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'File 2/5 VII SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.' [123r] (250/494)
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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mim<M OFFICE, S.W.X
XBth 1936.
Dear cXauoon,
ia our oi'fioiai letter Ho. a 2456/18/93 of the nth
W we 0 #nt you copies of a further telegram ana despatch
froia Kir a. Clark Kerr about the sheikh of Koweit'a date
gar a ©lie ie ^ raq.
2. Xou will have noticed that the telegram contained a
reference to Bateman's telegram Ho. 87 of April slat. »e
; have not cent you a copy of the latter, ns it was a private
telegram to Sendai, mainly concerned with matters unconnected
With the present question. The relevant passages run as
Follows S-
,f The Ambassador left for Koweit yu&terday
5f Furi Fa&hu soema anxious to bring about a detente
' { iii roXations wiiii tb© FboiJich, and ba© written to the
! U rrme :Unis ter suggesting (a) that the root cause of
■ f arX trouble ib th& File...Mi *0 present uncertainty about
’lue properties in Iraq,, and (b) that the t.-me has new
-^siCTived to try and settle this quest 2 on with a view to
Satisfying th@ lh&~kh.
”i told Fun i’asha that we too had reached the
« conclusion that it is now necessary to tackle this
♦♦mutter do novo*
‘♦huia.
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
leaves for London on or about April
5f Edth ••**••••*
r, fhe present at^osphar© seem© moat favourable and
n imy not r<. ottr♦ ^,
3* wo feel that sufficient material xa now available
to hold the proposed interdepartmental meet in,, to consider
> Clauaoujf Esq** our/
Utua. oifice*
P*^ f 33^7/1936,
E 3649/18/93*
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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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- '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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