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IOR/R/15/1/497
- Record Id:
- 040-000227952
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001d6
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023576359.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/497
- Title:
- File 53/11 XV (D 138) Kuwait Date Gardens
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by the rulers of Kuwait and Mohammerah. In particular, the correspondence concerns the Government of Iraq's decision to end the immunity from taxation (on the gardens) that had been granted by the British Government to the former ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ and the Shaikh of Mohammerah, Khaz‘al bin Jābir al-Ka‘bī in return for their military support against the Ottoman Empire in World War 1.
The correspondence discusses in detail a number of cases in the Iraqi courts regarding the gardens (by that time owned by the ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ) and attempts made by British officials in Iraq and Kuwait to mediate between the two sides.
The file contains detailed discussion of a case in the court of Basra brought against Shaikh Ahmad by Abdulla Al Zuhair/Az-Zuhair [‘Abdullāh al-Zuhayr], this includes a translation of the opening statement made by Al Zuhair's lawyer (ff 7-15) and copies of defence documents drawn up by an Egyptian lawyer in Shaikh Ahmad's service named Ahmed Rushidi Bey (ff 37-75).
The file also contains reports regarding the cutting down of trees on Shaikh Aḥmad's estates in Fao by order of the Iraqi authorities and a conventionalized sketch of Shaikh Aḥmad's Fao estates on folio 91.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000227427
037-000227638
038-000227925
040-000227952 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1 : Political Residency, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/199-703 : Political Residency, Bushire: subject files
IOR/R/15/1/471-549 : File 53: Kuwait
IOR/R/15/1/497 : File 53/11 XV (D 138) Kuwait Date Gardens - Contains:
- IOR/R/15/1/497, f 91 : Conventionalized sketch of Fao estate
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/R/15/1/497 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0003]/037-000227638[0015]/038-000227925[0027]/040-000227952
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (206 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001d6
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1938
- End Date:
- 1938
- Date Range:
- 14 Apr 1938-19 Jul 1938
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Formerly a bound correspondence volume, the file's pages have been unbound and are now loose.
Foliation: The file's foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil (with a minority in blue crayon), and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Folios 107-108 are omitted from the foliation sequence.
The file contains the following foliation errors: 1, 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D and 1E.
- Former External References:
- A Series: 53/11 XV
Confidential Series: D 138 - Arrangement:
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File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
The file contains an index of topics on folio 1C.
Serial numbers in red crayon refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)