275v, 283r:298v, 301r:302v, 306r:306v, 312r:317v, back-i
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