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'File 2/5 V SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.' [60r] (124/626)
The record is made up of 1 volume (309 folios). It was created in 30 Aug 1933-30 Apr 1935. 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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and the present Shaikh of Kuwait has no actual interest in
same. Nevertheless as will be seen from Annexure I, it is one
of the Gardens which His Majesty's Government included in
their 1914 Pledge, and it must still be considered exempt
from Iraq Taxation.
2 . As Gardens "C" have been held for over 60 years, and
Garden ”D rt for over 100 years respectively by the Shaikhs of
Kuwait and as Shaikh Mubarak felt very secure in his title
and rights over them*he did not trouble to take out Tapu
Papers during the Turkish regime. He had experienced so much
difficulty with various Walis and Mutasarrifs over Gardens
Tf A Tf and "B" and had spent so much in bribes in his efforts
to register them under Tapu that he thought it better to
leave well alone. He was further encouraged to come to this
decision by the chaotic condition existing in the Basra Liwa
in the years immediately preceding the Great War, when lack
of Government control was the order of the day, and Government
"Mamurs" officials scarcely dared proceed down river for
fear of being shot by the tribes.
3. The Turkish Government for their part ne ver tried
to upset Shaikh Mubarak’s claims to "C* and ' f D” and were
entirely satisfied so long as Mubarak paid them revenue
regularly. This Mubarak took care to do upto the coming of
[the English in 1914. In proof of this the present Shaikh
holds and can pi'oduce Turkish Revenue receipts for many
years of taxation paid, which in themselves constitute power
ful proof that the A1 Subah were recognized as the rightful
owners by the Turks.
4 . That the Fao Estates in particular were recognized
by the Turks as forming part of the Al Subah lands, is further
proved by the fact that, in an important inheritance case
which arose between the members of the Al Subah family in
which several distant branches were concerned, the '’Saniya
Department’’ acting under direct telegraphic orders of the
[Augustus
BAB AL *AALI (Sultan Abdul Hamid himself) sat on, adjudicated
the matter, and gave written decision. This document which
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The volume contains correspondence related to the date gardens owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah, in southern Iraq. The correspondence concerns the Iraqi Ministry of Justice’s refusal to recognise the Power of Attorney presented to them by the Shaikh of Kuwait’s lawyer in Basra, Jacob Gabriel. It also concerns the following: the Shaikh of Kuwait's ownership of the gardens, the Tapu papers (land deeds) which prove his rights to the date gardens, smuggling, 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. riots at Faw, and tax payments. In the papers, the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs raised their concerns to the British Government that unless the Shaikh accepts the service of judicial documents emanating from the Iraqi Government all cases instituted against him would remain pending.
In the volume, British Officials circulate full lists of the Shaikh’s garden properties in Iraq. They also discuss the Iraqi Government’s request for the Shaikh to appear at the Court in Iraq, and how this could compromise his position as an independent ruler.
The volume also includes correspondence related to the ‘Ujairawiyeh Estate, which had been purchased by Shaikh Mubarak in 1912, and was registered in the name of his daughter Sharifa. The estate later became a shared property between the heirs. Such shared properties raised questions among British officials regarding the Arab custom of holding property in common.
The volume’s core correspondence covers October 1934- April 1935. The earlier start date given to the volume is a result of correspondence by 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. Trenchard Craven William Fowle (f 303), which is dated 30 August 1933. The correspondence is a drawing of a plan showing lands adjacent to Faw depot.
The main correspondence in the volume is 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. , Bushire, 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 British Ambassador, Baghdad, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iraq, the Ruler of Kuwait and his Basra lawyer Jacob Gabriel.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (309 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 311; 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 previous foliation sequences, one circled and one uncircled, have been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- 'File 2/5 V SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:19v, 23r, 26r:32v, 34r:48v, 50r:77v, 82r:83v, 87r, 88r, 90r:94v, 98r:107r, 108r:109v, 112r:129r, 130r:131v, 133r:136v, 139r:170v, 180r:182v, 185r:188r, 189r:227r, 230r:230v, 232r:243v, 245r:249r, 250r:251v, 253r:254v, 256r:269r, 270r:270v, 274r:289v, 291r:302v, 304r:310v, back-i
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