'File 53/11 XX (D 168) Kuwait Date Gardens'

Title:

'File 53/11 XX (D 168) Kuwait Date Gardens'

Date:

1942/1945

Description:

Abstract: This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait. 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 in return for his military support against the Ottoman Empire in World War 1.The correspondence contained in the file discusses an ongoing legal struggle in the Iraqi courts to determine ownership of the gardens and includes correspondence between Shaikh Aḥmad and his son (and representative in Iraq) Mohamed [Muḥammad] as well as between Shaikh Aḥmad and the British Political Agent in Kuwait, Tom Hickinbotham. The following lawyers and legal representatives of Shaikh Aḥmad are mentioned in the file:Ali MumtazHaji Sulaiman FaidhiJamil SadiqNasarat al FarisiAbdul Jaleel PartuA note by Hickinbotham entitled 'The Shaikh of Kuwait's Date Gardens and the Diplomatic and Legal proceedings which have taken place since 1927' is contained in the file on folios 114-129. This note contains details of the British government's original agreement with Shaikh Mubarak in 1914 and a summary of relevant events in the case.The correspondence discusses problems that Shaikh Aḥmad has faced attempting to export date crops from his properties in Iraq as well as ongoing disputes between Shaikh Aḥmad and a number of his tenants on the properties.Physical description: Condition: A bound correspondence volume.Foliation: The file's main foliation sequence commences at the title page and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A pagination sequence runs through the index pages at the back of the volume; these numbers are written in a combination of ink and pencil, are underlined, and can be found in the top left and right corners of the verso and recto sides of each folio respectively.The file contains the following foliation errors: 1, 1A, 1B and 1C; 144, 144a and 144b; 159 and 159a and the following foliation omissions: 51, 61 and 71.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Land ownership

Rights:

استخدام لأغراض غير تجارية فقط

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001db_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001db_en
IOR/R/15/1/502
IOR/R/15/1/502

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