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Coll 17/8(2) 'Shaikh of Koweit's Estates: Date gardens of the Shaikh in Iraq' [‎224r] (452/1246)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (619 folios). It was created in 17 Jan 1934-22 May 1936. It was written in English. 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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Extracts from Express Letter Ho.C-118 of 9 fi+v,
April 1935 from 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. " Kuwaiti ,
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--^iii-djiSePl ency Syed Hamid Be^ al WagiA . C
I Leg to report that His Excellency Syed Hamid Beg al
ITaqih, Deputy for Basra in the Iraq Parliament (a person of
distinguished family in Basra, and brother of the late Syed
Talfb Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ) visited Kuwait on the 22nd April, and left again
on the 25th April.
2. He came straight from Bagdad and called on me on
arrival, with Syed Abdur Rahman al Naqib, his cousin and
one Yusuf al oalim a well-known resident of Basra.
j. Though Syed Hamid Beg f s visit was, he assured, me,
Quite of an informal nature, (he had only come down, he said,
to see his sister who is married to the Shaikh f s son) he early
on started, discussing the Shaikh’s Date Gardens question,
and the Iraq Government’s smuggling accusations against
Kuwait*
4* As Syed Hamid is a very influential deputy in the
Iraq Parliament, and as his opinions count for something
in Bagdad, I think it worth while reporting the gist of
what he said, as it shows that there is a good deal of
informative and influential opinion in Iraq, which sees
the Shaikh of Kuwait’s point of view and is out for just
and conciliatory methods.
5* As regards the da t e p;a rd ens , Syed Hamid’s views vere K
as follows
(a) He deplored the way in which the Iraq Government
had deliberately gone out to persecute the Shaikh during
the last four years, and considered such methods the worst ^
y
Dorm of diplomatic tactics that his country could have
undertaken — Kuwait, he said, was Iraq s near and gooa
neighbour and was ruled by a high spirited and proud ...rah
ancient lineage, and his country Iraq ought to have known
better than ”to drive a spear into Shaikh Ahmad’s heart”

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This volume is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2853. It consists of extensive correspondence, memoranda and reports regarding date garden properties in Iraq owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, changes to their tax-exempt status, and lawsuits regarding their ownership. Properties owned by the Shaikh of Mohammerah are also discussed in the volume.

The volume opens with correspondence regarding a plan to have the lawsuits against the Shaikh of Kuwait dropped, by paying the plaintiffs to desist. Other topics discussed include: a proposal to allow the Iraqi Government to tax the estates, and for HMG Her or His Majesty’s Government in London. to compensate the Shaikhs of Kuwait and Mohammerah accordingly; difficulties in establishing the exact extent of the Iraq properties owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait; an application by the Basra Port Directorate to take possession of certain land belonging to the Fao property of the Shaikh of Kuwait; and suggestions that the Government of Iraq establish a commission to investigate the ownership and tax status of the properties.

The principal correspondents and authors are: the High Commissioner for Iraq (Francis Henry Humphrys), the Colonial Office, the Foreign Office, the 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. , 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 (Harold Richard Patrick Dickson), 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Hugh Vincent Boscoe), and HM Ambassador to Iraq (Archibald Clark Kerr). The volume also contains translations of letters received from the Shaikh of Kuwait (Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ), his lawyer (Jacob Gabriel), and the Agent in Iraq to the Shaikh of Mohammerah (Shaikh Khaz'al bin Jābir Mirdāw al-Ka'bī).

The following reports and legal documents appear within the volume:

The file continues with Collection 17/8 part 3, reference IOR/L/PS/12/2855.

The volume includes dividers which give lists of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. These are placed at the end of the correspondence (folios 4-5).

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1 volume (619 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 621; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-618; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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Coll 17/8(2) 'Shaikh of Koweit's Estates: Date gardens of the Shaikh in Iraq' [‎224r] (452/1246), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2854, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100056626712.0x000035> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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