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'File 2/5 VIII Shaikh’s Date Gardens.' [48r] (100/646)
The record is made up of 1 volume (319 folios). It was created in 2 Jul 1936-10 Mar 1938. 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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Vo- 369-
(107/63/36)
bY MAILa
lath .^ly, 1936.
(Copies by Bag)
Sir,
^4 ^
With reference to ray despa tell Ho. 366 of July 15th
last, I have the honour to transmit to you herewith a trans-
-— lotion of the reply from the Minister for Foreign Affairs to
my note Ko. 347 of July 8 th last, concerning the properties
in Iraq belonging to the bhaifche of Kowsit and ohanimersh.
You will have seen from ray telegram Ho. 177 of July
14th that the Minister for Foreign Affaire was at first inclined
to insist that a prior condition of the submission of the new
proposals of His Majesty’s Covomraent to the Council of ministers
should be the acceptance by the *>haikh of tne arrsm^ements
suggested to him last year by the Political Keoident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, whereby he could make a positive contribution to
wards the efforto of the Iraqi Government to combat the
smuggling of goods emanating from bowelt* he was supporteu
in this view by the rime Minister and I received a note to
this effect on July 16th.
3 . The aa^e evening, however, during a private and friendly
talk at ray house, I was able to convince Hurl Said that the
a sniggling proposals put forward by Hie Majesty’s Government
last year need not be regarded as divinely Inspired and that,
as the Jhaikh had flatly refused to consider them, it would per
haps be asking too much to expect him to swallow them whole now.
I suggested that the immediate purpose of the Iraqi Government
would be served if the note were more elastically worded and the
Ghaikh loft a certain latitude in regal'd to the extent of his
co-operation with the Iraqi Government. I said that an un
fortunate impression would be created in London and India if the
terras of the note which I had Just received became known.
/Finally,
• Light Honourable
Anthony Aden, M.C., M.P.,
etc., etc. , etc.
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- Content
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 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. , Bushire, together with 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 Ministry for Foreign Affairs in order to resolve the issue.
The volume includes correspondence from 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. and the Foreign Office discussing the issue of the Iraqi Government considering part of the Shaikh’s land as mowat (land which is not cultivated because it is not cultivable), and therefore, to be confiscated by the state. The volume also includes correspondence from the Shaikh of Kuwait complaining against the Iraqi Government for putting obstacles in the way of his agents and officials administrating his properties. Upon request, the Shaikh provides a list of names of the heirs of Shaikh Mubarak who have rights to the date gardens.
British Officials discuss a few other issues including: the court case disputing the Shaikh’s ownership of the date gardens having been prosecuted by the heirs of Ali Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Al-Zuhair at the Court of Basra, the cancellation of the attorney given by the Shaikh of Kuwait to his pleader in Basra, Abdul Jalil Partu, the suggestion of appointing an Egyptian lawyer to plead for the Shaikh at court, the importance of the Shaikh’s cooperation in taking anti-smuggling measures, the Iraq Land Settlement Law, and the British Government’s proposals for a comprehensive settlement of the date gardens issue.
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- 1 volume (319 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 321; 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. Three additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 6-316, ff 69-199, and ff 242-316; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- 'File 2/5 VIII Shaikh’s Date Gardens.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:9v, 15r:49v, 51r:65v, 69r:69v, 72r:143v, 146r:152r, 154r:191v, 194r:240v, 242r:243v, 252r:252v, 254r:254v, 256r:261v, 267r:295v, 298r:320v, back-i
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