'File 53/80 I (D 82) Ownership of Shaikh of Kuwait's Date Gardens in Iraq'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'File 53/80 I (D 82) Ownership of Shaikh of Kuwait's Date Gardens in Iraq'
- Date:
- 1932/1933
- Description:
- 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).1 volume (236 folios)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.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.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Extent:
- 1 volume (236 folios)
- Rights:
- Public Domain
Unknown
Open Government Licence - Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001f7_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001f7_en
IOR/R/15/1/530 - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers