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201. 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)

202. IOR/R/15/5/172

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/172
Title:
File 3/2 Interference with Kuwait Sailing Craft on High Seas by Persian warships.
Scope & Content:
This file relates to incidents of Kuwaiti sailing boats being intercepted (and in some cases seized and detained) by Persian warships and other vessels, on suspicions of smuggling. The file largely consists of correspondence between British officials regarding several specific incidents, includi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
10 Apr 1933-23 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (273 folios)

203. IOR/R/15/5/121

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/121
Title:
‘I Riyadh (VII) Colonel Dickson’s v[isit] to Riyadh (Includes visits of other Europeans to Riyadh’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to visits made by Europeans and Americans to Saudi Arabia, and specifically to Riyadh: A visit made in 1937 by Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson, former Political Agent at Kuwait, reportedly in his capacity as a representative of the Kuwai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Nov 1937-15 Nov 1945
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

204. IOR/R/15/5/151

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)

205. IOR/R/15/5/135

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/135
Title:
File 2/4 I 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:
3 Nov 1914-12 Dec 1930
Extent:

1 volume (316 folios)

206. IOR/R/15/5/144

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/144
Title:
File 2/5 V SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to the date gardens owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah, in southern Iraq. The correspondence concerns the Iraqi Ministry of Justice’s refusal to recognise the Power of Attorney presented to them by the Shaikh of Kuwait’s lawyer in Ba...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1933-30 Apr 1935
Extent:

1 volume (309 folios)

207. 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)

208. IOR/R/15/5/170

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/170
Title:
File 3/1 I Seizure or Detention of Kuwait sailing craft by Persians
Scope & Content:
This file relates to several cases of Kuwaiti sailing boats being seized or detained by the Persian authorities. The file consists mostly of correspondence between the Political Agent, Kuwait, and various British diplomatic officials. Most of the correspondence concerns the circumstances of the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1932-21 Oct 1936
Extent:
1 volume (248 folios)

209. IOR/R/15/5/317

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/317
Title:
File 13/8 'American Consular Posts in Persian Gulf and American Penetration'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to American consular posts in the Persian Gulf. This largely consists of: correspondence between the Political Agent, Kuwait, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; correspondence between the Political Agent, Kuwait, and the British Ambassador, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1945-5 Sep 1949
Extent:
1 file (60 folios)