'File II. IRAQ (3) Vol. 1 Shaikh of Kuwait's Date Gardens on the Shatt-al Arab. (Kuwait's relations with Turkish Govt. and Turkish demand that Kuwaitis should take out Turkish Nationality Certificates)' [‎35r] (70/636)

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Basra,’oriva'bel^ infonaing him ‘that# His }h:cellano"
the Wall oontinned to throw obstacles in the vr v
of The completion, of The sale of the ^adh&gil/a
property, that Vbiul Aziz bin Bilim bin B idar had
been instructed b^‘ Sha ikh I.lobaraii. to prepare a
Moqawala or prelimin ait contract of s -la/,to h^ve
it signed the chief notables of Basra and then.
v resent it to H.B.H* s Oon3ul, ba sra,in orler tn it
the latter mipnt witness tne dooimient.l trusted
that H.B.M's Jonsul, v/ould see his wc to comply
with this reque it, as Sheiih Jlobarak was of the
opinion that His Excellency the tali would probably
then .rLthdraw his opposition.
1?. It iaai r also be of interest to record
that I h ive been informed that the Fadhagiia pro-
•oertj' macr give rise to inconvenient questions in
the future is there is astawkward claim of iY-vqaf
that hangs over the pronerttf.It atpears that tne
original '^adhagi^a nro'certc was unioubtedlj
Howkouf to the Haramain on the failure of natural
heirs b: the will of tiie first ho Her. Tne property
now sold to Mobarak is part of the alluvial soil
thro\/n ur> b^ the Shatt-el-Arab around tne origin u.
property ani the contention of tne seller Ahmed
az 3ah dr and other owners of the alluvial soil
is that on Ip the original strip of land is Ilowkouf
an i that the accretions can form tne subject of
sale or transfer.To this the claimants on behalf
of the Wakaf reply that alluvial soil follows tne
laid ad jointing and that in any case, the date
trees on the alluvial soil ire offsets from tne
Wakaf property and therefore roMmouf.There is
thus all the room for a cause celebre in which the
Turkish courts and lawyers would revel,over the
alluvial soil and it is alleged tnat this explains
Ahmed Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. tz Zahair*s wish to get rid of tne
lajid.