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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R Language Arabic Subject Land ownership

1. IOR/R/15/1/483

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/483
Title:
File 53/11 I (D 10) Koweit [Kuwait] Shaikh's Fao Properties 1903 and 1904
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to date gardens in Fao [the Al Faw Peninsula] owned by the ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ. The correspondence primarily consists of copies of letters between Mubārak and Ottoman and British officials and concerns an arbitration case regarding ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1902-14 Sep 1904
Extent:
1 volume (309 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/484

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/484
Title:
File 53/11 II (D 11) Kuwait: Sheikh's Fao Properties, 1905-1910
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ's (the ruler of Kuwait) ownership of date gardens in Fao [the Al Faw Peninsula]. Much of the correspondence is between British officials but the file also contains copies - in both English and Arabic - of correspondence directly...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1904-10 Jul 1910
Extent:
1 volume (291 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/489

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/489
Title:
File 53/11 VII (D 94) Date Gardens of Shaikhs of Kuwait and Mohammerah
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by the rulers of Mohammerah and Kuwait. The correspondence discusses changes in legislation proposed by the Government of Iraq regarding the collection of land rent and land produce duties, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Turkish
Date Range:
26 Jun 1933-30 Sep 1933
Extent:
1 volume (273 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/490

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/490
Title:
File 53/11 VIII (D 98) Date Gardens of Shaikhs of Kuwait and Mohammerah
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by the rulers of Mohammerah and Kuwait. The correspondence discusses changes in legislation proposed by the Government of Iraq regarding the collection of land rent and land produce duties, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Turkish
Date Range:
30 Sep 1933-30 May 1934
Extent:
1 volume (286 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/494

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/494
Title:
File 53/11 XII (D 124) Shaikh of Kuwait's Date Gardens in Iraq
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by the ruler of Kuwait. The correspondence discusses changes in legislation proposed by the Government of Iraq regarding the collection of land rent and land produce duties, and the impact o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 May 1936-31 Jul 1936
Extent:
1 volume (211 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/498

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/498
Title:
File 53/11 XVI (D 141) Kuwait Date Gardens
Scope & Content:
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 ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Jul 1938-18 Oct 1938
Extent:
1 volume (204 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/499

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/499
Title:
File 53/11 XVII (D 146) Kuwait Date Gardens
Scope & Content:
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 ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1938-31 Mar 1939
Extent:
1 volume (224 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/501

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/501
Title:
File 53/11 XIX (D 163) Kuwait Date Gardens
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1940-10 Oct 1942
Extent:
1 volume (238 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/130

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/130
Title:
File 9/3 Bahrain Reforms. Land Registration & Record of Rights
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and papers relating to the issue of land rights and ownership in Bahrain. The first part of the volume (folios 2-78) concern the organisation of a land survey in Bahrain. The Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfa, with the assistance of the Bahra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1923-18 Dec 1927
Extent:
1 volume (102 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/624

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/624
Title:
‘File 22/29 PRESENTATION OF DATE GARDENS TO SHAIKH OF DUBAI BY SHAIKH OF RAS AL KHAIMAH’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, mainly between Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bahrain and Gordon Noel Jackson, the Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain about the gift of date gardens in his territory by Shaikh Sultan bin Salim [Al Qasimi, Sha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Jul 1947-24 Sep 1947
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)