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Coll 17/8(2) 'Shaikh of Koweit's Estates: Date gardens of the Shaikh in Iraq' [‎301r] (606/1246)

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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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(14/15/35).
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Bagdad,
31st January, 1935,
My dear Helm,
Our despatch No.64 of Janary 31st about the
proposed settlement of the Faddaghiyah case.
You will see that while the Acting Minister for
Foreign Affairs his been told orally that we regard the
obligations arising from the 1914 promise as devolving
upon the Iraqi Government, we know perfectly well that
they will never adrait it.
Now the point is this. !e are reasonably sure
that once the Faddaghiyah case is out of the way and we have
a valid sanad covering that property, the titles of the
Shaikh to all his properties will be fairly sound. vLet us
leave aside the question of possible encroachments beiore or
after 1914. They do not really affect the main question).
Handicapped as we are by not being able to disclose
details of the Sheikh’s holdings we can still (as you tell us
to do in your telegraoi No. 15) isake X&iiiy good y with the
strength of his titles. Do you think that, as a matter 01
tactics, any purpose whatever will he served hy our telling
the Iraqis ag: in in writing, when the appropriate moment
arrives, that we regard them as hound hy the 1914 promise.
Will it not he sufficient to say something on the iollo ...n b
lines? "We protect the Shaikh’s interests in Iraq. c ore
satisfied that his titles to his five properties are clear and
~ T-f* thev £tr© sssmusd t m*.- ui/t-
ought to be unassailable. 1-^ J .
Shaikh/
^ Helm Esq. , C.B.E,

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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.

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 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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