Abstract: Correspondence and other papers relating to the matter of tax exemption on the date gardens in Iraq belonging to the Shaikh of Kuwait and the Shaikh of Mohammerah. The exemption was promised to the shaikhs by the British for assistance given during the First World War. The volume covers the interdepartmental discussion of the question brought about by increasing opposition to the exemption from the Iraqi Government and press.Correspondence comes mostly from: the Colonial Office; Foreign Office; High Commissioner in Iraq; Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Political Agent, Kuwait; Treasury; and officials of the Government of Iraq.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 1147; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding the administration of and situation in Mesopotamia [Iraq] after the Agreement of 1916 between the French and British governments and the self-determination of Mesopotamia.The papers notably cover:The argument for establishing Mesopotamia as a British ProtectorateDescription of the general situation in MesopotamiaRelations between British officers and those in MesopotamiaResolution on Mesopotamia, Mosul, Baghdad and BasraThe statutes for the independence of Iraq (ff 127-130)Conversations regarding self-determination in MesopotamiaMention of British troops movements in MesopotamiaMilitary reports regarding disturbances around Mesopotamia.The principal correspondents are: Political Department, India Office, London; Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council; Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; Military Governor, Baghdad; Military Department, India Office.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 256; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional intermittent foliation sequences are also present between ff 15-256 and ff 32-57; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. The sequence contains one foliation anomaly: f 196a.
Abstract: This part of the volume contains correspondence and other papers concerning relations between Nejd, Iraq, Kuwait, and the British authorities. The majority of the correspondence is interdepartmental in nature and is between the Colonial Office and the India Office. Further correspondence, included as enclosures, comes from the High Commissioner in Iraq, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], the Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), the Political Agent in Kuwait, the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir as-Subah [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], ruler of Kuwait.The main subject of this part is the lead up to and events following the conferences involving the Arab rulers of Nejd, Iraq, and Kuwait, or their representatives, in Mohammerah and Uqair, under the presidency of the British. Treaty relations were established that dealt mostly with the delineation of boundaries between the three territories. Other subjects covered by the papers include the activities of the Akhwan [Ikhwan], relations between some of the desert tribes, and the reported death of Ibn Rashid.Physical description: 1 item (179 folios)
Abstract: This part contains papers relating to the future administration of the lighting and buoying service in the Persian Gulf, hitherto carried out by the Royal Indian Marine. The papers specifically discuss the Government of Iraq arranging for the collection of dues from ships entering or leaving Iraqi territorial waters by the Director of the Port of Basra, on behalf of the British Government and the Government of India, to pay for the upkeep of the lights and buoys in the Persian Gulf.It includes papers concerning a law being drafted by the Iraqi Finance Ministry to validate the collection of the dues, and the subsequent resolution of the Council of Ministers of Iraq that there was no necessity for a law to be enacted in order for the dues to be collected.The papers mostly consist of correspondence and India Office Political Department minute papers.The main correspondents are as follows: the India Office; the High Commissioner for Iraq; the Colonial Office; and the Board of Trade's Mercantile Marine Department.Physical description: 1 item (98 folios)
Abstract: The volume contains papers relating to the right of navigation in the Shatt-el-Arab (also referred to as the Shatt-al-Arab).It includes correspondence relating to the following: the alignment of the Perso-Iraq frontier at the mouth of the Shatt-al-Arab; the right of Persian [Iranian] vessels to navigate the Shatt-al-Arab and to anchor in Iraq waters; the proposal that the Shatt-al-Arab should be treated as an international waterway, and that an international commission should be appointed to look after it; the proposed establishment of a Conservancy Board to control the navigation in the Shatt-al-Arab, and the proposal that the Conservancy Board should also be charged with the superintendence of lighting and buoying throughout the Persian Gulf.The main correspondents are as follows: the India Office; the Foreign Office; Sir Robert Henry Clive, HM Minister, Tehran; the Admiralty; the High Commissioner for Iraq; the Colonial Office; the Air Council (Air Ministry); and the Government of India Foreign and Political Department.The volume includes correspondence in French between Sir R H Clive and Mirza Abdul Hussein Khan Taimourtache (also spelled Teymourtache in the file) [Abdolhossein Teymūrtāsh], Minister of Court, Persia, dated 19 April 1928 (folios 353-354) and 26 July 1930 (folio 31).The volume includes a map and three charts of the Shatt al-Arab [IOR/L/PS/10/1098, f 131; IOR/L/PS/10/1098, f 163; IOR/L/PS/10/1098, f 262; and IOR/L/PS/10/1098, f 263].The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 357; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence regarding the ongoing arrangement within Kuwait for serving summonses and other legal documentation emanating from courts in Iraq, and discussion of a reciprocal arrangement within Iraq for documentation emanating from Kuwait. The correspondents are: High Commission, Iraq; Colonial Office; Minister for Foreign Affairs, Iraq.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 514, and terminates at f 531, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.