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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)' [‎187r] (391/636)

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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at» Basrah, has 'bean placed in charge or the whole aclif or the
Blst, (Baghdad) Bivlsion^ and the 41 st brigade of .hadif, cokh-
-prising half the Paclif of the said Division,has gone -bo
Colonel 1 Abdul Jabbar Bey,
Hasan Riza Bey,Chief of bhe S*baff,has now acbually baDen
over the 11th. (Baghdad) Division of Nidham,in addibion &AA&M
bo his obh.er dubies, tie replaces ’luhanrudi. 'All Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ,who has
nominally received the bbrd Cavalry Ragimenb lnsbead,bub is
now selling off his property and will leave for Consbanbi-
-nople shortly,
fuliaramad Fazil Paslia's Ic.sb resignabion,bendered on
biie score of illness (viz.deafness and an affecbion of blie
chesb),has been accepbed; bub I am bound bo say thab I never
saw a nan of his years look in bevber general health than he
now does. His son,baud ley,a cavalrj^ oxf’icer and aide—do—Caxap
bo tlie presenb and V' bJie labe Wali,has also been permibbed
bo resign on the ground of tieing an only son and his father^
sole assisbanb in bhe managemenb of his propefby,one of tlie
principal ibems of which is a valuable sbud of mares. Father
and son have now rebired from their i own house ab -laghdad,
which is bhraabened by the new sbreeb,bo their esbabe of Dawar
down idie Tigris. I have now ascerbained tlmb Muhammad Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
is an acbual nephew of bhe f unous Shamil of Cacausian
celehriby.
A number of the older milibary officers of the 6 th Orri.u
are being reduced bo despair by he prenenb clianges; bub few
of them can afford 'bo forfeib tlieir pensions by resigning
before the completion of their qualifying service.
On the 16bh of July 69 pupils of the I'dadiyah 'Askari
( Iilit>ciry Sciiool) ab Baghdad lefb for Consbcuibinople bo join
biie College for Cadebs there. their average age was 17 bo 18
yeci.rs.
Ib appeitrs thab Nuri Bey's pmcbical connecbion witii the
Q-endarmerie has nob ceased,bub Nazim Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. sbill seems bo
breab him with disfavour.

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Content

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.

Physical characteristics

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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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