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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/148
Title:: File 2/5 IX Shaikh’s Date Gardens.
Scope & Content:: The volume contains correspondence, and related papers, regarding a court case over the ownership of date gardens claimed by the Shaikh of Kuwait [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], and his relations, around Fao in Iraq. The court case in question was prosecuted by the heirs of Ali Pasha Al-Zuhair...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 12 Mar 1938-27 Jul 1938
Extent:: 1 volume (370 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/149
Title:: File 2/5 X 'SHAIKH'S DATE GARDENS'
Scope & Content:: This volume is a continuation from IOR/R/15/5/148. 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:: 2 Jul 1938-17 Jan 1939
Extent:: 1 volume (292 folios)

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)

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)

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)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/153
Title:: File 2/5 XIV 'SHAIKH'S DATE GARDENS'
Scope & Content:: This file is a continuation from IOR/R/15/5/152. 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:: English
Date Range:: 6 Dec 1942-18 Nov 1943
Extent:: 1 file (310 folios)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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