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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Land ownership Name Political Agent, Kuwait, 1904-1961

1. IOR/L/PS/12/2854

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2854
Title:
Coll 17/8(2) 'Shaikh of Koweit's Estates: Date gardens of the Shaikh in Iraq'
Scope & Content:
This volume is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2853. It consists of extensive correspondence, memoranda and reports regarding date garden properties in Iraq owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, changes to their tax-exempt status, and lawsuits regarding their ownership. Properties owned by the Shaikh of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1934-22 May 1936
Extent:
1 volume (619 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2856

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2856
Title:
Coll 17/8(4) 'Shaikh of Kuwait's date gardens: litigation in Iraq Courts regarding the Faddaghiyah estate'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2855. It contains papers regarding legal cases brought against the heirs of Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ (the Shaikh of Kuwait) by Abdullah bin Issa Pasha Al Zuhair, concerning the ownership of the date garden properties known as the Faddaghiyeh, the Bashiye...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1937-14 Sep 1943
Extent:
1 file (591 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/2857

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2857
Title:
Coll 17/8(5) 'Shaikh of Kuwait's date gardens: litigation in Iraq Courts regarding the Bashiyah estate'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2856. It contains papers regarding legal cases brought against the heirs of Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ (the Shaikh of Kuwait) by the heirs of Shafiqah Al Zuhair, concerning the ownership of the date garden properties known as the Bashiyeh: a suit filed by ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1938-24 Nov 1944
Extent:
1 file (120 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2858

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2858
Title:
Coll 17/8(6) 'Date gardens of the Sheikh of Koweit in Iraq: discharge of HMG's liability in respect of possession and exemption from taxation'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2857. It contains papers regarding the following: legal cases brought against the Shaikh of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ) in respect of the ownership of date garden properties in Iraq; the subsequent institution of Land Settlement Procedure to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1938-10 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (425 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2880

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2880
Title:
Coll 17/19 ‘Iraq: Sheikh of Koweit’s Fao Date Gardens’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mainly correspondence and India Office Minute Papers, relating to the Shaikh of Koweit’s [Kuwait’s] date gardens at Fao [Al-Faw] in Iraq. It includes correspondence concerning: Unrest among the fellaheen [agricultural labourers or peasants] on the Fao estates in 1933, w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1933-25 Apr 1939
Extent:
1 file (337 folios)