This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by the rulers of Kuwait and Mohammerah. In particular, the correspondence concerns the Government of Iraq's decision to end the immunity from taxation (on the gardens) that had been granted ...
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by the rulers of Kuwait and Mohammerah. In particular, the correspondence concerns the Government of Iraq's decision to end the immunity from taxation (on the gardens) that had been granted ...
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait. In particular, the correspondence concerns the Government of Iraq's decision to end the immunity from taxation (on the gardens) that h...
This file contains correspondence concerning a number of different topics, all of which are related to Kuwait. The ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ is mentioned throughout the volume and much of the file's content relates to his character and his travels within the region includ...
This file contains correspondence related to a number of different topics (all of which concern Kuwait). The majority of the correspondence in the file discusses anti-Kuwaiti newspaper articles printed in the Iraqi press. A number of examples of these articles are contained in the file includi...
File 53/37, 61/5 (D 17) Kuwait: British Representation
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This file contains correspondence regarding the appointment of Stuart George Knox as the first British Political Agent in Kuwait and Daud ar Rahman Khan [Da'ud al-Rahman] as his assistant. The correspondence discusses the political repercussions of the appointment including its impact on Britain...
File 53/44 II (D 36) Sheikh Mubarak's Fao and Faddaghiya Properties
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding a decision taken by the Ottoman Tapu Office to allow the registration of properties in Iraq in the names of Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ of Kuwait and Shaikh Khaz‘al bin Jābir al-Ka‘bī of Mohammerah. On ff 14-15 the file contains ...
This file contains correspondence between British officials following a request made by Shaikh Mubarak Al Sabah, the ruler of Kuwait, for the British authorities to ensure an adequate water supply to Kuwait (a copy of the letter is contained on folio 3). The correspondence includes discussions...
This file contains correspondence between British officials that discusses the following topics: Oil deposits in Syria and the Farsan [Farasan] islands (ff. 9-11, 14-15, 16-20, 22, 24, 28). Negotiations for the construction of oil wells in Kuwait (ff. 4-8, 12, 16, 20-22, 23-32, 36). The prospect...
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the succession of various rulers of Kuwait. The correspondence discusses the following: The death of Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ and the succession of his eldest son, Shaikh Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ The death of Shaikh Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ and th...
