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'File 2/5 VII SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.' [106r] (216/494)
The record is made up of 1 volume (243 folios). It was created in 5 Jun 1932-15 Jul 1936. 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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1 * Apart from this consideration the Iraqi
Government should appreciate that His
Majesty*s Government could not in any case
assist the service of documents on the
Sneikh in connexion with these cases* since
to do so would clearly be inconsistent
with their own obligations under the pledge
given to the sheikh in 1914 in regard to
his lands in Iraq.
8. After you have spoken in the sense of
the two preceding paragraphs* I consider
that there will be advantage in your
developing the argument foreshadowed in
paragraph 8 of your despatch under reply.
Your Excellency could point out that, if
His Majesty 1 s Government were to take a
different line and to agree to transmit
documents for service on the sheikh of
Koweit, the result y/ould probably be a
flood of actions against the sheikh. This
might well prove highly embarrassing t o the
Iraqi Government.
S. In the first place the Iraqi Government,
apart from the responsibilities under the
1914 pledge to the Sheikh* which, I am aware
that they refuse to admit, are definitely
bound by various undertakings given on their
behalf to settle the question of the Sheikh 1 s
title to his lands. If claimants are
permitted without hindrance to bring actions
against the sheikh the Iraqi Government
will find it difficult, if not impossible,
to fulfil their undertakings.
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The volume contains correspondence related to the date gardens owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, in southern Iraq. In particular, the correspondence concerns the service of judicial documents emanating from the Iraqi Government on the Shaikh of Kuwait in connection with his ownership of the gardens. 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. in Kuwait and the British Ambassador in Baghdad mediate the talks between the Shaikh of Kuwait and the Iraqi Government in order to resolve the issue. The correspondence also concerns the action of the Basra Port Authorities in regards to the stakes they have driven into the strip of land which is part of the Shaikh’s Faw property, the suggestion made by British Officials to the Shaikh to give as a gift a piece of his land at Faw to the Government of Iraq, and the Shaikh’s complaints against the Iraqi Government for putting obstacles in the way of his agents and officials administrating his properties.
The volume includes records of meetings held at the Foreign Office, London, to discuss the questions of possession and title of the Shaikh of Kuwait, the liability of the Shaikhs’ properties to Iraqi taxation, and the British Government’s proposals for a comprehensive settlement of the date gardens issue.
The volume’s core correspondence covers March- July 1936. The earlier start date given to the volume is a result of correspondence by the British Embassy Baghdad, which includes the English text of the Iraqi Land Settlement Law of 1932 (ff 145-155), which is dated 5 June 1932.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (243 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 245; 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 additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 6-240, and ff 66-240; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/5/146
- Title
- 'File 2/5 VII SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:13v, 17r:17v, 20r:32r, 36r:39v, 48r:50v, 53r:72v, 75r:76v, 78r:100v, 103r:144v, 156r:207v, 210r:234r, 235r:235v, 238r:244v, back-i
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