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1. IOR/R/15/5/146

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/146
Title:
File 2/5 VII SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to the date gardens owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, in southern Iraq. In particular, the correspondence concerns the service of judicial documents emanating from the Iraqi Government on the Shaikh of Kuwait in connection with his...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Jun 1932-15 Jul 1936
Extent:
1 volume (243 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/5/143

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/143
Title:
File 2/5 IV SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to the date gardens owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, in southern Iraq. In particular, the correspondence concerns the agrarian troubles in the Shaikh’s gardens caused by the tenants and the fellaheen working there who were refusin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Turkish
Date Range:
12 Oct 1933-26 Oct 1934
Extent:
1 volume (243 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/5/145

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/145
Title:
File 2/5 VI SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to the date gardens owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, in southern Iraq. In particular, the correspondence concerns the alleged intention of the Iraqi Government to expropriate a portion of the Shaikh of Kuwait’s property at Faw. Th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1935-3 Mar 1936
Extent:
1 volume (202 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/5/138

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/138
Title:
File 2/4 IV TAXATION of SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to the date gardens owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, and the Shaikh of Mohammerah, Khaz'al al-Ka'bi, in southern Iraq. The correspondence is mainly about the taxation imposed on the gardens by the Iraqi Government. British offici...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Mar 1934-1 May 1939
Extent:

1 volume (269 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/5/140

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/140
Title:
File 2/5 I SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to a court suit raised in Basra Court by Rafiyaa bint Ali al-Zuhair and other members of al-Zuhair family complaining against the Ruler of Kuwait. The suit in question concerns a portion of the Shaikh’s Faddaghiya estate on Shatt al-Arab, and the Bashiya ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Sep 1930-22 Dec 1932
Extent:
1 file (156 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/5/141

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/141
Title:
File 2/5 II SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to the date gardens owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, in southern Iraq. In particular, the correspondence concerns the court suit raised in Basra Court by members of al-Zuhair family complaining against the Ruler of Kuwait. The sui...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1915-27 Jul 1933
Extent:
1 volume (206 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/5/142

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/142
Title:
File 2/5 III SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to the date gardens owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, in southern Iraq. In particular, the correspondence concerns the court suit raised in Basra Court by members of al-Zuhair family complaining against the Ruler of Kuwait. The sui...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Turkish
Date Range:
20 Nov 1909-18 Oct 1933
Extent:

1 volume (205 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/5/147

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/147
Title:
File 2/5 VIII Shaikh’s Date Gardens.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to the date gardens owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, in southern Iraq. In particular, the correspondence concerns the service of judicial documents emanating from the Iraqi Government on the Shaikh of Kuwait in connection with his...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Jul 1936-10 Mar 1938
Extent:
1 volume (319 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/5/136

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/136
Title:
File 2/4 II TAXATION of SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to the date gardens owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, and the Shaikh of Mohammerah, Khaz'al al-Ka'bi, in southern Iraq. In particular, the correspondence concerns the Government of Iraq's intention to end the immunity from taxation...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1931-19 Dec 1932
Extent:
1 volume (220 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/5/137

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/137
Title:
File 2/4 III TAXATION OF SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to the date gardens owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, and the Shaikh of Mohammerah, Khaz'al al-Ka'bi, in southern Iraq. A particular taxation system called Istihlak (consumption) tax has been imposed by the Iraqi Government on the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1932-26 Mar 1934
Extent:
1 volume (225 folios)