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'File 2/5 VII SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.' [156r] (316/494)
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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From Secretary of State for India
To
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 the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, repeated to Gover
of India, Foreign & Political Dept., and
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.
,
Your telegram of 14th May, No.379. Date Gardens. I
regret it was not possible to await the papers promised in your 1
telegram but the position has in any case been altered by a
completely new suggestion for comprehensive solution, as yo ■ will
see from enclosed copy of Foreign Office despatch to Bagdad.
Please telegra h your concurrence or observations.
2. Nothing about suggested plan should be said to Sheikh at
this stage.
3. As regards question of possession , if suggestion for
applying Land Settlement Law procedure (advantages of which are
explained in Foreign Office despatch) is adopted it will be
important that Sheikh of Koweit should co-operate by providing
papers and appointing reliable Agent to appear before Land
Settlement Officer. It may perhaps be hoped that he would be
ready to do so if it were impressed upon him that (a) officer is
British official and U) His Majesty's Government's 1914 pledge
stands whatever the outco'ne of the Land Settlement.
4. fl omoensati >n ^o r taxation losses . Pera raph 2 of your
telegram of 14th May. Treasury are not prepared to make a
payment to the Sheikh in respect of taxation losses except in
final settlement of hoth past and future liability on this account.
5. s suggestions in Foreign Office despatch appear to offer
sene prospect of a reasonable and early comprehensive agreement
with Iraqi Government, His Majesty's Government do not at present
propose to tackle the taxation question by itself in advance of
general settlement, as was suggested in Treasury demi-official
letter of 24th February, copy of which was sent zo you by air mail
Dated 2nd June, 1936
Koweit»
No. P.Z.3505/36
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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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- '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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