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IOR/R/15/1/530
- Record Id:
- 040-000227985
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001f7
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023527876.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/530
- Title:
- File 53/80 I (D 82) Ownership of Shaikh of Kuwait's Date Gardens in Iraq
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by the ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ. The correspondence concerns the Government of Iraq's decision to end the immunity from taxation (on the gardens) that had been granted to the former ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ by the British Government in return for his military support against the Ottoman Empire in World War 1.
The correspondence in the file focuses on a legal dispute regarding Shaikh Aḥmad's ownership of two date garden estates in particular named Faddaghiyeh and Bashiyeh.
The file contains a report labelled 'secret' entitled 'Note on the Various Points in Dispute between His Excellency the Shaikh of Kuwait and the Iraq Government in respect of certain Garden Property on the Shatt-Al-Arab' (ff 99-105) that contains a detailed summary of the dispute.
A sketch map showing the portions of land in dispute is contained on folio 209 and followed by an explanatory note (ff 210-212).
- 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
040-000227985 - 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/15/1/530 : File 53/80 I (D 82) Ownership of Shaikh of Kuwait's Date Gardens in Iraq - Contains:
- IOR/R/15/1/530, f 209 : A sketch map showing the portions of Faddaghiyeh Estate in Shatt Al Arab Delta
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/R/15/1/530 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0003]/037-000227638[0015]/038-000227925[0060]/040-000227985
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (236 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001f7
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1932
- End Date:
- 1933
- Date Range:
- 10 Sep 1932-9 May 1933
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: A bound correspondence volume.
Foliation: The file's main foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A second folio sequence is present between ff 6-216; these numbers are also written pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
The file contains the following foliation errors: 1, 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D and 1E; 14 and 14A.
- Former External References:
- A Series: 53/80 I
Confidential Series: D 82 - Arrangement:
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File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
Serial numbers refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file: red for incoming, blue for outgoing correspondence.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)