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'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)' [137r] (289/636)
The record is made up of 1 volume (307 folios). It was created in 18 Sep 1904-10 Nov 1913. 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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Dated 28tli Joraadi IX 1328.
7-6-1910.
To
His H&oellanoy Mubarok
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
ol Cubah.
A.C.
I hope that you will always bo in good health.
I bog to inform you that I have learned from persons whom X
consider relaiblo that Ahmed
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
el Zohoir has been convinced
by eertain parties to abandon the execution of the settlement ok
on the presumption that the value (paid) is less than what is the
aorth of the land and that the "Taah" river fromtage) has not been
included in the measurement and such nx nonsense. He has made up
his mind to send surveyors to take measurements and if the survey
ors are prevented from doing this, they will then turn out the
farmers through the Government because he holds Govennment papers
and the Government makes the land over to the party holding Govt
papers without making a reference to the Courts. A certain friend
of his has given him advices -and I think it must have been Abdul
Wahhab el Qertas - (stating that) the matter will result in ^
litigation and it is advisable that he should wait and ho will
of course receive a letter from Sheikh hubarek to effect a seitle-
*
ment add that he should write that he has been deceived in the
valuation -nd the land is more than the measurement and the •Tash*
has not been included in the measurement and that either he should
mafte a second measurement with an addition of so much money on
every jarib, or, if he did not agree to this course, the land
should bo restored to him (Ahmed) and the value to be refunded by
instalments in the course of 10 years. This is what his
friend hastold him. Ahmed
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
has kept quiet qccordingly. The
object of these devilish temptations is that Abdul Wahhab el
Qefctas should intervene in the matter and be benefitted through hfts
intervention by (the forsaking of) the bk claim which you have
against
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the:
- Shaikh of Kuwait's date gardens on the Shatt al-`Arab
- Turkish demand that Kuwaitis should take out Turkish Nationality Certificates
- registration of Shaikh Mubarak's property at Faddaghiya
- offer of a cash salary to Shaikh of Kuwait as Qaimaqam
The principal correspondents in the volume include 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, Stuart George Knox; the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Mubarak al Sabah; 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 Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. , John Gordon Lorimer.
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- 1 volume (307 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 309; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at 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 2-308; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- '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)'
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- front, front-i, 2r:25v, 26ar:26av, 26v:43v, 44ar, 44r:50v, 51ar:51av, 51r:75v, 76ar:76av, 76r:76v, 76v, 76v:82v, 83ar:83av, 83r:94v, 98r:101v, 102ar:102av, 102r:113v, 116r:118v, 119ar:119av, 119r:120v, 121ar:121av, 121r:134v, 136r:145v, 147r:158v, 159ar:159av, 159r:309r, back-i
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