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1671. IOR/R/15/5/150

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/150
Title:
File 2/5 XI 'SHAIKH'S DATE GARDENS'
Scope & Content:
This volume is a continuation from IOR/R/15/5/149. It contains correspondence, memoranda and legal papers regarding law suits brought against the Shaikh of Kuwait [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] by the heirs of the former owners of the Al Faddaghiyeh, Al Bashiyah and Al Fao properties. The papers disc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Jan 1939-1 May 1939
Extent:
1 volume (260 folios)

1672. IOR/R/15/5/151

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/151
Title:
File 2/5 XII 'Ownership of HH Shaikh of Kuwait's Date Gardens in Iraq'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation from IOR/R/15/5/150. It contains correspondence, memoranda and legal papers regarding law suits brought against the Shaikh of Kuwait [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] by the heirs of the former owners of the Al Faddaghiyeh, Al Bashiyah and Al Fao properties. The papers discus...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1939-5 Mar 1941
Extent:
1 file (268 folios)

1673. IOR/R/15/5/152

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/152
Title:
File 2/5 XIII 'SHAIKH'S DATE GARDENS'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation from IOR/R/15/5/151. It contains correspondence, memoranda and legal papers regarding lawsuits brought against the Shaikh of Kuwait [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] by the heirs of the former owners of the Al Faddaghiyeh, Al Bashiyah and Al Fao properties, and efforts on beh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1941-6 Dec 1942
Extent:
1 file (336 folios)

1674. IOR/R/15/5/154

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/154
Title:
File 2/5 XV 'SHAIKH'S DATE GARDENS'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation from IOR/R/15/5/153. It contains correspondence, memoranda and legal papers regarding lawsuits brought against the Shaikh of Kuwait [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] by the heirs of the former owners of the Al Faddaghiyeh, Al Bashiyah and Al Fao properties, and efforts on beh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1943-16 Apr 1947
Extent:
1 file (364 folios)

1675. IOR/R/15/5/155

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/155
Title:
File 2/5 XVI 'SHAIKH'S DATE GARDENS'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation from IOR/R/15/5/154. It contains correspondence, memoranda and legal papers regarding lawsuits brought against the Shaikh of Kuwait [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] by the heirs of the former owners of the Al Faddaghiyeh, Al Bashiyah and Al Fao properties, and efforts on beh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1947-26 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (335 folios)

1676. IOR/R/15/5/156

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/156
Title:
[Unnumbered file] Papers in Arabic
Scope & Content:
The file includes three land deeds of the date gardens, all dated 12 February 1909. The first two deeds are between the Shaikh of Kuwait Mubarak al-Sabah and Abdul Wahhab al-Qirtass, on behalf of certain members of al-Zuhair family in Basra Iraq. The third deed is between Shaikh Mubarak and Shafi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
12 Feb 1909
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

1677. IOR/R/15/5/157

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/157
Title:
[Un-numbered file] 'Shaikh Nasir ibn Mubarak Al Sabah, 1916-18; miscellaneous papers concerning Shaikh of Kuwait's date gardens in Iraq; copies of pleading before the Iraq courts and lawyers' opinions'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and legal papers regarding lawsuits brought against the heirs of Shaikh Mubarak Āl Ṣabāḥ (the Emir of Kuwait) by the members of the Al Zuhair family, regarding the ownership of garden properties in Basra. The file contains a small amount of correspondence dated...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Nov 1916-2 Jun 1938
Extent:
1 file (229 folios)

1678. IOR/R/15/5/159

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/159
Title:
File 2/7 'Legislation to forbid Kuwait nationals to buy property in Iraq; and conscription'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding an enquiry submitted to the Political Agent at Kuwait by the Shaikh of Kuwait (Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ), asking him to confirm whether the Government of Iraq had passed legislation preventing Kuwaiti subjects from owning land in Basra or from registering it with the Tapu ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1933-6 Apr 1946
Extent:
1 file (82 folios)

1679. IOR/R/15/5/161

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/161
Title:
File 2/8 II Kuwait water supply from the Shatt al-Arab
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence among British officials in the Persian Gulf and London, as well as the Kuwaiti Government on various means of securing a reliable supply of water for Kuwait. The papers vary from proposal for a condensing plant, and possible pipeline from Basra in Iraq, to obtai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1943-14 Jun 1949
Extent:
1 file (230 folios)

1680. IOR/R/15/5/162

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/162
Title:
File 2/9 Anti-British propaganda
Scope & Content:
This file consists of correspondence between British officials in Iraq and the Persian Gulf discussing Arabic language newspaper extracts and articles on the British presence in the Middle East. Most of the papers discuss ways of countering or restricting the circulation of anti-British, anti-col...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Nov 1933-22 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (370 folios)

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