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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Subject Taxation Name High Commissioner, Iraq, 1920-1932

1. IOR/L/PS/10/1222

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1222
Title:
File 4537/1927 Pt 1-2 'Iraq: Kuwait and Mohammerah Date Gardens'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to the matter of tax exemption on the date gardens in Iraq belonging to the Shaikh of Kuwait and the Shaikh of Mohammerah. The exemption was promised to the shaikhs by the British for assistance given during the First World War. The volume covers the inte...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1927-1933
Extent:
1 volume (1152 folios)

2. 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)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/2886

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2886
Title:
Coll 17/24 ‘Iraq. Internal. New Iraqi Income Tax Law. Effect on British aircraft and shipping.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers mostly relating to the following: the objections of HM Government to Article 6 of the draft Iraq Salaries and Allowances Tax Law of 1930; and the liability of British aircraft and shipping companies operating in Iraq to income tax under Article 29 of the Iraq Income Tax ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Dec 1930-9 May 1935
Extent:
1 file (182 folios)