'File 53/11 VI (D 92) Date Gardens of Shaikhs of Kuwait and Mohammerah'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'File 53/11 VI (D 92) Date Gardens of Shaikhs of Kuwait and Mohammerah'
- Date:
- 1932/1933
- Description:
- Abstract: This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by the rulers of Mohammerah and Kuwait. The correspondence discusses changes in legislation proposed by the Government of Iraq regarding the collection of land rent and land produce duties, and the impact of these proposed changes to the ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ. In particular, 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 and the Shaikh of Mohammerah, Khaz‘al bin Jābir al-Ka‘bī by the British Government in return for their military support against the Ottoman Empire in World War 1.Much of the correspondence in the file discusses whether or not this assurance can be upheld and how the British should react to the Iraqi government's desire to tax the produce that is grown on Shaikh Ahmad's land and then exported to Kuwait. The file contains direct correspondence between British officials and Nūrī al-Sa‘īd, the Prime Minister of Iraq. The negative impact that the situation had upon Britain's prestige within Kuwait - and the broader implications of this development - are discussed throughout the file.The file contains the minutes of a number of meetings held at the Colonial Office and the Foreign Office with representatives from the Treasury, the Treasury Solicitor's Department, the India Office, the Colonial Office and the Foreign Office present between 1932 and 1933. A briefing note marked 'secret' that outlines the various points of dispute between the Shaikh of Kuwait and the Government of Iraq is contained on the file on ff. 78-84.The file also contains details regarding a legal case brought against Shaikh Aḥmad by members of the Al Zuhair family regarding the ownership of some of his land holdings in Iraq.Physical description: Condition: Formerly a bound correspondence volume, the file's sheets 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 and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The file contains the following foliation errors: 1, 1A and 1B; 33 and 33a; 147 and 147a; 161 and 161a.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Land ownership
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001cd_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001cd_en
IOR/R/15/1/488
IOR/R/15/1/488