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'File 2/4 II TAXATION of SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.' [142r] (288/448)
The record is made up of 1 volume (220 folios). It was created in 1 Jan 1931-19 Dec 1932. 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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.noi.t^iio'lrci T:o*i iBWjjA
aoY«rnm«nt of India*s oontrlbutl n to tho axpondituro of
Forea wa* aado by tho ^cgraant olf a lamp turn it cannot near
bo argued that they made no contribution at all #
Secondly» tho GoTernaent of India in thoir telegram
Uo#2361-3 of 24th idly i#CMl teethe Secretary of State for
India expressed the fell owing view# * the assurance given to
the Shaikh in 1914 on behalf of the British Government was
catererioal and they cannot see how the ahalkh oan view ether-
wise than with eueplolon the invitation to dlseuea the
question with the * Iraq Government before the matter has been
settled* Moreover the facte when known can scarcely fall to
hive an adverse effeot on the whole Arab littoral and tend
to produce a general feeling of aietruet of British
assurances*. It ie clear therefore that in the opinion of
the Government of India any failure to fulfil our soleirui
undertaking would have adverse reactions on the whole rab
littoral and I submit that th«y and the India Off let oan
reasonably claim a voice in any matter which will certainly
have important reactions along the whole Arab littoiai i;
view of the fact that the Arab littoral is under their
political control and that with the exception of Kuwait, the
expenditure of which ie divisible, the cost of all the other
poets on the Arab littoral ie borne wholly by : * .
To sum up, I cmneider that the Gtvemnraeat of
and to. India Offio. o*n elaU * ™l 0 * in th. .••♦lament oi
thia rat tar beoaua. (a) h * T * l* id thelr ** ***
rapraditur. rad (b) braau.. ray f^lur. ta fulfil our undar.
takings would hora a oat deplorabl. raaotion. r.lon,; tka ***
littoral*
m demi-official ietieTyte
1 sm sending a copy of this
Faiton*
Yours sincerely,
sd/-H.Y.Biscoe.
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The volume contains correspondence related to the date gardens owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, and the Shaikh of Mohammerah, Khaz'al al-Ka'bi, in southern Iraq. In particular, the correspondence concerns the Government of Iraq's intention to end the immunity from taxation (on the gardens) that had been granted to the former ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ, and the Shaikh of Mohammerah by the British Government in return for their military support against the Ottoman Empire in the First World War.
The correspondence is mainly between British officials discussing the possible solutions to the gardens taxation issue. Among the suggested solutions was the selling of the property. British officials report that the Shaikh of Kuwait is entirely flexible in regards to the selling of certain estates but not the ones in Al-Faw. But they also suggested that it would be rather useless for the Iraq Government to attempt to purchase the gardens as they belong to more than a hundred relatives of the Shaikh who depend on the produce for their maintenance.
The volume includes statements of an estimated value of the Shaikh of Kuwait’s estates on Shatt al-Arab. It also contains economic reports on the proposed new basis of taxation on agricultural produce in Iraq, and copies of the Government of Iraq’s new laws for the collection of consumption ( Istihlak ) tax and for the collection of land rent and water rent (ff 79-101). The correspondence also includes records of meetings held in London in regard to the question of the taxations as well as the new system of land revenue collections in Iraq.
The main correspondence is between the British Resident, Bushire, 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, the High Commissioner, Baghdad, and the Colonial Office, Downing Street, London.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (220 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 222; 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 present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. One of these additional sequences has been crossed out.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/136
- Title
- 'File 2/4 II TAXATION of SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:65v, 69r:123v, 125r:145v, 147r:188v, 190r:214v, 217r:221v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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