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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Place Basra, Asia

71. IOR/R/15/5/148

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)

72. 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)

73. IOR/R/15/5/160

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/160
Title:
File 2/8 Kuwait water supply from Shatt al-`Arab
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to the supply of water to Kuwait from the Shatt-al-Arab estuary which lies within the territory of Iraq. The papers contain incidents relating to the payment of customs duties, the customary drawing of water from populations surrounding the estuary, and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1932-17 Jun 1943
Extent:
1 file (232)

74. IOR/W/L/PS/18/B381 (iii)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/W/L/PS/18/B381 (iii)
Title:
'SKETCH MAP SHOWING TURCO-PERSIAN FRONTIER WEST AND SOUTH OF HAWIZEH'.
Scope & Content:
The map represents Basra and the surrounding area. The map records cities, settlements, hydrology, and cultivations. Printed by the War Office and signed by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Edward Grey) and the Grand Vizier of Ottoman Empire (Ibrahim Hakki Pasha), the map indicates by...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1912
Extent:
1 map